Example sentences of "but he [verb] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | His career as a virtuoso dancer came to an end in the 1960s , when he suffered an injury , but he continued to take on character parts , notably as the widow Simone in Ashton 's Fille , and remained with the company until 1989 . |
| 2 | He should have finished at university long ago , but he kept taking extra courses , changing subjects and things . |
| 3 | The gap had barely begun to appear before Kelly was driving Boardwalk through , but he seemed to take for ever to pick up speed . |
| 4 | She felt the lie was unconvincing , but he seemed to take it at face value . |
| 5 | He was working until the evening of the following day , but he asked to take me out again and I said it would be delightful . |
| 6 | He remembered taking her to school , it was after their mother died , Georgia would 've been seven , she did n't want to go , there were girls who tied her to trees , it was her accent or her looks , he could n't remember now , but he had to take her because he 'd promised Dad , Dad who did n't know anything , the scratches on her legs were brambles , the bruises on her wrists were something else , he could n't remember now , how could they tell him the truth , how could they tell him anything when all he did was sit in dark rooms with his head in his hands , his head haunted by her ghost , and each dawn broke like the slow blow of a hammer . |
| 7 | Lewis did not like being corrected but he had to take it , and with a smile . |
| 8 | I still had his jacket , but he had taken his wallet out at one of the bars and had that with him . |
| 9 | He may not have won a championship , but he had taken Leeds from bottom of the table to fourth , their highest position ever , in a much stiffer competition than the Southern League . |
| 10 | But he had taken three years to get there . |
| 11 | Broomhead had managed partly to knock out the large dent in the horn but he had taken off a fair amount of paint in the process . |
| 12 | But he had taken enormous risks . |
| 13 | He was a big , shambling , shy man , more than a little soured by life , but he had taken the two boys under his wing and Preston had loved him . |
| 14 | But he had taken the great step . |
| 15 | There was no particular reason why he should have acted as honest broker in this affair , but he had taken it on , and had been quite pleased with himself when he seemed to have brought things off . |
| 16 | But he had taken the package from her , and somehow , in the process , drawn her towards him . |
| 17 | She turned to look for Douglas 's support , but he had taken his coffee and retreated with the dog . |
| 18 | There had been women but he had taken them almost absent-mindedly and dropped them equally absent-mindedly . |
| 19 | But he hopes to take advantage of the credits recently negotiated with Moscow by economy minister Jürgen Möllemann to secure Soviet orders next year . |
| 20 | It was David 's first London Marathon but he hopes to take part again next year . |
| 21 | There Tyndale wrote to urge him to avoid any discussion of the Sacraments , but he failed to take this advice and was convicted as a heretic precisely on this question and was burned . |
| 22 | And the court was told that the victim 's ear could have been saved — but he failed to take it with him to the hospital . |
| 23 | But he left to take on the run-down Staffordshire country house called Alton Towers and made it into a top leisure and theme park . |
| 24 | ‘ But he does take an interest . ’ |
| 25 | But he refused to take no for an answer and after a few unseemly tussles Sally decided it was easier to give in and let him explore inside the leg of her panties . |
| 26 | My own confessor would absolve you , but he has taken alms and clothing to the hospital and , if I know Father Selwyn , will no doubt spend some time there , helping out … ’ |
| 27 | Not only has he been prepared to forgive , but he has taken the brave step , for a unionist , of accepting a seat in the Irish Senate , as token of his Irish identity . |
| 28 | Cyril Hollinshead has never been renowned for his batting — but he has taken almost 700 wickets for Gloucestershire Gipsies , the club he 's played for since 1938 . |
| 29 | ‘ But he has taken the unusual step of giving the declaration before the reasons because the tribunal ordered the reinstatement by next Monday . |
| 30 | Well I 'll tell you right now I have got another builder on but he 's taken one of the er the slots further down but I 've got one I 've got a prime er the the estate agent asked me to contact you because there is a prime slot left . |