1 But it was some minutes before they could fully take it in.
2 He intended to take the whole burden upon his own shoulders.
3 Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health.
4 There was not an animal on the farm that did not take vengeance on them after his own fashion.
5 The building of the windmill, with various other improvements, was expected to take two years.
6 Once again Clover and Benjamin warned him to take care of his health, but Boxer paid no attention.
7 "I have no wish to take life, not even human life," repeated Boxer, and his eyes were full of tears.
8 Boxer refused to take even a day off work, and made it a point of honour not to let it be seen that he was in pain.
9 They were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder.
10 Whymper heard nothing of this affair, and the eggs were duly delivered, a grocer's van driving up to the farm once a week to take them away.
11 However, Benjamin and Clover could only be with Boxer after working hours, and it was in the middle of the day when the van came to take him away.
12 Comrades," he said, "I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself.
13 They did not know when the Rebellion predicted by Major would take place, they had no reason for thinking that it would be within their own lifetime, but they saw clearly that it was their duty to prepare for it.