1 No one could possibly take exception to his comments.

2 Why did you take exception to what he said? He was only joking.

3 No one could possibly take exception to this Mathis infant.

4 I take exception to that and regard it as inadequate, for two fundamental reasons.

5 What I take exception to is the manner in which we are presently carrying out our naval preparations.

6 Dunbar could scarcely take exception to that, and changed the subject.

7 I'd like to take exception to that.

8 We take exception to this question.

9 I take exception to being addressed by my surname; I consider it bad manners.

10 I must, however, take exception to his recent article in defence of smoking.

11 Many people take exception to what I said on April 30.

12 And the problem is that they take exception to any kind of noise whatsoever.

13 Did she take exception to my remarks about her cooking?

14 But, do I take exception to the inference that I am.

15 Louise picked out a pretty little pink dress that nobody could possibly take exception to and so honour was satisfied.

16 Not that, for the most part, there was much that visitors could take exception to.