Example sentences of "[verb] take to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pope 's Vicar of Rome , Cardinal Ugo Poletti , has taken to scolding the Christian Democrats for their divisions which may bring victory for the secular parties and the Communists in city elections on 29 October . |
| 2 | ‘ His performance was amazing , ’ he confessed , ‘ I have never heard anyone who has taken to Welsh so recently master the language so well . ’ |
| 3 | He has taken to disrupting romantic trysts in the village by pouring glue into the hair of those girls who step out with soldiers ; his motive being to encourage the largest possible number of servicemen to attend his lectures , where he speaks of the mysteries of the countryside . |
| 4 | Lately the government has taken to giving grants to Swedes to create industry . |
| 5 | The fox has taken to urban life with great success . |
| 6 | A successful group of sponges has taken to boring into the shells of other organisms . |
| 7 | ’ Poor old Dicey Riley , she has taken to the sup , |
| 8 | It 's a message this generation has taken to heart , and enormous sums of money are now spent every year on washing powders , bleaches , conditioners , washing-up-liquids , scouring creams , disinfectants , fresheners and so on . |
| 9 | I even know of one customer whose cat has taken to bedding down in hers . ’ |
| 10 | This remarkable young man is now so keen to share his new-found sagacity with others that he has taken to signing autographs , ‘ Safe sex , from Christian Slater ’ . |
| 11 | Natasha has taken to her new family which includes two brothers Tom , 20 , and William , 19 . |
| 12 | I am told that Honest John has taken to phoning up editors of the papers that helped him regain power to plead with them not to be so beastly . |
| 13 | She has taken to roller skates to speed up her travel in New York . |
| 14 | Shy , retiring MINISTRY frontman AL JOURGENSEN , currently terrifying America as part of that annual disaster called Lollapalooza , has taken to walking into nightclubs with a megaphone , and yelling ‘ I am Satan , take this f—ing dance music off . ’ |
| 15 | Breaking with the habit of the Bush administration , the Clinton-Christopher team has taken to calling itself a ‘ full partner ’ , not merely a bystander , in the interminable peace talks . |
| 16 | There 's a young woman of 17 who lives just down the road from me and has taken to calling on me of late . |
| 17 | This ex-rugger international has , for reasons best known to himself , tired of rambling on about the oval ball game ; as a consequence he has taken to bespattering the media with stories about his allegedly ‘ sexy ’ life and times in terms which strive risibly to emulate the writings of the greatest rock journalist in the world — just like practically everyone else in the media has been muscling in on my territory in recent times . |
| 18 | One other group of insects has taken to the colonial life on a scale that is comparable to the termites ; those with narrow waists , two pairs of transparent wings and powerful stings , the wasps , bees and ants . |
| 19 | ‘ Adolph has taken to you — that 's an honour , in case you did n't realise it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I hear Father Marr has taken to digging pits for the unwary . ’ |
| 21 | I have a friend fishing in Ardrishaig who has taken to making his own deliveries to Dieppe , thus cutting out the middle man . |
| 22 | It is apparent that the new top management has taken to heart the gravity of this catastrophe and the company has shown a determination to put its house in order . |
| 23 | A combination of acquisitions and new development has taken to a turnover of £40 million — a fivefold increase on that of six years ago . |
| 24 | A pot bellied pig has taken to sharing a living room with it 's owners … because it thinks it 's a dog . |
| 25 | A pot bellied pig has taken to sharing a living room with it 's owners … because it thinks it 's a dog . |
| 26 | Cheltenham 's Tony Allcock has taken to grass like a duck to water this week … he won his first national title on the green stuff in the Ulster Games singles . |
| 27 | Badgers have got a name for being vicious creatures , but Teka has taken to people so well Maggie thinks she must have been hand reared from birth . |
| 28 | The world 's largest and most unusual hot air balloon has taken to the skies . |
| 29 | Sunday , BBC1 , 9.35pm LADY CHATTERLEY has taken to walking in the woods in episode two of this lavish adaptation of D H Lawrence 's love story . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's only recently that Dad has taken to having holidays . |