Example sentences of "[be] take time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He explained : ‘ It 's a fairly lengthy report and we 're taking time to digest its contents . ’ |
| 2 | It starts on Wednesday , and , you know , I 'm taking time off from searching for props at the last minute and dress rehearsing to come and talk to you . |
| 3 | We would not be taking time off work , making all kinds of out-of-the-usual arrangements , unless we thought it was important to go to the funeral as a mark of how we feel about the person who had died , and wanted to ‘ pay our respects ’ . |
| 4 | I think , we ought to be taking time to try and prepare , well for the next assembly and in doing so to own what goes on there and to say , yes as the previous speaker said we are the World Church in a very real way . |
| 5 | they are between jobs and are taking time to search for the most appropriate job with the highest wage ( search unemployment ) ; |
| 6 | Despite Ms Hastings warnings , there is little evidence that trusts and health authorities are taking time to think job evaluation through . |
| 7 | The Institute of Manpower Studies survey of nurses reports : an increasing number of nurses are taking time off sick . |
| 8 | Most departments had their offices , though there were constant difficulties about telephones and electricity supplies , and very little in the way of fans ; communications between departments had to be carried on by messenger , for internal postal services were taking time to be reorganised . |
| 9 | Along with learning to scuba dive , swim with dolphins , become an astronaut or climb Everest , one of my ambitions has always been to take time out to become really familiar with the business end of a recording studio . |
| 10 | Information technology sales doubled to £92million as a result of the CASE takeover , though it is taking time to bring profitability up to the levels elsewhere in the group . |
| 11 | When Italian voters go the polls today they will have a bewildering array of 116 parties to choose from , including the Movement in Defence of Motorists , the League of Housewives and Pensioners and , of course , the Party of Love , headed by Italy 's self-styled porno star , Moana Pozzi — who has recently taken over the mantle from her screen colleague and Member of Parliament , Ilona Staller , La Cicciolina , who is taking time off from politics to have a baby . |
| 12 | Actress Beverley D'Angelo is taking time out from her screen career to perform a risqué country set across the Bible belt . |
| 13 | Dog-handler , Tony Webb 's taking time off from his regular job in the Traffic Division to help Beau in his quest for stardom , but does n't rate his chances . |
| 14 | ‘ We are trying to play a different type of game and it 's taking time for some of the players to get used to it . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's taking time to settle . |
| 16 | One source of official strength is to take time . |
| 17 | Our advice is to take time to find out what they really want before they give away the sites to the private investors , because when they have done this , they ca n't erm participate in what is really developing . |
| 18 | It was taking time for Britain to recover from the First World War . |
| 19 | And the fact that she was taking time off with her dyke lover offered more flexibility , more opportunities for invention . |
| 20 | FESTIVAL comedy queen Pauline Daniels was taking time out from her Royal duties today . |
| 21 | Of course Jordan was taking time off to talk to him , and of course he was observed , probably on all sides . |
| 22 | So now and this is this one much like while I was taking time off |