Example sentences of "[subord] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women will wait much longer at an intersection rather than take a risk . |
| 2 | Er I had or trying to provoke us , and erm what our lads have been informed is rather than take a situation on like that , it 's better just to turn around and walk away . |
| 3 | Erm , if you 're trying to individuate intellects , erm , rather than take a proof |
| 4 | The study of the voice what we say and how we say it I then introduced you to if you like advanced body language and based on the work that Marion North did and rather than take an individual movement of the body we took a cluster and how many aspects where there to cluster I wonder there were three were n't there . |
| 5 | THE holiday ads are tempting you away with the usual images of fun and sun but rather than taking a package why not invest in that longed-for overseas home ? |
| 6 | If these depressions ( or low pressure areas ) are tracking in towards Ireland rather than taking a more northerly route , then the circulation of wind flowing clockwise ( as it must ) round the depression means that south-easterly winds will be blowing over Shetland from the North Sea and pushing any birds unfortunate enough to be flying to ( or from ) Scandinavia at the time in a westerly direction . |
| 7 | For those who know how , doing yoga for half an hour in the morning , or meditating in a darkened room for ten minutes just before giving the speech will assist , or perhaps it will require nothing more than taking a deep breath before you speak . |
| 8 | She had endowed the marriage ( and he could never really like the fellow ) most extravagantly out of her invested money , rather than taking a dip among the jewels that she never wore . |
| 9 | I went to the cinema considering that that would be of more benefit than taking a Latin exam that I could not pass . |
| 10 | ‘ He should tell Dick Spring he 's too busy dealing with the grave problems here , than taking a trip to Dublin to talk about matters which , at present , are not important , ’ said the DUP leader , who visited Magherafelt this morning . |
| 11 | Erm , to cut a long story short , if a attractive Fairfax erm , individual enterprise came up , we would be far more interested than taking a stake that was a , just an investment . |
| 12 | With particular regard to the interests of our client , other than taking an overview , we obviously have to look specifically at the southwest sector as a as a possible location . |
| 13 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 14 | Many people would rather have a stiff drink to help them sleep , than take a sleeping tablet for their insomnia . |
| 15 | You could do worse than take a leaf out of the health economists ' book . |
| 16 | When his father died he felt nothing and had done nothing more than take a day off for the funeral . |
| 17 | Although just what she had done with all her unencumbered time since he 'd moved the rest of them to Almsmead , other than take an excessive interest in the mill-school he 'd had to build to keep on the right side of that damned , interfering Factory Act , he was uncertain . |
| 18 | Of course now it 's warm enough to start getting out in the garden , what could be better than to take a selection of water toys to play with in the paddling pool outside ? |
| 19 | She knew better than to take a wanted man near the Welsh gate ; but the castle gate was the one land approach to the town , the eastward and inviolable gate , overshadowed by the bulk of the castle and the strength of its garrison . |
| 20 | She 'd find it more useful to understand her own character short-comings than to take an elementary course in drug chemistry . ’ |
| 21 | Although the government eventually decided to accept royalties from sales of the chip rather than to take an equity share in the company , it was widely seen as the last straw in a conflict between Fields and the administration . |
| 22 | JEWKES leading PAMELA , now with her hands bound as if taking a walk on the estate . |
| 23 | Sometimes , if taking an initiative in an area he deemed crucial , he would take the chair , as he did at the Reflation Committee in 1958 . |
| 24 | The man leans forward , grasps the paper as if to take a closer look at it , and removes the small white packet of cocaine from behind my thumb . |
| 25 | Japan 's ASCII Corporation has picked up Japanese and Korean distribution rights to Santa Clara , California-based Nimbus Technology Inc 's new Mbus board for would-be superscalar Sparc cloners ( UX No 383 ) and other products : ASCII , the lead investor in Chips & Technologies Inc back in 1987 , is also considering taking a minority stake in the start-up though that part of the equation has yet to be nailed down . |
| 26 | Are you considering taking a Hormone Replacement Therapy course ? |
| 27 | In answer to charge 4 that he had treated Royan without taking a proper history or examination or consulting his general practitioner , Dr Mumby said he took the clinical history in the form of a questionnaire which patients filled out in advance but he rarely examined patients because they had usually been examined many times elsewhere and because taking a history by questionnaire was an established technique of clinical ecology . |
| 28 | After a varied career in teaching , he became involved with older people while taking a postgraduate degree and training as a social worker . |
| 29 | Even while taking a catnap the animal 's ears are in operation . |
| 30 | Flowers and foliage still form an important part of this winter spectacle and this month we take a look at this inspiring part of the gardening calendar while taking a retrospective look at the rest of the year . |