Example sentences of "[verb] to take the whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They showed signs of wanting to take the whole operation over , but Coffin , backed up by his Inspector , would have none of it . |
| 2 | It was MGM that seemed to take the whole business most seriously . |
| 3 | this was on , in the morning , in the afternoon they said his leg would deteriorate , they 've got to take the whole leg off so he said we 'll give it another go and see what happens , course by this time he said the operation has n't |
| 4 | You 've got to take the whole lot as a unit . |
| 5 | Slowly we began to take the whole idea of the band more seriously . |
| 6 | The most open arrangement was to inform a rich suitor that if he wanted a date , he would have to take the whole troupe out . |
| 7 | Or or you would have to take the whole thing off again . |
| 8 | I wish I was doing more hours , though really , cos like , I got to take the whole day for it , |
| 9 | ‘ I had to take the whole test again because I blinked , ’ he said . |
| 10 | So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour-so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ’ |
| 11 | All those letters from her uncle , ranting incessantly on the subject of Damian Flint , how he had walked into a senior position in Swift and was poised to take the whole company from under Jamie 's nose . |
| 12 | Cos if you leave d go the cord straight away the cord just goes shooting up there , the weight inside comes down here and you lose the cord and you have to take the whole lot p t apart in order to get the thing to work again . |