Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] take the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She has thereby taken the first step towards adult sexuality in developing a wish for a baby .
2 PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin appeared last night to have narrowly won a reprieve after the Russian parliament had voted overwhelmingly to take the first step towards his possible impeachment .
3 The United Kingdom has now taken the first step towards European Monetary Union which is intended to lead eventually to a single European currency .
4 Imminence : of course he saw it before the impulse had even taken the first step on its journey from her mind to her body .
5 SURGEONS at Harefield Hospital near London have secretly taken the first step toward implanting Britain 's first artificial heart .
6 A group of Hartlepool women have successfully taken the first step towards a career in creche work .
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