Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] take [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that a girl would ever be allowed to touch the great hammers or take the white-hot metal from the furnace with the giant tongs . |
| 2 | Where there is a slight risk in the event of a swing , a pilot may be said to have made a simple error of judgement or taken an unnecessary risk . |
| 3 | The only catch is whether you decided to make a wise investment or take a speculative chance some months or even years ago . |
| 4 | Has the next generation of unemployed white youth followed in the footsteps of their elder brothers or taken a new route ? |
| 5 | She pulled hard on the wheel and took the left fork . |
| 6 | He negotiated Malaya 's independence from the United Kingdom two years later and was the country 's first Prime Minister , overseeing the creation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 , and during the next two years withstanding the threat of " Confrontation " with Indonesia and taking the difficult decision that Singapore secede from the Federation . |
| 7 | Then she shut her eyes and took a deep breath , collecting herself . |
| 8 | When Bernice glanced over her shoulder , he averted his eyes and took a consuming interest in the door hinges . |
| 9 | Whilst this situation has changed in recent years , it will only be when local female populations attain the same educational standard as their male counter-parts and take a key role in management decisions that substantial progress will be made . |
| 10 | Because of the outbreak of war he abandoned plans to do research and took an industrial job , but in September 1915 he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as a private soldier and served with the British Expeditionary Force . |
| 11 | Thresher 's Operations Director for Wine Retailing , is a shining example of the value Whitbread places on its existing employees who show ambition and take an active role in furthering their careers . |
| 12 | The big one looked sightly disappointed , then trotted back to their car and took a black shoulder-bag out of the boot . |
| 13 | Indeed honours were shared all the way to a tie-break in which Adebisi was able to switch up a gear and take a firm hold of the situation , winning 7–2 , to take the first set . |
| 14 | Already his men would have heard his words and taken the appropriate action . |
| 15 | The new community care service has enabled the women to claim their places as citizens in their neighbourhood and take a tentative hold of a share in the goodness of ordinary life . |
| 16 | She sold their wedding presents and took a civil service job at £12 a week . |
| 17 | He uncorked his canteen and took a long drink of water . |
| 18 | By signing the convention Britain could help to end the impasse and take an active part in drafting rules which make the mining provisions more acceptable . |
| 19 | Even though members of the erstwhile " bolting " party had declared him incapable of any further action and took a gloomy view in general of his morale , he somehow mustered his last resources and confounded their gloomy forecast by leading out a party of Sikhs and native pensioners to shovel under the downpour . |
| 20 | They stripped him naked , pegged him to the soil , tied a hollow pipe to his side and took a starving rat — ’ Mandeville slurped from his beer ‘ — not one of your English sort . |
| 21 | For a moment the flesh hung slackly on his face as he gaped at the damage , and then he sucked up his lips and took a deep breath . |
| 22 | The little Hoflin did n't fall over and looked extremely pretty , and when the curtain came down he leaned for a moment on the rostrum and took a deep breath . |
| 23 | When they had done , he went over to the guard and took the full-length gown from him , pulling it on and tying it at the waist . |
| 24 | The house , she admitted grudgingly , could be found by driving through the village and taking a narrow turning to the left . |
| 25 | I was glad to do this , for I had kept in close touch with his work and took a deep interest in it . |
| 26 | Wander around the flora carpeted landscaped gardens and take a leisurely lunch in one of the many restaurants with choices to suit everyone 's taste . |
| 27 | Continue past the Regal Bingo Hall and take a left turn into Cumberland Road . |
| 28 | At Ångelholm , we were joined by two more people , a grim-looking older woman all in black , who looked as if she had n't smiled since 1937 and who spent the entire journey watching me as if she had seen my face on a wanted poster , and by a fastidious older man who I guessed to be a recently retired schoolmaster and took an instant dislike to . |
| 29 | There she suspends herself by her feet and takes a well-earned rest , having done her best to ensure that her single babe , in spite of everything , has received its proper milk-ration . |
| 30 | But Cambridge found their feet and took an audacious lead . |