Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [pron] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around half of the respondents would have clearly felt more comfortable with the question if the proposed time scale had been 5–7 days , and a great majority of those who took this approach including the vast majority of respondents who used the SPG form — suggested that 7 days would not be unreasonable . |
| 2 | In an address to a congregation at a Sikh temple on Jan. 10 , the Prime Minister pledged strong action against those who took innocent lives whether they were terrorists or security force personnel . |
| 3 | This exercise is a refinement of the one carried out for the whole district in that it takes more account of local needs and provides additional information over and above the grades of staff required . |
| 4 | All in all it took two-and-a-half hours to get home . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the hordes beating a path to the pub or the off-licence are simply ignored and sympathy is given to those who take copious amounts of prescription drugs for their " nerves " or for " insomnia " . |
| 6 | William Tallack , who as Secretary of the Howard Association had experience of criminal affairs reaching back towards the mid-nineteenth century , was among those who took this line . |