Example sentences of "[verb] taking the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stopped taking the Magnet and the Gem and the Boy 's Own Paper . |
| 2 | Since I stopped taking the chlorambucil , the lumps are beginning to return , which is just as well . |
| 3 | Three years ago I stopped taking the Pill because we wanted to have a baby . |
| 4 | She stopped taking the pills . |
| 5 | ‘ Forget taking the train for an evening at the theatre or the weekend family excursion into the country . |
| 6 | In view of the stamp duty implications , the wife should consider taking the conveyance herself and subsequently conveying to herself and the new husband . |
| 7 | But if the club suddenly asked him to strongly consider taking the Blackburn offer then even if he did n't he probably would never have felt the same again about playing for Leeds , ( ie , doubting about management 's loyalty to him , etc . ) |
| 8 | And I reckon that he 's the sort of person who would turn into someone that would hit someo hit his his woman , because he takes her for granted enough as it is , and that , I reckon that 's how wife battering starts because the husband starts taking the woman for granted so much |
| 9 | The painstaking steps towards releasing a captive barn owl into the wild involve taking the chick from the parent at the age of four to five weeks . |
| 10 | The media , major users of public relations material , loves taking the mickey out of public relations which is so busy working on someone else 's image that they have no time for the image of their own industry . |
| 11 | Come 3 o'clock on a saturday I say taking the piss out of history goes . |
| 12 | The former sprint champion , who built a career on the use of illegal substances , did not take part in the meeting , of course , after he was caught taking the tablets for a second time . |
| 13 | WOOD Group Fire Protection managing director Gerald Hocking was caught taking the weight off his feet on a trip to Cincinnati . |
| 14 | Kelly and a friend had enjoyed taking the dogs for walks on every day of their holiday in Dunoon . |
| 15 | Billig ( 1987a ) illustrates Taking the Side of the Other by examples where people , who have generally argued for a particular stance and against the counter-stance , seem to turn around and use the arguments of their former opponents : in this way , they take up the side of the other . |
| 16 | Instead , I propose taking the logic of generic concentration as far as it can go , with a degree which would study , in detail , a single genre , poetry . |
| 17 | Just imagine taking the family to most of our football games . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been meaning to give you these of Uncle John 's , Phil , ’ he 'd said taking the medals out of his pocket . |
| 19 | The chairman of the BMS , Anthony Parsons , believes that many women stop taking the tablets because their doctors are unaware of the need for its continued use . |
| 20 | Stop taking the mickey alright ? |
| 21 | ‘ Stop taking the piss , lad . |
| 22 | Stop taking the piss . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Stop taking the piss , ’ said Pooley . |
| 24 | John insists he did nothing wrong — but a solicitor says taking the law into your own hands can be risky . |
| 25 | " It 's only because Dad does n't like taking the collection , " Caroline used to tell me . |
| 26 | A suggestive picture of how it works can be pieced together , as long as you do not mind taking the pieces from different studies of different drugs : work on cocaine by Nora Volcow at Brookhaven National Laboratory , among others ; on cocaine and amphetamines by Bruce Cohen of McLean Hospital in Boston ; on heroin by Zvi Vogel at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot in Israel and Anton Shofelmeer at the Free University in Amsterdam ; and on benzodiazepines ( such as Valium ) by Erick Sigel at the University of Berne . |
| 27 | It is helping members of President Bush 's own staff who are suing to avoid taking the test . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , I do n't want to put Dr Simmons to any more trouble , ’ Loretta began , anxious to avoid taking the deception any further . |
| 29 | ‘ I like taking the children to the playground — it 's such a good way for them to wear themselves out , particularly Nicola , who 's a real bundle of energy ! |
| 30 | Some 2,500 out of over 8,000 workers began taking the masks when they went into the forest to cut wood , collect honey or fish . |