Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] to take " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , loud clothing will create the disturbing feeling among the Japanese businessmen that the foreigner has perhaps failed to take them as seriously as he might have , by failing to observe that the common practice in dress in Japan is some degree of formality . |
| 2 | ICL has already agreed to take the product , while Olivetti , Bull , DEC , NCR and others are evaluating it . |
| 3 | Cook has already promised to take a 12.5 per cent stake in Owners via a tender offer , provided the Airtours bid failed . |
| 4 | Brian Say repeatedly threatened to take his own life because his wife had left him , Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told yesterday . |
| 5 | Amy has also learned to take responsibility for her own happiness , rather than trusting Joe to invest and harvest it for her . |
| 6 | Graham Gooch , the England captain , has provisionally agreed to take a group of professional cricketers to compete in an international six-a-side tournament which is planned in Hong Kong for Oct 3-4 , writes Charles Randall . |
| 7 | An impression also grows that when he reached Skye , having ‘ conceived ’ , during his little mountain idyll , ‘ the thought of this narration ’ , Johnson , emulating Boswell , has now begun to take notes . |
| 8 | The Royal Society for Nature Conservation has now threatened to take English Nature to court under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act , which sets out the framework for SSSIs . |
| 9 | So the band has now decided to take control of its own future . ’ |
| 10 | But unable to find the right person , Nikki has now decided to take the children with her , although it means uprooting them from home and friends . |
| 11 | The differences between mental illness and mental handicap are widely known , yet legislation on the subject has consistently failed to take these differences into account . |
| 12 | In fact , he has completely failed to take into account this very important development . ’ |
| 13 | In only the second year of operation , the ‘ jetless ’ Rendcomb Aerial Derby looks firmly set to take over the mantle of the Badminton Air Day , now sadly defunct . |
| 14 | Denise , a member of Junior Chamber Aberdeen , has again volunteered to take part in the parade , which she described as ‘ a thoroughly rewarding experience ’ . |
| 15 | The Commission has therefore decided to take action to eliminate employment restrictions in the public utilities , health services , teaching and non-military research . |
| 16 | Well I know Bon said er they 'd they 'd cut down on the recruiting in fact , I think they 'd closed one of the hospitals in Bristol in the Frenchay where she is has actually got to take erm qualified nurses from that hospital before they take student nurses that they 've trained |
| 17 | here the spices seem to relate to later photographs Bhimji has recently tried to take of dust in her home : that which is left after natural or unwanted exfoliation be it of ‘ culture ’ , ‘ home ’ or bodily ‘ innocence ’ . |
| 18 | Potter says this approach has been satisfactory , although he would not say how many times the company had used it , but Psion has never had to take a case to court . |
| 19 | ‘ Horowitz has never failed to take out a target . ’ |
| 20 | There was that very nice place in Keswick where he 'd always longed to take a smart woman to stay a day or two . |
| 21 | She seemed almost prepared to take the good doctor 's part in this dispute , thought Robert . |
| 22 | Having got signed in a hurry , Blink wisely decided to take their time and get their first records right . |
| 23 | yeah and er , the , the programme condemned him a bit , basically he he did n't , there was , there was , he did n't seemed to take in a lo , a whole lot evidence from either side , you know , he did , he did , he did n't seemed to handle the case very well , it was sort of more like it just get it over with quickly and forget it sort of thing . |
| 24 | With a child , you 've only got to take your eyes off it a minute and anything might happen . |
| 25 | The ministry said it had only begun to take meat samples . |
| 26 | Besides , she had only pretended to take an overdose . |
| 27 | ‘ Very much , ’ she answered , rescuing her right hand which he had suddenly decided to take hold of . |
| 28 | At the end of 1985 he qualified as a solicitor ( ‘ this was the safety net and I had written my thesis on the copyright laws , which has been very useful to me ’ ) , but he had already decided to take the plunge as a full time professional musician . |
| 29 | However Jim Swire , a leading member of the UK Families Flight 103 group , claimed that he had already managed to take a simulated bomb through Heathrow airport on a flight to New York , on May 18 , 1990 . |
| 30 | He gave a little laugh and tightened the hand he had placed on her arm — Sally-Anne had not offered to take his ; that was not a servant 's right . |