Example sentences of "[conj] take to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you leave them behind and take to the lanes you 'll rarely see a car . |
| 2 | ( v ) Transfer the uterus to the disinfectant in the screw-capped container and take to the vicinity of the foster mother . |
| 3 | Birds leave their roosts and take to the skies ; monkeys jump away through the branches to find breakfast , and antelope disperse once more over the open plains to graze , knowing that if danger comes they stand a good chance of seeing it before it gets lethally close . |
| 4 | For this , you don a neoprene suit , boots , flippers and life-jacket and take to the water in a specially adapted inflated lorry inner tube . |
| 5 | The cry was ‘ throw away your fountain pen and take to the paint-scraper ’ . |
| 6 | Summer gales were rarely of long duration in our experience , and if it blew really hard we used to snug down in the lee of one of the many anchorages and take to the hills for a change . |
| 7 | Their strength was in their mobility , and in the contemptuous austerity with which they could discard their meagre establishments and take to the hills with their real possessions , their liberty , their horses and cattle , their tribal loyalty and their weapons . |
| 8 | I thought we should break the embrace and take to the oars . |
| 9 | Whether for an hour or even a full day , once you step on board it 's all hands on deck as crew members don their lifejackets and take to the seas in the adventure of a lifetime . |
| 10 | Now Liz and husband Morris are to sell their Sierra and take to the road in the sparkling new Citroen . |