Example sentences of "[noun sg] takes [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An extended programme takes in the British Professional Road Race Championship on Sunday , June 27 , over 115 miles . |
| 2 | If you break down in the tunnel and you require assistance , the fireman takes from the driver a Wrong Line Order , colour green , and walks to the signal box , putting down three detonators as a guide when he pilots the Break Down on the wrong line to the train . |
| 3 | On trial — Fast afloat boat prototype takes to the water |
| 4 | We can not expect Britain to influence the direction the Community takes in the next decade unless it is a full and enthusiastic member . |
| 5 | Add the JESUS AND MARY CHAIN masterminded ROLLERCOASTER package takes to the highways and student halls of America , what was once a moulding musical chrysalid on its underpowered UK outing earlier this year has verily pupated into a sun-blocking butterfly of excellence — or so reckons a well and truly won-over ANDREW COLLINS . |
| 6 | Although I do not wholeheartedly agree with the view the author takes of the mechanical world of the train being somehow better than that of nature , I can still find it interesting and thought inducing from a philosophical angle . |
| 7 | There 's no game for Oxford this weekend so the next time the team takes to the field they 'll be under new management … |
| 8 | The population of Tor Yvresse is less than half what the city was built to accommodate and the wide boulevards seem empty even when the entire population takes to the streets during the great Festival of Masques . |
| 9 | Nead 's text takes in the conventional notions of feminine beauty , pornography and the tabloid press , the fine line between sexuality and the obscene and the recent reclamation of the nude by female artists . |
| 10 | G-Orgi takes to the air from the Dick Melton Aviation strip in Hampshire . |
| 11 | A WOMEN-ONLY bus service takes to the road on Monday . |
| 12 | Charity worker extraordinaire takes to the water |
| 13 | £35m NORBANK TAKES TO THE WATER IN ROTTERDAM |
| 14 | ( c ) The surveyor takes off the quantities from the drawing or , less satisfactorily , extracts the relevant figures from the bill of quantities in order to calculate the total value of the sub-contract work . |
| 15 | On the south side of the River Mersey the extension takes in the commercial heart of Birkenhead with a mixed housing/industrial dock hinterland and also housing and leisure areas in New Brighton . |
| 16 | It is impossible to creep up on the duck , because its 360 degree vision takes in the slightest movement anywhere around it . |
| 17 | man takes to the jungles , deserts and wild places in search of inward calm and spiritual meditation . |
| 18 | A two-hour bus tour takes in the main sites and ends at a peak overlooking the city . |
| 19 | Our tour of the capital takes in the Opera House , the Schonbrunn and Belvedere Palaces , St Stephens Cathedral , and the famous big wheel . |
| 20 | LAW SOCIETY TAKES TO THE ROAD CONFERENCES ON FRANCHISING AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT COUNTRY |
| 21 | The book takes in the art of Mary Cassatt , Théodore Roussel , Villon and Pissarro as well as a wealth of lesser artists , many of considerable charm and skill . |
| 22 | In Persian uses of Arabic script , for instance , words are distinguished from each other by the forms the letter takes at the beginning , middle or end of a word but there are no particular conventions for indicating where a sentence begins and ends . |
| 23 | At 2pm the fashion show takes to the floor in the ballroom . |
| 24 | Today 's walk takes in the Hintersteinersee area . |
| 25 | As a final point it is worth reiterating that , although it takes a lot of time and intellectual effort to derive an acceptable information model using the MINSE approach , the model is independent of the actual form that the information takes in the real situation , and will remain valid until such time as the role of the organisation undergoes a fundamental change . |
| 26 | The GHI taste panel takes off the wrapping and tucks in |
| 27 | The Cambrian Way takes in the best of Welsh hill country . |
| 28 | The long distance Dales Way takes in the length of the dale , hugging the riverside where possible . |
| 29 | She loved her third husband like the bird takes to the wing and the sea turns on the tide . |
| 30 | Today Operation Blade takes to the buses with ten Strathclyde buses advertising the campaign message , ‘ Save a life — bin the knife ’ . |