Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women & children were set free from slavery & the men unemployed from farming could move to mines & take up jobs which the women & children had previously filled . |
| 2 | She might as well cut her losses and take off for Phobos or Longevity , see if there was anything there , see if there was anyone that had n't flown down for carnival . |
| 3 | He 'd seen her buy the cards and stamps and go through the list of presents to get , seen her write letters to elderly relatives , make the puddings and the mince pies , clean the house , polish the little pieces of silver and brass she 'd acquired , make long shopping lists and then go out and buy things , wrap presents and take out their old Christmas tree and sort through the ornaments . |
| 4 | To take an example , suppose two mothers regularly go for coffee in each other 's homes and take along their respective toddlers , and that one parent gets quite distressed at the children running riot around the house whilst the other is seemingly oblivious . |
| 5 | There is often disagreement between spouses ; wives complain at best about lack of help and support from their husbands , at worst that their husbands make increased demands and take out their frustrations about the relative on their wives ; husbands complain that their wives are so |
| 6 | Your removal men will dismantle bedsteads and take down pictures and wall decorations . |
| 7 | They can buy life assurance companies , run unit trusts and take over or start stockbroking firms . |
| 8 | The aim is to create a European financial common market so that citizens and businesses in all member states will be free to invest their money , open accounts and take out loans and insurance policies where they choose . |
| 9 | Workers must defeat employers and take over power . |
| 10 | Students should stand ready to explain and to defend their views ; and to listen to counter views and take up a further position if the balance of the contending positions points that way . |
| 11 | D&B 's Marketing Manager , Philip Mellor , said : ‘ Extreme caution in British boardrooms is reflected in a reluctance by firms either to tie up vital funds in increased stocks or take on new staff . ’ |
| 12 | The aircraft will land , disgorge the troops and take off again immediately , being on the ground for less than three minutes . |
| 13 | I hope she ai n't far cos I really want to change my trousers and take off my mac . |
| 14 | He had been ready to defy the conventions and take on the world — and win ! he thought . |
| 15 | ‘ Women builders can work from our workshops and take on private commissions , if they want to set up on their own , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Auxiliary shipping was not unlikely , to carry reinforcements and food and extra weapons and take off the wounded . |
| 17 | It is merely my desire that you complete your studies and take up a form of employ that may be useful for my purposes at some time in the future . |
| 18 | So if you 're wandering around and you want to write somebody a quick note , you do n't have to open the rings and take out a piece of paper , you just write on here and tear it off . |
| 19 | In order not to obstruct gangways or take up rack space , dry powder systems would have to be designed with extensive pipework feeding nozzles located in the racks or gangways from a centralised , pressurised storage unit . |
| 20 | He realised how much he longed to wear that splendid sober regalia and take up a whip to drive a team of four horses . |
| 21 | Similar to these are the filter-feeders , animals that pass a current of water through their bodies and take out of it all the food they need . |
| 22 | They tub the velvet off their antlers on to the trees and take off the bark but , , they do n't do enough damage to matter . |
| 23 | Eventually comes a moment when you find you can remember without necessarily feeling sad , and this is the time to begin life again , to renew old interests and take up new pursuits . |
| 24 | I remind the House that multiple questions lead to multiple answers and take up time . |
| 25 | The time-travellers manage to escape from the Aridians and take off in the TARDIS , but the Dalek time-ship is in hot pursuit . |
| 26 | Because they actually allowed the , the nationalists to , to sort of drive a an attack through into villages and take over erm and they , they assumed that they would drive too far erm |
| 27 | Now I know that if I hold my arm up but keep it still she has the benefit of the updraught and will open her wings and take off . |
| 28 | will at 's option either give to all assistance reasonably required by in connection with such proceedings or take over their conduct . |
| 29 | 8.7 In the event that any proceedings are brought against other than in the circumstances described in clause 8.5 ( and including , but not limited to , those arising out of any acts or omissions of in its exercise of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise in connection with alleged defects in the Licensed Products ) , will at 's option either give all assistance reasonably required by in connection with such proceedings or take over their conduct . |
| 30 | He 'd had time to wash his hands and take off his rubber gloves and apron . |