Example sentences of "[noun pl] and take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Your removal men will dismantle bedsteads and take down pictures and wall decorations . |
| 6 | They can buy life assurance companies , run unit trusts and take over or start stockbroking firms . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Workers must defeat employers and take over power . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The aircraft will land , disgorge the troops and take off again immediately , being on the ground for less than three minutes . |
| 11 | I hope she ai n't far cos I really want to change my trousers and take off my mac . |
| 12 | He had been ready to defy the conventions and take on the world — and win ! he thought . |
| 13 | ‘ Women builders can work from our workshops and take on private commissions , if they want to set up on their own , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Auxiliary shipping was not unlikely , to carry reinforcements and food and extra weapons and take off the wounded . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He realised how much he longed to wear that splendid sober regalia and take up a whip to drive a team of four horses . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I remind the House that multiple questions lead to multiple answers and take up time . |
| 22 | The time-travellers manage to escape from the Aridians and take off in the TARDIS , but the Dalek time-ship is in hot pursuit . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He 'd had time to wash his hands and take off his rubber gloves and apron . |
| 26 | As well as the $200 million consideration , Peabody will pay an adjustment — estimated at $34 million — for final net assets and take on borrowings of about $65 million . |
| 27 | ‘ Please help the Society to become self-sufficient and able to train more teachers so that we can offer classes in more locations and take over from those teachers who are waiting to hang up their leotards and tights ’ . |
| 28 | My father was friendly enough but too obviously confident of his powers : if other parents complained to him about me or my brother , he always took our side and made it clear that he would roll up his sleeves and take on anyone who laid a finger on us . |
| 29 | IBM Corp is said to be going to relieve the Open Software Foundation of one of its heaviest burdens and take over integration responsibilities for the Distributed Management Environment . |
| 30 | IBM Corp is reportedly going to relieve The Open Software Foundation of one of its heaviest burdens and take over integration responsibilities for the Distributed Management Environment ( DME ) . |