Example sentences of "[v-ing] to take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This insulting behaviour had the desired effect in that it raised tempers in Paris , where all political groups , together with virtually the entire press , broke out in a clamour of hostility to Prussia , at the same time castigating their own government for refusing to take a strong line . |
| 2 | Watching Smotty 's four-minute debut — missing an open goal whilst tying his bootlace , refusing to take a second-minute penalty until he had washed his shin pads in the puddle on the centre circle , then when he did take it hitting the corner flag — I could feel the supporters forcing my head further and further down on the block . |
| 3 | Pearce , wanting to take a quick throw-in , grabbed the ball and pushed him on the cinder track surrounding the pitch . |
| 4 | ‘ What sixteen-year-old is going to take a thirteen-year-old home to meet his oldies ? |
| 5 | It 's a challenging objective and there is general recognition among the senior administrators that it is going to take a tremendous effort , one that is both concerted and coordinated , for Canada to qualify for the 1995 quarter-finals . |
| 6 | I 'm going to take a deep breath everytime I see something and just hope you can make things work properly . |
| 7 | Sally-Anne could see that the good doctor , as she had naughtily begun to call him , was going to take a great deal of delight in mercilessly teasing her about Mr Sands . |
| 8 | ‘ You know , Frank , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm going to take a great delight in telling her , much more so than facing up to the big boy himself , because she it is who has paved the way for all this . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ This is going to take a long time , ’ said Tony . |
| 10 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 11 | It 's going to take a long time yet . |
| 12 | That 's going to take a long time . |
| 13 | We have come to realize that many of us will not see the improvements in our quality of life , as this is going to take a long time . |
| 14 | He assured the court that Howard was going to take a well-needed holiday as soon as he could . |
| 15 | It was all going to take a good deal of sorting out . |
| 16 | The Stacker device driver is pretty big — 40Kb — and unless this can be loaded high , it 's going to take a big chunk of Conventional memory . |
| 17 | Ian Harwood , chief UK economist of Warburg Securities , said : ‘ I 'm not convinced that consumer confidence or business confidence is going to take a dramatic knock . |
| 18 | Her husband gave her a hug and hurried inside , saying he was going to take a quick bath , then he 'd be down for drinks . |
| 19 | Such resentments are beginning to take a visible toll on the company . |
| 20 | The hedges were just beginning to take a firm hold , and the lawns still showed the geometric pattern of the turfs as they had been fitted together . |
| 21 | ‘ I think the 1970s was a time when people were beginning to take a little bit more pride in their motor cars . |
| 22 | Other ladies standing nearby were beginning to take an amused interest in this interchange between the domineering retired school-teacher , who had ruled many of them when they were young , and Donna Frizzell , who could tear a character to pieces in three minutes with her sharp tongue . |
| 23 | They should let the people who were responsible for it see that they were beginning to take an active interest in what was the most important issue of the time . |
| 24 | In some cases students wishing to take an open audition for the full-time course may do so without paying the usual audition fee . |
| 25 | Speaking immediately after the Sydney attack , federal Justice Minister Michael Tate accused the government of New South Wales of failing to take a strong enough stance against the powerful gun lobby . |
| 26 | So the council were faced were having to take a legal action because there was a whole claims that because the land was so old , nobody knew who technically owned it and it was n't registered as we owning it until nineteen sixty six , there was legal disputes about that . |
| 27 | The introduction , in 1951 , of the General Certificate of Education made it easier to enrol secondary-modern pupils for such examinations , since at ordinary level ( O level ) the more able among them could now take one subject or a few subjects , without having to take a whole group of subjects at the same time . |
| 28 | ‘ Having to take an unscheduled break is certainly inconvenient , ’ Julius agreed . |
| 29 | There was always the last resort of threatening to take a persistent defaulter to court , as wine merchant Henry Berry had done . |
| 30 | Duncan and Myeloski looked at each other ; things were starting to take a new direction . |