Example sentences of "take [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He takes me in his arms and holds me . |
| 2 | and he said he 'd , he 'd let me know before Christmas if he can get me back on a Wednesday , but I 'm still taken on a Wednesday but my friend takes me in the car on a Wednesday but er I like to go in the ambulance you see really so er |
| 3 | They then have to try and unravel it and , in so doing , will find that it takes them in all sorts of different places until at the end they find a small present . |
| 4 | For a horse who usually takes everything in his stride Milton has an inexplicable and very strong aversion to syringes . |
| 5 | And this man goes , right love , and he takes her in an alley way and she goes thanks , and like , he goes come on then , let's do it now . |
| 6 | If not , the nurse takes him in a wheelchair . |
| 7 | Everything you say , he takes it in the wrong way . |
| 8 | Racing : Powerful ‘ Politics ’ takes it in his stride RACING |
| 9 | He reaches up for it and takes it in both hands . |
| 10 | Each side takes it in turn to bat . |
| 11 | Each of the group members presents one of the units , and takes it in turn to entertain their fellow travellers by talking about their interests in life or about their travels . |
| 12 | Each member state takes it in turn in alphabetical order : currently it is Portugal , and from July onwards it is the UK . |
| 13 | A grasshopper , slowly chewing a leaf-blade is suddenly struck by the clubbed end of a muscular tongue projected like a lance from the mouth of a chameleon ; a field mouse in the twilight of an English wood , searching for seeds , is transfixed by the curved talons of a pouncing owl and may be dead even before its captor 's beak begins to rip it apart ; a lizard in the Arizona desert , stabbed by the hypodermic fangs of a rattlesnake , is paralysed as venom is injected into its veins and it can offer no resistance as the snake takes it in its jaws and swallows it head-first . |
| 14 | One might think that the distance from the monastery to the great house was considerable , but Gerard , continuing , takes it in his stride : ‘ How proud we are still in England of an old family , though , God knows , ‘ t is rare to see one now . ’ |
| 15 | Each Brownie then takes it in turn to pin their card on the map where she thinks that country is . |
| 16 | Mildly astonished at finding himself paid to perform in an Aladdin 's cave of literature , he takes it in his stride . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) Where a document of title to goods has been lawfully transferred to any person as buyer or owner of the goods , and that person transfers the document to a person who takes it in good faith and for valuable consideration , then — ; ( a ) if the last-mentioned transfer was by way of sale the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit is defeated ; and ( b ) if the last-mentioned transfer was made by way of pledge or other disposition for value , the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit can only be exercised subject to the rights of the transferee . ’ |
| 18 | One argument is that payment by a worthless cheque does not satisfy the requirement in s.3(1) that the creditor is " paid " because the victim takes it in satisfaction of the debt . |
| 19 | ‘ We work 365 days a year , 24 hours a day if necessary ’ says Traffic Manager , Trevor Elston , who takes it in turn with Norman Eggleton to be on 24 hour call-out . |
| 20 | Steve takes it in his stride |
| 21 | Much travelled in North-East cricket , Smith takes it in good part . |
| 22 | They just takes it in their stride . |
| 23 | I had to , Richard had taken the car , he takes it in the morning , but |
| 24 | New things had happened , the spread of the scientific temper , erm reasonably effective and cheap methods of contraception , the emancipation of women due to the development of industry , the decay of Christianity , all these various factors made the old conception of marriage out of date , and so he takes it in hand , he pillories it , and he suggests new possibilities , of which one seems to be nowadays obtaining favour , that 's trial marriage , i.e. that people should experiment with living together erm so long as they do n't intend at that stage to have children , before they finally decide to marry and settle down . |
| 25 | And then again if agonisings about modern are seem to take us in one direction , the banning of books as reminded us , takes us in quite another , and we have to remember that for all practical purposes it was indeed a banned book for nearly fifteen years , from the Twenties into the Thirties . |
| 26 | With any luck , if you choose an enemy that is already engaged , you will take them in the flank and cause an immediate panic test . |
| 27 | They 'd sometimes er take them in vans depending where they lived and how many of them , but where there was a single one two police used to escort him , and they escorted him what , where we what they call the viaduct . |
| 28 | Some of them had to walk because you they they could n't take them in in in any conveyance at all because er it was over what they call the viaducts , you know and the big rushes and reeds , I told you about a chap hitting them did n't I ? |
| 29 | We shall take them in turn . |
| 30 | ‘ Luib is pulling his men out in feigned flight ; when the foe attacks us he and his men will take them in the rear . ’ |