Example sentences of "take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But every firm every private firm was took the advantage of the reservation .
2 Not to want what could n't be had no doubt took the sting from things .
3 I do n't know , I always said I 'd never took the piss out of these children , but I 'm sure I must have done at school , but I must admit I was embarrassed .
4 That 's took the smile off yer face , ’ he told her .
5 Well I 've got a crafty Roger because he 's took the cheese three times .
6 Well I do it probably was actually but it was the switch that had gone , maybe lightning had hopped across the switch , yeah , but erm , that 's all it was it was the switch , but er , I mean the thing is it went wrong and they had to pay for it , okay it 's only a tenner to have it done , but it , if a C D player , I mean if the carriage goes , you know , sixty , seventy quid , you know I 'm buying these electrical things , it 's , because it 's a burg lock , I can buy them , get them a warranty with it an'all , then it 's took the burden off them .
7 I said cos I shall phone the bank first thing Monday and I shall say right , he 's took the car so you can run to him for the money cos you 'll be getting none out of me .
8 WHAT CONVERSATION there was took the form of reading out check-lists .
9 All you know is you took a bearing from A and it could be anywhere along here , could be quite close to it or it could be miles up over here .
10 We 'll discuss that after you 've took a look at
11 It was n't until they were er sort of six or seven years old that er you 'd , you 'd took a part time job .
12 So the bottom line is I took a cab into town and the driver said this was a real nice place …
13 on your interview she said I want you tell us because at the end of the , your interview she said , it 'll help us to do the others , so they told us , giving me different situations , she 's took a patient out to a cafe and the patient pinched a cake and eaten it , what would you do ?
14 they way , way he I mean he 's took a bite out of it or something
15 yes , he 's took a photo of him sitting on the bike so you then he just had to pin it up on , on my thingy , and it 'd say , you know , you 'll never have this , it 'll give you something to , to go for .
16 I do n't think he 'd been ill-treated , but he 's took a lot of love and a lot of attention
17 Got a florist took a claim out January of eighty-nine , reasonably low premiums , fourteen pound , thirty-two a month .
18 Success followed success for the next few years but no races were held in 1888 and 1890 and the revival in 1891 was the beginning of another era with new builders entering the field although Lee 's still took an interest in events for in 1900 their steamboat " Lee " dressed overall took 80 members of the firm to see the Medway Barge Race .
19 Peter takes the arrow away from me .
20 And Hall takes the pick of the crop , from comics , athletes and rappers .
21 And Hall takes the pick of the crop , from Brooke Shields ( who whom he posed the question , ‘ You came right out and said you were a virgin , right ?
22 Islam takes the Koran as its ultimate guide , and anything not mentioned in the Koran is likely to be rejected by the faithful .
23 Greeny is generally pretty good , like a laugh and takes the piss a bit too .
24 There 's the one when he scores against Sheff Utd a couple of years ago and takes the piss out of Vineyard , and the one when he scored for Scotland and tried to get his leg over ( oo-er ) the advertising boards .
25 Yes , yeah he was trying to put across a serious point but he did n't really succeed cos everybody just takes the piss out of his voice .
26 oh this takes the piss man , I bet you there 's no one in school with a cigarette in his arm
27 I mean but I mean I suppose it 's true with with Sonia and with Honey cos I mean like Honey 's a nice person , but there 's three things about her which are very bad , and that is like she takes the piss erm she 's lazy .
28 Then there sh she takes the piss , she 's lazy .
29 She agrees with everything I say , she 's never horrible to me , but when you 're around she 's really horrible to me and like , even though she 's agreed with something I 've said earlier , she just sort of goes yeah right Cassie ha ha ha it 's really funny and takes the piss out of it and you sort of go along with her and I just sort of have to stand there while you two stand there laughing at me and I do n't like it .
30 Oh that takes the piss .
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