Example sentences of "take to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I produced some option plans and they took to it like a duck takes to water . ’ |
| 2 | He takes to it as a duck takes to water . |
| 3 | Seen children take to it , like a duck takes to water , do n't it . |
| 4 | The problem with writing large amounts of text is the time it takes to proof read the final document . |
| 5 | At such a signal , the herd takes to flight . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , the book 's last essay , titled Black Women and Feminism , takes to task those African-American feminists who are reluctant to acknowledge that by ignoring sexism in the Black community they have left unaddressed the abuse and subjugation of Black women by Black men . |
| 7 | God bless them and may we take to heart what they say . |
| 8 | One recommendation is that ‘ Parliamentary Counsel and departmental lawyers should take to heart the criticisms that continue to be made , by those most directly affected , of the style of drafting of statute law , and should review their own drafting styles accordingly . ’ |
| 9 | A challenge one trusts the clans will take to heart . |
| 10 | To give the settlement greater weight it was also agreed that Henry should take to wife Catherine , Charles 's daughter , whose hand he had sought in negotiation some years earlier . |
| 11 | They do n't readily take to water — but will swim if the necessity arises . |
| 12 | The abortion obsession is in danger of becoming a bore , but open minds will take to By-Pass Syndrome , not least because of the title track 's delightfully nave rejection of the road-building craze . |
| 13 | Colonel Richardson 's pain is only the first pain to make me feel dreadful ( why , oh why , do women take to guilt like ducks to water ? ) and most people wo n't be as nice as he was . |
| 14 | And these we can take to nursery and we can leave them at nursery ca n't we ? |
| 15 | The time has gone when a poor ragged child would take to flight at the sight of a policeman . |
| 16 | Unfortunately Anthony usually chose college friends and Nigel did n't really take to bluestocking women . |
| 17 | Cats do n't usually take to car travel , that 's why I do n't often take any of mine with me , and shutting them up in cages goes against the grain , but my sister 's two Burmese love the car , they 'll go and sit in the car when it parked . |
| 18 | I wondered how they would take to steak and kidney pudding , oxtail soup , and plum duff . |
| 19 | What I 'd like to introduce lastly now is an approach that you can take to training to help yourselves and to help make it more effective and more systematic and what I 'd like to introduce to you is , is something called the training cycle and the rest of the course is actually based around the training cycle and I know Margaret you 've actually seen the training cycle a few weeks ago , I 'm not sure if , if any of the others are , any of the others familiar ? |
| 20 | 1745 " The Gentlemen befrementd. taking to Consideration That there are a great deal thefts Committed in this Country Doe to prevent & Discover the samen come to the following Resolutions , That The Chamber lain of Kildaltan & some of the princl . |
| 21 | 1745 " The Gentlemen befrementd. taking to Consideration That there are a great deal thefts Committed in this Country Doe to prevent & Discover the samen come to the following Resolutions , That The Chamber lain of Kildaltan & some of the princl . |
| 22 | He prepared himself to meet the Mahatma on the basis of ‘ personal appeal and conviction ’ , taking to heart the advice of V.S.S. Sastri , who was acting as intermediary , that Gandhi was ‘ like a woman ; you have got to win him ; therefore before you see him , perform all your ablutions , say all your prayers and put on your deepest spiritual robes ’ . |
| 23 | They had patronised it the previous night , taking to heart its motto ( in Latin ) , ‘ drink yourself to hell ’ . |
| 24 | Taking to Water ( July ) , in which Jeannette Kupfermann described her stay at a thalassotherapy centre , had a huge response . |
| 25 | It is probable that the jawless fish lived by grubbing in the sediment , or perhaps by filter feeding , possibly exploiting organic material derived from the plants that were taking to life on land at the same time . |
| 26 | It is interesting to observe that just at the point when the old sources of clerical recruitment , the married clergy , were taking to celibacy , the supply of clergy did not dry up , it multiplied exceedingly . |
| 27 | Mind you , I do n't know what he 's taking to work today cos we have n't got any bread . |
| 28 | It was interesting to receive a positive reaction from the police to the measures we are taking to crime prevention , ’ says regional manager John Hibbert . |
| 29 | Not everyone desired to mimic the magnificent pomp of the College of Arms ; others knew what a risky business this could be , for the College maintained a rigid overview of funerary practices countrywide , taking to task any family which emulated that type of funeral reserved by the rules of etiquette for those of nobler birth . |
| 30 | In encouraging the sharing of confidences the Profitboss takes care to ensure that the confidence is not abused , taking to task any team-member who betrays the trust . |