Example sentences of "[vb infin] take [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You may have to commit yourself to buying a new home before you have sold your existing one , in which case you may need to take out a bridging loan to tide you over until you sell .
2 How could she expect to take on the powerful Lucenzo Salviati — a man with centuries of trickery in his blood — and come out top ?
3 Although we are a parliamentary democracy and would expect to take nearly every final decision in this place , is there not a body of respectable constitutional opinion that says that , if we propose to transfer the democratic accountability from a Westminster Parliament to an unelected European Commission , or even an elected European Parliament , the British people are entitled to take a view on the matter ?
4 Would you like to take effectively a three star , four star , one star er servicing ?
5 Very limited entrepreneurial ambitions , conspicuous consumption and a tendency to spread their thin investments over many ventures [ the ‘ group of companies ’ mentality ] , a tendency … to only scratch the surface of innovation , the aversion to teaming up with others , all these and other motivational factors are likely to continue to limit the growth of Nigerian enterprises even in those spheres which are exclusively reserved to them and to postpone the day when they may hope to take over the higher reaches of enterprise .
6 During the subsequent exploration of New Zealand and Australia , Green was , in Cook 's words , ‘ indefatigable in making and calculating these observations [ for latitude and longitude ] which otherwise must have taken up a great deal of my time …
7 Had there been a verification that nuclear fusion did occur in solids at room temperature , here is one theorist , and I am sure I speak for many colleagues , who would have taken up the new field to see what fundamental implications it had .
8 I mean , I 'm n this is no criticism because you , you could n't er , you 'd have taken up the whole hour if you 'd included examples .
9 By eating the herbs , the fish would have taken on a slight herby flavour themselves .
10 Moeri 's original procedure , of adding the chemicals to the second vat , would however have taken only a few minutes and would have left the reaction in no condition to explode .
11 My Lords if this bill had been introduced by a government of a different political persuasion to the present one , I would of course have spoken in precisely the same terms as I do today and I believe that in circumstances of that sort , the overwhelming majority of this House would have taken precisely the same view .
12 There were reports of Diana playing tricks on Charles too — changing jackets with a friend , so he would attempt to take home the wrong woman ; and there were reports that he spent his evenings at home in the chalet while Diana danced the night away with friends in a disco .
13 Many fear they will have to take out a second mortgage to pay for the spin-off merchandise from the Macauley Culkin sequel : Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York .
14 Unless you have enough spare cash to do this , you will have to take out a bridging loan .
15 A house in Hampstead would mean taking on an astronomical mortgage , but so what ?
16 Do n't forget to take up the READY position after signalling each word .
17 Do not forget to take along a separate sample of pond water — that in the fish bag will not be representative of your water quality .
18 If we 're confident that you can afford to take on the extra commitment , we 're quite happy to agree a second loan .
19 Why did she want to take away the one possession that was truly valuable to him ?
20 If you can afford private treatment , or you have medical insurance cover to pay for it , you may prefer to take on a full treatment programme with the specialist physiotherapist .
21 A more long-term effect is that over-exposed skin will age and wrinkle prematurely , and will thicken to take on a leathery look .
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