Example sentences of "be taking [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | So , you know , they 're taking a second mortgage , not a first mortgage , because we 've already mortgaged it . |
2 | so I 'm actually taking the first three weeks and you 're taking the last |
3 | And tonight , three hours south in San Jos de Penuelas , the seasonal labourers who are talking by candlelight around a table seem to be taking the first steps towards the same kind of self-determination . |
4 | His country may be taking the first steps to a market economy , but on the streets there are remarkably few cars . |
5 | Even so , we are taking the first steps in a long journey towards an understanding of the body clock and the way it adjusts to our environment . |
6 | Reuben Boll had been taking the last part of his annual leave . |
7 | As I write , Washington is taking a second look at a once-derided theory , which maintains that the Reagan-Bush campaign made a private deal with Iran in 1980 ; the Iranians keeping the American hostages until after the election and the Reaganites rewarding them with heavy weapons as the price of Jimmy Carter 's pelt . |
8 | THE British Government is taking the first tentative steps to standardise the computers and computer equipment that are bought by civil servants . |
9 | Mute 's stance follows the news that music industry magazine Music Week is taking the first step to redefining the term ‘ independent ’ by running ‘ a genre chart open to all-comers ’ , next to ‘ an old-style distribution chart ’ , from September 19 . |
10 | Ian Pardoe , a Herefordshire fruit farmer , is taking the last of his apples to the market . |
11 | She could n't quite believe she was taking the first few tentative steps back towards her marriage . |
12 | It was early morning and Sara was taking the first typing session of the day . |
13 | It was late in the day and she was taking the last of the sun . |