Example sentences of "be taking the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 you 're taking the camber as well on this
2 F4 A minimum of two of your crew are fit and active and both will have completed a Fal Sail ‘ Introduction to Yachting ’ course the same year you 're taking the holiday .
3 She says we 're taking the incident very seriously .
4 A spokesman for Tarmac says they 're taking the vandalism seriously , but ’ they do n't know how the damage occured and they 've called in there own security advisers to investigate .
5 ‘ You 're taking the letters yourself ? ’
6 You 're taking the mick !
7 You 're taking the mick are n't you ?
8 They 're taking the mick , I 'm sorry they are this is the last bit , the references that 's it now keep going , keep going , oh it 's stopped !
9 That 's where we 're taking the bearing .
10 So as prostitutes are being deterred from Swindon by big fines and clear up campaigns , they 're taking the problem elsewhere ; to the cities like London , where the fines are low and demand for their work is high .
11 Now they 're taking the case up with the Department of Health , the Foreign Office and the Home Office to find out where they stand if he ca n't pay .
12 They 're taking the government to court — their own Conservative government , for God 's sake — to try to get the treaty chucked out .
13 ‘ People were waiting for us to sign things and it was like , you 're taking the piss out of us , are n't you ? ’
14 ‘ We 're taking the piss . ’
15 After about seven minutes of this ambient fugue , one turns to the other and says , ‘ They 're taking the piss now . ’
16 The Orb — they 're taking the piss now .
17 They 're taking the piss .
18 I never know whether they 're taking the piss or not cos I ca n't remember it .
19 unless you 're taking the chance .
20 But this is immediately dispelled when you hear them , when you know they 're taking the temperature of the times .
21 not while you 're taking the penicillin .
22 Erm what does X represent when you 're taking the cosine of it ?
23 cos they 're , they 're , they 're taking the weight
24 We 're taking the cake .
25 But just to be on the safe side , we 're taking the Coal Board to court .
26 so when the when the proof lands on his desk of his ad for authorization we 're taking the balance out
27 We 've we 're we 're taking the lead .
28 because we 're taking the trade away from them , you know they would have obviously had
29 so , I we 're taking the train or walking ?
30 We 're taking the game back to them .
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