Example sentences of "they [vb past] to take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rover had not set a figure on how many workers they expected to take the cash offer , he added . |
| 2 | All this , one may presume further , was supposed to supply the missing will and determination of the indigenous people and just in case the French might be feeling a little faint-hearted at the prospect , the US should immediately reconsider its policy at the first sign that the French were planning to give up or even if they planned to take the problem to the UN . |
| 3 | The FA will not pursue the matter and yesterday they agreed to take no action against referee Ray Lewis , who was accused by a fan of swearing at him during last week 's match between Barnet and Walsall . |
| 4 | Before they lost Richard Biddle with a hamstring injury , the Quakers looked like they could actually match the ex-Premier League side and for a time they promised to take the lead . |
| 5 | That gentile foster parents were liable to imbue youngsters with their own values , however hard they tried to take a neutral line , was undeniable , but the alternative , to turn away children because there were not enough Jewish homes for them to go to , was rejected out of hand by the RCM 's ruling council . |
| 6 | and they tried to take the bloody ticket off me . |
| 7 | They tried to take the cowboys on at their own game . |
| 8 | Then , in the early stages of the second half , with Alan Shearer outstanding and well supported by Mike Newell , they threatened to take the game . |
| 9 | Some of the secondary girls considered such goings on beneath their dignity but it was n't long before they began to take an interest and help out in the " Ox-farm " . |
| 10 | But when they began to take an interpretive attitude toward their conventional practices , the situation became much more complicated . |
| 11 | Trade having been done , they settled to take the meal , to eat , to indicate their good intentions . |
| 12 | They lived a long way away , but they decided to take a weeks holiday in Cornwall and decided to see Daryl in the middle of it . |
| 13 | The couple decided against surgery but 15 years later the failure figure had dropped to only 20 pc and they decided to take the plunge . |
| 14 | As Macmillan later conceded , they decided to take the gamble early in 1955 of concluding a new alliance with Iraq under the umbrella of the emerging Baghdad Pact . |
| 15 | So they proceeded to take the game to Rangers with their elegant style . |
| 16 | They had to take the initiative , but they were encouraged to seek technical guidance wherever they could get it . |
| 17 | I think they had to take the |
| 18 | At five o'clock three Corporation attendants with a policeman would turn everyone off the market ; and they had to take the cattle they had n't sold with them . |
| 19 | The court stated that they had to take the plaintiff as they found him . |
| 20 | And er and that that 's They had to take the top off to make it safe , that 's why I say a couple of hours work to put the top back on , erm makes balance . |
| 21 | some reason it has n't accepted it and Brian says it 's probably cos me wages have n't gone in yet , the bank they ca n't be empty , so he 's hoping to get that by the time they took it out he 's money at the end , it 's embarrassing enough , so , he 's telling me , so they had to take the stuff off him |
| 22 | So they had to take the bath completely out |
| 23 | Although a sixth of the clergy of the diocese 's 272 parishes were deprived because they refused to take the oath of allegiance to Elizabeth 's church , the remainder stayed on , modifying their public practices if not their private beliefs . |
| 24 | For example , David Walker and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield approached us because they wanted to take a new look at photosynthesis . |
| 25 | Before the winter , they wanted to take a lot of food south , and leave it in depots . |