Example sentences of "they take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They look quite dull and uninteresting when lying on the beaches around Whitby and Scarborough , but they take a brilliant polish and look wonderful when mounted as jewellery . |
| 2 | Beans , pulses and grains feature increasingly in a healthy diet , but they take a long time to cook , even using a microwave . |
| 3 | Although it may well be the right treatment , they take a long time to get over it . |
| 4 | I always make sure they take a long time to die . ’ |
| 5 | well my thoughts had cristalized that we would have to change the direction of er , we communicating with them as we 've done in the past , we could n't just use adverts that we might have used regional in a regional press , we had to pick out the point , in the , in the actual article so that four example there were six or seven points that had clearly been made , statements that had been made , I had to devise a scheme then , er , it was only a scheme in my thinking that actually , I had to devise a scheme that would pick up each of these points encounter them , now there was no way I could simply take an advert out and say , they said this , we say that because that would have had no credibility , so what I was thinking at that time is how we might be able to use some other form of being able to counter those six or seven points and I started to come up with an idea perhaps using a third party , because in our business , third party recommendation are very , very powerful and when selling to the elderly because they do not take , I 'm sorry , they take a long time to come to a decision , they mull over it and such like , they take a lot of influence from people , take advise from family , accountants , solicitors , bank managers and such like , so the idea of having a third party in a sense recommend then would have allowed us to get over those particular points , so that 's what was germinating in my mind at the time |
| 6 | Well , we can do that Saturday because they take a long time to get across . |
| 7 | If a German soldier is killed by the partisans or by civilians , they take a certain number of political prisoners out and shoot them . ’ |
| 8 | Every one is different , everyone has its own pattern of possible rat runs and they take a great deal of er er |
| 9 | There 's a lot of adrenalin flowing , and erm they realise that there are pink bodies on the line , and they take a great deal of care in preparing the outfit before they go . |
| 10 | He should insist that the correct wing is held , and direct the car or tractor driver so that they take a safe route which is clear of any hazard from dropping winch cables . |
| 11 | In recent years , minor enzyme deficiencies have been found in some people , which do not normally make them ill unless they take a particular medicinal drug . |
| 12 | They take a cold meal . |
| 13 | However , they take a larger number of those lecture modules in which emphasis is placed on theoretical physics and associated mathematical principles and techniques . |
| 14 | ‘ Honestly , how they get away with such stuff — it 's bad enough they take a large commission , but to sit on the money as long as they do … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What happens is that just as they are about to speak , they take a quick breath , ’ explains Angela Caine . |
| 16 | They take a dim view . |
| 17 | As they take a mad look at the madness , a curious sanity emerges through the laughter . |
| 18 | But when money starts to change hands , they take a harder line . |
| 19 | ‘ The only thing I can think of is that there is a convent near where I live , and they take a few elderly people . ’ |
| 20 | When they reach the borders of their territory , they take a few steps with lowered hindquarters so that long grass passing between their back legs rubs against this gland and acquires a smell that even a human nose can easily detect . |
| 21 | I asked that they take a different route each time , as far as possible , and to occasionally drive him there . |
| 22 | Apparent exceptions to this trend include sites like Chelmsford , with no known stone defences , and Thorpe-by-Newark , where they take a different alignment . |
| 23 | They take a different approach too when describing grand-parent/grandchildren relationships . |
| 24 | Fourth , the discount houses collectively may offer a smaller quantity of bills for sale than apparently needed by the market as a whole , either because they take a different ( to the Bank ) view of the overall shortage in the market or because of the relationship in the market between the short term interest rates at which they fund themselves and the relevant bill yields . |
| 25 | Allowed to remain in the cool waters of the pool , they take a considerable time to reappear and fulfil their role , and often fall prey to browsing water snails . |
| 26 | Each member of the group , based in Woodbridge , has an area in which they take a special interest . |
| 27 | Secondly are we going to cave in to French blackmail again and what will it cost us , and thirdly if we 're going to have even more people going to Strasbourg or to Brussels or to anywhere else , is n't it about time we tried to save the people of Britain who are getting more and more worried and concerned and perplexed about E C , particularly in places like Harrow where they take a special interest in public affairs . |
| 28 | They take a three nil lead to Swansea for the second leg of their first round tie . |
| 29 | They take a realistic approach — Jack says : |
| 30 | They are then moved to a large pit , usually close to the spawning site , where they take a further 6–7 days to become free-swimming . |