Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in the lock museum I 've taken some locks th that I collected and took them over there they used to do speed locks butted locks sidecar locks er then , as the motor trade changed from all wood frames to metal frames , other types of locks , I took there but this is what is amazing me , they , at the lock museum they highlight all the Willinghall locks which are the padlocks , which are locks er wardrobe locks , cabinet locks and all the smaller type of locks but there was the biggest industry , I mean Walsall locks are still in existence now , they made er er locks for , for , for cars , the Bloxwich lock , that was their biggest trade was er , was er the bigger locks . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ When you score three goals away from home you expect to take three points . |
| 3 | Fleury was quite wrong in thinking that Miriam had been nourishing amorous ambitions as far as the Collector was concerned ; on the contrary , throughout the siege she had taken great pains not to allow her feelings to attach themselves to any individual man . |
| 4 | The revolt itself has taken many forms , and issued in a variety of quite different conceptions of what philosophy itself is about . |
| 5 | Choosing what to include took some time , though I wanted to give it an artistic flavour . ’ |
| 6 | If that is the case you need to take bigger bites or steps . |
| 7 | Going through the door to the back kitchen you had to take three steps down and immediately to the left was the matchboard door to the garden . |
| 8 | They are like scraps from a tailor 's cutting room which have taken clumsy wing . |
| 9 | There is no evidence of health problems arising from this particular factor , but on this healthy diet we want to take extra care to ensure all essential nutrients . |
| 10 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 11 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 12 | ‘ The weather 's not improving , and with us wallowing around like a drunken whale we 've taken heavy seas over the stern . |
| 13 | His ‘ devils ’ prepare for him notes of his material but once he has gone into court he has to take entire responsibility on his own shoulders . ’ |
| 14 | On my first morning she had taken one look at me . |
| 15 | She was not altogether surprised by her father-in-law 's absence , because right from the start he had taken particular pleasure in taunting her in this way . |
| 16 | On 19 February 1804 Brigadier Engineer Reynaldo Oudinot , a Frenchman who had taken Portuguese nationality , arrived in Funchal to look into the problems of flooding in the city . |
| 17 | In the past it has taken great efforts by the Merseyside and Greater Manchester police to keep supporters apart in what is widely thought to be the most intense antagonism in the League . |
| 18 | Williams leaped for a header which dropped over Ian Walker and just under the bar — with the keeper finding he had taken one step too many off his line . |
| 19 | She gave a little gesture , out towards the windows , to the formal parterre which had taken twenty men as many months to relay and replant . |
| 20 | She started with the bones — good thing she had taken those anatomy courses — and laid on muscle , flesh and skin . |
| 21 | The flow of East German refugees swelled during the 24 hours to Sunday morning from the normal 500-600 to 1,184 , bringing the number who have taken that route since Hungary opened its borders on 11 September to 35,000 . |
| 22 | for this longer-term analysis we have taken those panel members who were interviewed in the Mid-Term Wave ( April-May 1986 ) , the Pre-Campaign Wave ( March-April 1987 ) , and the Post-Election Wave ( June 1987 ) . |
| 23 | Therefore , in addition to specifically charged items , one could recover 24 hours ' general perusals on litigation which had taken 2 years from issue of writ to trial . |
| 24 | Well apart from attaining a Flying Instructors ticket along with his Basic Commercial Pilot 's Licence , Commercial Pilot 's Licence and Air Transport Pilot 's Licence , this year he has taken many performance category ratings . |
| 25 | Many is the time I 've taken good fish , working the vane out across the wind by continuous adjustments to the line , holding back on the float etc. when others have sat waiting for the wind to swing around a couple of degrees . |
| 26 | I have n't really had a vacation , this is the first time I 've taken some time off and I barely got here ; just because of the pace of the world , especially last year . |
| 27 | At the time she chose to take British citizenship , which was her right and elected to try to play for Britain . |
| 28 | By the time she dared take another look — this time squinting through almost closed eyes — the star 's appearance had completely changed . |
| 29 | Next time you decide to take some action , kindly inform me . |
| 30 | He is a very shrewd businessman who has taken full advantage of having a market very largely to himself and who is suffering a temporary setback as a result of the economy . |