Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] take the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Harry was no longer looking at him , but felt sure he had leaned forward across his desk , as if their discussion were only now taking the desired direction .
2 It may just be an extremist minority within a minority that would take offence , but one company told PEN it would rather just take the easy way out and not have pigs .
3 Derek Jefferson once again took the unusual course of holding the flag for such a short putt , but it did n't put Brian Harley off .
4 Long at the Bridgewater Arms in Winston , they 've more recently taken the Black Horse at Ingleton and , last year , the Bridge on Whorlton green .
5 The signal sequence in preprogastrin — that is , residues 1–21 , is sufficient to ensure sequestration into the cisternal space of the endoplasmic reticulum so that the peptides we have measured are likely to be localised to the secretory pathway , most probably taking the constitutive route to the exterior .
6 Sabally also took the National Defence and Women 's Affairs portfolios previously held by Jawara .
7 Turn left then take the first right over the stream .
8 Away goes Lawrence , shirt soaked with sweat , he bowls to who plays well forward taking the bottom hand off the bat and the ball rolls up to Lawrence who does n't field it , it 's Hugh Morris running from short leg , who then hands the ball to Philip DeFreitas , gives it a good shine on his right thigh .
9 Navigation by the sun and stars almost always took the same course as the tyre-tracks .
10 I worked a lot in one which I used to call D4 — basically taking the second string down to A and then sometimes taking the third string down to F sharp — open D. But sometimes keeping the third string tuned to G. I also used to tune to D minor sometimes and take the F sharp down to F , but sometimes keeping the E at the top so you 'd have a ninth . ’
11 The old standards have decayed , the aristocracy no longer take the intellectual lead ; men of letters and booksellers are left face to face with a multitude of readers whose intellectual appetites and tastes are emancipated from all direct influence and control .
12 Despite the panegyric on the Soviet state published in L'Humanite following the adoption of a new constitution in June 1936 , and despite the great international prestige enjoyed by the Soviet Union during 1937 , consequent upon its material support for Republican Spain , Nizan could no longer take the future strength and stability of the USSR for granted .
13 Cadfael had been awake and afield more than an hour by then , for want of a quiet mind , and had filled in the time by ranging along the bushy edges of his peasefields and the shore of the mill pond to gather the white blossoms of the blackthorn , just out of the bud and at their best for infusing , to make a gentle purge for the old men in the infirmary , who could no longer take the strenuous exercise that had formerly kept their bodies in good trim .
14 He walked down the quay without looking back , but he must have known I was watching him for he stopped a few yards short of his car and very ostentatiously took the incriminating chart from his jacket pocket .
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