Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] take [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They cooperate better and take an active part in their recovery . |
| 2 | ‘ Should we pop out for an hour or so and take a late breakfast ? ’ |
| 3 | Lugh , who had listened to all this with tolerance ( because of being a good leader ) , thought that now was probably as good a time as any to slip away and take a real look at Tara . |
| 4 | It was some music he 'd never heard before , but he turned it up loud anyway and took a deep breath and settled back into his seat . |
| 5 | He put the letter aside and took a fresh piece of parchment , smoothing it out and rubbing it clear with a pumice stone . |
| 6 | Joan drew near and took the dead man 's child by the hands , and kissed her . |
| 7 | She shook herself slightly and took a final look down the proud granite staircase towards the traffic . |
| 8 | Lachlan Watt had been about to leave Hamish and Antonia 's party when Fergus had fallen over and Fiona had decided it was time to take her husband home ; she had offered Lachy a lift back to his brother 's house , but when they 'd got there Fergus had seemed fast asleep , snoring loudly and taking no apparent notice of Fiona shaking him and shouting at him ; Lachy had volunteered to come back to the castle to help get Fergus out of the car and upstairs to bed ; Fiona would run Lachy back afterwards . |
| 9 | Very dirty items , if they are cleaned immediately and take a long time , can upset the flow and cause a log-jam of dirties with congestion in the reception area which restricts work further . |
| 10 | Robinson soon went , but Gooch and Gower batted well and took the overnight score to 110 for 1 ; only another 119 to avoid the follow-on and clearly England 's best day of the series so far . |
| 11 | I almost dare suggest myself again and take a stiff brandy and ask a lot of questions that we want to know the answers to . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 13 | She sighed heavily and took an unsteady step back . |
| 14 | On the way the child seemed to do nothing else but take a great deal of delight in wetting me thoroughly . |