Example sentences of "[adv] take [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can therefore understand why at that awful moment he should seek to summon up a talisman of words , a secret defence against abomination , or perhaps even an excuse in the form of some kind of precedent that a word expresses and so takes the edge of uniqueness off the contemplated evil . |
| 2 | Depending on the complexity of your operations this may only take a couple of man weeks and could be repeated at regular intervals to monitor progress . |
| 3 | ‘ It would only take a change of attitude amongst men to improve the situation out of all recognition . |
| 4 | Also bear in mind that the eventual target speed for this is around 160 bpm for each crotchet , which for most people will obviously take a lot of practice to achieve . |
| 5 | Lush J took a more accurate approach , it is submitted , in stressing that specific performance would not be granted " against mere mortgagees who only took an assignment by way of security " and that " It is impossible that specific performance of a contract can be decreed against a person with whom there is neither privity of contract nor privity of estate . " |
| 6 | It could be of interest , so taking a piece of cotton waste out of my pocket , I cleaned the accumulated filth off it , only to discover that on it was stamped ON-OFF . |
| 7 | I was still wide awake an hour later so took a gulp of wine to help me sleep . |
| 8 | Tammuz opened his mouth at Roirhak who merely took a sip of coffee . |
| 9 | This wine is concentrated enough to take a dash of soda , should you wish to brighten it up . |
| 10 | Or will he be brave enough to take a dose of poison at the last moment ? |
| 11 | We 're sat either side of a small old table , just big enough to take a tray of tea , set simply alongside other tables and chair sin the cheaply luxurious lounge of the Country Club hotel in Cork , Ireland . |
| 12 | When man and woman were innocent the Evil One 's power was not great enough to take the world by force : he could only operate outside the human race as a whisperer of lies and delusions . |
| 13 | Um I think um where I 've seen things that er discussed under the heading of child sex abuse erm er it 's often the case that um y'know maybe in some families you find the situation where there 's a daughter who 's being abused by the father and then when the brother gets old enough to take an interest in sexuality , he joins in as well sort of thing and it 's er y'know it 's like there 's two blokes abusing the girl . |
| 14 | Erm he , he then obviously goes on to erm to erm talk about peasant bans and prohibitions erm and for some incredible reason the peasants suddenly take a disliking to gaming , gambling and opium smoking , three things that I could n't think of anything I 'd like to do more , erm |
| 15 | You now have several options , so take a bit of time to think through what you really want to do — and get the best advice you can . |
| 16 | Le fair-play ( which already takes a hyphen in French ) becomes le fairplay , and le blue-jean ( which has already lost its s ) becomes le bluejean . |
| 17 | who thereupon took the road to heterodoxy in his disappointment : this can not be more than a fragment of the story . |
| 18 | In the twentieth century , and especially in the period following the Second World War , nationalist movements generally took the form of independence struggles against imperialist rule by European powers , or against less direct types of control which create a situation of dependency . |
| 19 | Just taking a bit of licence . |
| 20 | From watching Isobel and her husband he had discovered that there was much more to sex than just taking a girl to bed or being uneasily married to a frigid , grasping woman . |
| 21 | Finally taking a look at traffic in and around Nottingham 's roads the vehicles I can see are moving steadily . |
| 22 | Having been abseiled onto while soloing , had my runners pulled on by top-ropers and queued while large parties top-roped routes too hard for them , the BMC can only be congratulated for finally taking the matter in hand with an award for single pitch supervisors . |
| 23 | President Vaclav Havel commended Slovaks who did not attend the rally and " thus took a stand in favour of a further development of democracy in our state " . |
| 24 | This is a slow process normally taking an hour per unit of alcohol . |
| 25 | ‘ I wanted to get shadow to convey the haunting feeling of the place but despite getting there at 4.30am each morning and waiting all day for the sun to cast the right sort of light , I finally took the picture in moonlight three days later . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I wanted to get shadow to convey the haunting feeling of the place but despite getting there at 4.30am each morning and waiting all day for the sun to cast the right sort of light , I finally took the picture in moonlight three days later . ’ |
| 27 | I have just taken a cone of machine washable wool from my shelf , it is sold as ‘ four-ply ’ . |
| 28 | Yanto had just taken a swig of cider , and instantly sprayed a dozen regulars as the uncontrollable spasm of laughter erupted . |
| 29 | The Salisbury Steam Laundry had just taken a delivery of fuel and the covers to the boiler room were open . |
| 30 | Gorbachev has already taken the West by surprise by agreeing to a reduction of intermediate nuclear weapons and then suggesting further reductions in long-range missile systems . |