Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] take [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the most serious cases , a field man will always be concerned with covering himself in deciding whether or not to take a formal sample . |
| 2 | My physical exercise makes me feel so good inside — whether I 'm on my stairmaster , whether I 'm out running , dancing to music like a crazy person , riding up hills on my bicycle or just taking a brisk walk . |
| 3 | The parochial and manorial boundaries ( both very ancient ) follow either the Banbury-Oxford road or else take a winding course between the main road and the lane . |
| 4 | Hence when I went to the Lords in 1965 I sat as a cross-bencher , although periodically , according to my attitude at the time , I was supporting one or other of the two parties and rarely took a cross-bench approach . |
| 5 | We are anxious to have a small group of people who would be willing to look after the altar in the church , prepare it for special occasions and generally take a personal interest in its care . |
| 6 | Only women who are not breastfeeding and not taking the contraceptive pill are eligible . |
| 7 | She thought , child of an experimental scientist that she was , that she would make the test for herself and not take the easy way out of asking those experts in all matters Anglican , Theodora and Ian . |
| 8 | ‘ There is a tendency for some insurance companies to ‘ cherry pick ’ and not take the bad risk . |
| 9 | Newcastle won six of the 12 relay races and easily took the top club trophy with 220 points . |
| 10 | Firstly it belongs to John Major himself , for taking to the hustings , and restoring , a cutting edge to the party dialogue — and thus taking the Central Office by the scruff of the neck and lifting it out of the doldrums into which it had sunk . |
| 11 | see instead of doing the one I 'm doing and just taking a little bit of money , I could go and start up another one |
| 12 | Baptized on 31 August 1673 , the younger Daniel Coxe emigrated to America at the age of twenty-eight and thereafter took a prominent role in the affairs of West New Jersey . |
| 13 | Institute regulations require that certificates for new members are presented at Divisional Meetings ( with the exception of members overseas ) , to enable them to meet socially and hopefully to take an active part in Divisional affairs . |
| 14 | From 1387 onwards he supervised the carpentry of Winchester College , though his home was in Upchurch in Kent when in 1390 , with his wife Joan , he bought large property in Kingston upon Thames , and also took a sixty-year lease of the Bishop 's Hall there from 18 October 1392 . |
| 15 | In September 1 158 Henry travelled to Paris and then took the little girl back to Normandy with him . |
| 16 | At the sheds , Margaret Murray from Shrewsbury and Sarah Corish of Carrog near Corwen , buffed up the brass and crimson paintwork and then took an active part in the coaling and watering of the engine in the station head-shunt . |
| 17 | A psychologist develops an approach to the shaping of animal behaviour and demonstrates its effectiveness on rats and pigeons and then takes the reckless step of assuming that similar solutions apply to human behaviour . |
| 18 | But true to the political contours of Lebanon and what is now Israel , I had to fly to Greece , then to Tel Aviv and then take a four-hour car journey to see it , a round-trip of almost a thousand miles . |
| 19 | Turn right and continue until you reach the buildings of Dykeheads and then take the rough track to the left . |
| 20 | Generally , however , he travelled undisturbed ; he would alight from the bus at Piccadilly Circus and then take the underground railway to Russell Square . |
| 21 | Sometimes the polyphony is treated in a free manner , voices imitating each other loosely for a time and then taking a free course until imitations begin again . |
| 22 | She could remember someone or something smashing the back of her head , and then taking the high dive into ice-cream country . |
| 23 | The ecumenical movement has reversed three centuries of division which began with the failure of the Savoy Conference in 1661 and the imposition of the Act of Uniformity , Today , Holy Communion is celebrated more frequently and with a set liturgy , often in an ‘ Anglican ’ way ; set prayers are common and sometimes take a responsory form ; the increasing use of a lectionary means that the choice of readings depends less upon the whim of the preacher and more upon an ordered scheme . |
| 24 | With the wind stiff from the Nursery , he had operated — very tidily — from the pavilion end , against the slope , and almost took an early wicket . |
| 25 | At one gig in Cork they were so skint they could n't afford to buy beer , and instead took the crusty way out and raided the local mixture . |
| 26 | When a company evolves to Stage 4 it ceases to view geographical units as necessarily important in marketing terms and instead takes a global view of its marketing , financing and operations . |
| 27 | They persuaded party leaders and the party group to adopt the initiative and subsequently took an important role in the process of implementation . |
| 28 | With a small sigh , Gina replaced her mug on the table and reluctantly took the offered handshake . |
| 29 | ‘ The strange thing is that he has always been the soundest of horses and never taken a lame step in his life . |
| 30 | Lack of precision in being able to provide a quotation can often confuse a client and therefore takes the commercial edge away from your particular firm . |