Example sentences of "to take [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They 're to take during the day .
2 I 've given you some other special ones to take during the day just to settle your nerves
3 Carol 's uses , using sponges to take off the gel .
4 ‘ None of us expected the single to take off the way it did , ’ adds Dermot .
5 The wisest course is to take off the bud and burn it — you will not get a bloom anyway .
6 It 's time to take off the dinosaur suits and start talking real business .
7 His blue eyes implored her to take off the gag .
8 If you can find out when they feed you will be able to take off the cover at that time and watch them feeding .
9 In the strong-loam belt of Suffolk — the heavy-land districts — however , very narrow stetches of two yards and upwards were necessary effectively to take off the surface water .
10 She was triumphant , and slid the padlock out of the iron loops , intending to take off the collar , but Midnight said :
11 Then at some time during the day , he or she has cause to turn their head sharply to the left , or attempt to take off the jacket .
12 It 's easy to take off the outside when when you come to take the inside ones it 's quite difficult .
13 So she eased the car forward a few inches more — but forgot to take off the lock .
14 He paused , put the rod on the table , and began to take off the cloth .
15 So now Carol 's going to use damp pads damp cotton wool to take off the cleanser .
16 Casting will take place at the Carlton Highland Hotel on Friday , March 5 , and the successful applicants will appear on screen later in the year to take about the cinema .
17 People staying in Les Menuires are spoilt for choice when deciding which direction to take for the day 's skiing .
18 She will need twice-daily doses of an anti-rejection drug which she will have to take for the rest of her life .
19 Within the assembly council I personally valued your contributions the very courteous and thoughtful way in which you presented these and the courage with which you expressed at times the stand that you had to take for the interest of the Board .
20 At the extreme this engenders a sense of relative deprivation which it is now fashionable to take as the measure of poverty .
21 Dicke decided to take as the measure for fat digestion , the fat absorption coefficient , where the coefficient of fat absorption/24 hrs is :
22 This is a step I did n't really want to take as the text books and scientific articles indicate that the fry feed on a mucus secretion on the parents flanks which is necessary to their health .
23 It was indeed the attacks in Cartwright 's books which Hooker was to take as the starting point for his defence of the Church .
24 Never in my life , he wrote , have I known so exactly what step to take after the step I am in the process of taking , and then what step to take after the step I will take after the step I am in the process of taking .
25 Never in my life , he wrote , have I known so exactly what step to take after the step I am in the process of taking , and then what step to take after the step I will take after the step I am in the process of taking .
26 Whatever directions artists were to take after the war , it was already clear that painting could never be quite the same again .
27 That is an arrogant view to take of the Bill .
28 There were lesbian nuances I did n't much like ; perhaps because I was beginning to take against the facet in Conchis 's polyhedral character that obviously enjoyed ‘ curious ’ objects and literature .
29 During the year when you have essays to write or problems to solve as part of the requirements of the course , work on a small space on your desk with the items that you are allowed to take into the examination room .
30 This is particularly important if you are allowed to take into the examination room a small calculating machine .
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