Example sentences of "take the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know it does n't work quite like that , that is the one OK , can you take the other hand , that 's that one |
| 2 | ‘ The least you could do is take the other end of the Chesterfield , ’ Amanda said crossly . |
| 3 | But it 's no bad thing — we should take the two way traffic of actors and directors more seriously than we do . |
| 4 | Erm because the report is er quite a long report mainly the er part of the report erm I will pick out the most important comments and if I could take the first part of the report first erm this concerns a new staffing structure between er , newly emerged welfare rights and advice service . |
| 5 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 6 | I have now , through your lordship 's favour , the satisfaction of seeing them cultivated in my neighbourhood , by the skilful hand of my friend , Mr. Miller , and shall take the first opportunity of describing and engraving them that the public may see how much they are indebted to your lordship . |
| 7 | When an azure-winged magpie is fooled into accepting a cuckoo 's eggs , the cuckoo chicks will take the first opportunity to push the magpie 's own eggs out of the nest . |
| 8 | Carole would take the first opportunity to get her on her own and have a word with her in private . |
| 9 | I did n't take the first bus , or the second . |
| 10 | What 's actually covered on the policy there I mean obviously if if you get let's take the first point as regards the if the vehicle is n't right from the day of purchase , then obviously the redress is with the dealer obviously erm I mean we 're all aware of that situation , and obviously the idea of the policy is not to take away the dealer 's liability the dealer 's liability remains , as you would know . |
| 11 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 12 | Why not take the first step to a happy ending — and complete the coupon right now ? |
| 13 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 14 | " If one is basically more anxious to please and amuse people than to keep an implacably appraising eye on them , " the author of the urbane and chuckling funny Appleby books , Michael Innes , has said , " one will never take the first step towards considerable writing . " |
| 15 | ‘ My mind wandered off at four-love , ’ she admitted after winning nine games in succession from 1–1 to easily take the first set and forge a 4–0 lead in the second . |
| 16 | 20–4–1906 For the Communion on 6th May it was arranged that the Rev. D. Munro would preach on the Fast Day ( the Thursday before ) , the Rev. D. I. McInnes would take the Gaelic service on the Sabbath and the Rev. A. McLaren Young of Southend , Campbeltown the English services . |
| 17 | These fish exclusively inhabit the very top layer of the aquarium , they will take the usual food but it is important they receive some freeze-dried or frozen tubifex or bloodworm . |
| 18 | You will definitely take the odd blow to the mid-section so your muscles should be strong enough to absorb some impact energy . |
| 19 | While badgers can ‘ snuzzle and take all the corn crops ’ and will sometimes take the odd lamb , they are not considered a threat to farming , though it has been suggesting that they might have links with tuberculosis in milking herds . |
| 20 | I shall take the odd break from coffee mornings to engage in militant breastfeeding in some prominent spot in a major department store . |
| 21 | He might take the odd class in Geography at a pinch , but he had never given the subject any particular prominence in the school , and most boys gave it up after two years . |
| 22 | It was because he was so alert , so curious about the world , about books and films , that Ghatak could never take the easy way out . |
| 23 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 24 | It would take the easy way and go for the baited foot laid out for it … |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I seem to think you should take the easy bit , cos that 's gon na be miles too hard ! |
| 27 | They chose to dismantle themselves and start from scratch all over again , rather than take the easy route of formulaic consolidation of their position . |
| 28 | Rather than take the easy route of making populist entertainment , she is now doing all she can — even press interviews — to persuade the audience to come to her . |
| 29 | Posterity , perhaps , will take the easy answer : that he contemned me because I was contemptible , and that since he was a great genius his judgment must have been correct . |
| 30 | The less energetic could take the easy walk to the cable car and ride to the summit of Mount Mottarone . |