Example sentences of "taking [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BIRKENHEAD 'S Queensway tunnel will be closed for major electrical works this weekend and Mersey Tunnels staff are taking the chance to spruce up the tube . |
| 2 | RESIDENTS of a Cleveland town are taking the chance to see plans which will make a long-awaited bypass a reality . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think anything has been decided for Sunday yet , but if the boss was taking the chance to have a look at me I was reasonably happy with my performance overall . |
| 4 | In that situation , why is he not taking the chance to make an announcement on a special economic initiative for Renfrewshire ? |
| 5 | Frustrated in that sector , speculators turned to every other potential bid target in sight , even taking the chance to roll out a few genuinely new stories , presumably cooked up on one of those many idle dealing days during the election campaign . |
| 6 | Miners are taking the battle to save Parkside Colliery to the European Parliament . |
| 7 | These sessions are particularly appropriate where the bureau worker is of the opinion that the problem can be dealt with in one interview with a solicitor , but it is permissible for the solicitor taking the session to accept the interviewee as his or her own client if further advice is needed . |
| 8 | Taking the bark to make the drug kills the tree , and up to 5,000 trees are needed to produce only 2lb of paclitaxel . |
| 9 | Responsibility for taking the decision to imprison a person before trial is shared between the police , Crown Prosecution Service and the courts . |
| 10 | The catering personnel were taking the opportunity to depart via the fire exits . |
| 11 | BIRKENHEAD 'S Queensway tunnel will be closed for major electrical works this week and Mersey Tunnels staff are taking the opportunity to spruce up the tube . |
| 12 | President Kerekou of Benin visited Lagos in late June , taking the opportunity to deny recent reports in the Nigerian press that Benin and Nigeria were planning to establish a confederation . |
| 13 | The bar was quiet and he was taking the opportunity to do some washing up . |
| 14 | In 1878 Bell travelled to Scotland and London on his honeymoon , taking the opportunity to present a pair of ivory telephones to Queen Victoria . |
| 15 | People are taking the opportunity to get out when they can . |
| 16 | The masher 's intended victim was not quite so indecisive ; far from taking the opportunity to run off , leaving St George to fight the dragon on his own , she had taken the opportunity once her attacker 's attention had been diverted from her to remove her right shoe , and she now proceeded to attack him from the rear , pounding him first about the head and shoulders with the shoe , and then with her handbag shrieking , ‘ Take that , you cowardly bully , and that , ’ leaving him open to any attack Neil might care to make . |
| 17 | Congratulations to Lucy Jackson for taking the opportunity to run Medau classes during August and September at the Pineapple Centre in London , and for her recent success in publicising Medau in various national magazines and local newspapers . |
| 18 | The youngsters , accompanied by three members of staff , were taking the opportunity to experience an English way of life , visiting Oxford , London and local sights , including Jane Austen 's house at Chawton . |
| 19 | He said he had bumped into Shildon on Monday evening and urged him into a pub , taking the opportunity to make up the quarrel begun on Friday . |
| 20 | Working against time , David Whitaker is believed to have put together the first of his two fifty page scripts in one afternoon taking the opportunity to introduce viewers further to the characters of the Doctor , Ian , Barbara and Susan , and to make more known about the TARDIS space/time ship . |
| 21 | The bird is much the liner of the two , of course — I 'm only taking the dragon to make a pair with the bird . |
| 22 | The myth of a woman taking the blame to protect the male foible should not be perpetuated . |
| 23 | This brief discussion should also illustrate the point that we have , implicitly , adopted a very broad definition of industrialization , taking the term to include not simply the adoption of new techniques of production ( factories and corporations ) but also wider and related changes such as the development of industrially-based cities , migrations to these cities , the growth of bureaucracies and , perhaps , less tangible changes in values . |
| 24 | Taking the four-year-old to visit relatives , aunt Lesley Burns said : ‘ You ca n't keep Laura down . |
| 25 | Having milked his seventy-five Friesian cows , he set about the main business of the day , loading Norton 's Coin , one of only three horses he trained under permit on his farm , into the horsebox , then taking the wheel to drive his stable star to Cheltenham . |
| 26 | When Edberg 's serve wavered in the seventh game , Becker struck in deadly fashion , taking the game to love with a dazzling array of returns and passing shots . |
| 27 | Taking the time to talk about the past , focusing on the experience of the counsellee in all its detail and complexity , can help to establish the counselling relationship . |
| 28 | Sue : thank you very much for taking the time to talk to me . |
| 29 | Alex Brown thanked Mr Lang for taking the time to talk to the milk producers present but said : ‘ We know the final decision rests on your shoulders because it will be for the Secretary of State for Scotland to decide on whether proposals for vertically integrated milk co-operatives distort competition after the milk boards are deregulated . ’ |
| 30 | Lord Mayor , may I begin by congratulating so many from the majority group for taking the time to attend today 's Council meeting . |