Example sentences of "taking a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the new laws of 1816 , a starving cottager could be transported for seven years for taking a rabbit to feed his family . |
| 2 | At first , this suggestion seemed to apply to all accounts — which certainly would have been taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut — but it has now been narrowed down to those of ‘ public interest ’ companies , with a fairly generous definition of which companies are of public interest . |
| 3 | However , they were oppressed , perhaps not altogether surprisingly , by the thought that , if the Act meant no more than , in plain terms , it said , then it was taking a sledgehammer to crack a very small nut , since the ambit of the exclusion — and thus the utility of the special procedures — would be very considerably narrowed . |
| 4 | S J Paliwoda ( International Marketing ) draws attention to the need to evaluate political risk in a country before taking a decision to set up operations within that country . |
| 5 | Michelle Collins says she was not warned about the dangers of becoming pregnant while she was taking a drug to treat her epilepsy . |
| 6 | Then slice the island like a cake , taking a day to explore each segment . |
| 7 | She was a few strides away , I was taking a breath to shout a warning , when unexpectedly — by some wary instinct — she looked up , and halted . |
| 8 | These developments will help all those buying a home , moving house or taking a house to rent to choose dwellings that will not only save money on their fuel bills , but help to improve the environment . |
| 9 | It is worthwhile taking a moment to look at regulation 4 because it governs the whole attitude of the AlB towards its responsibilities . |
| 10 | Taking a moment to orbit the area was worthwhile . |
| 11 | Taking a cloth to wrap bread because of the shortage of paper , and queuing for things bought so casually before the war , like hairgrips and torch batteries . |
| 12 | That means a commitment to every figure in it , a commitment to taking a risk to achieve the budgeted outputs . |
| 13 | A CROWD of people fought with police officers as they tried to stop a council bailiff taking a car to pay for an outstanding poll tax bill , a court was told yesterday . |