Example sentences of "have take [art] [noun] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas Cook , the best-known name on the high street , has taken a leaf out of the book of Airtours ( which owns Pickfords ) and has snapped up a 10.3% stake in Owners Abroad , the UK 's second biggest operator . |
| 2 | The Institute has taken a leaf out of CIMA 's book and joined Opportunity 2000 , the business-led initiative launched by John Major , which aims to put more women into top management jobs by the beginning of the next century ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1991 , p 15 ) . |
| 3 | ZZAP ! to date has taken the mickey out of everyone without being prejudiced against anyone or anything . |
| 4 | Imagine says it has taken the complexity out of authoring by creating a program that constructs sophisticated hypermedia apps without recourse to a scripting language . |
| 5 | GRAEME SOUNESS steps back into the pressure cooker of soccer management tomorrow , snarling at suggestions that heart surgery has taken the fire out of him . |
| 6 | He 'd taken a taxi out to Baby Boy 's grave , and then he 'd walked the rest of the way . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd taken a band out of the independent scene and guided them and refined them . |
| 8 | no my wallet and some one handed it in and they 'd taken a fiver out of it , they 'd gone , oh , oh |
| 9 | They 'd taken the plug out of his boiler just the same and let off his mill-dam without a thought for what it was going to cost him — and them , he 'd see to that — in the long run . |
| 10 | Paul Crossland admitted in court that he 'd taken the cash out of union funds , but said he 'd felt entitled to it because he had saved the union so much money . |
| 11 | Having taken the plank out of our eye , we can see clearly how the Craft has stepped into the vacuum . |
| 12 | And before the funeral the they would he would probably have to take a window out of the house . |
| 13 | ‘ You do n't have to take the dishes out of the dishwasher and put them in the dish rack and then take the cutlery out of its little plastic box and then put it in the cutlery drawer making sure that the spoons go in one compartment and the knives in another compartment and the forks in another compartment except there are always forks in the spoons compartment and knives in the forks compartment when you get there so it 's hopeless it 's always too late to get things right it 's a total frost honestly is life you are a lot better off dead in my opinion . |
| 14 | We rented a plot of land and so I would have to take the meal out to my husband at mid-day . |
| 15 | Over the past six months or so you appear to have taken a leaf out of the Aquarian book and aired your grievances in such a manner that you now face the possibility of a complete break from the past , which in turn would alter so much you have built up and established over the years . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , awkwardly , ‘ I know I 've taken the piss out of you in the past . |
| 17 | I 've taken the piss out of Morrissey in the past . |
| 18 | I 've taken the film out of it . ’ |
| 19 | It 's er , they ought to have , they 'll ha , have to it wants now I 've taken the screw out of the sinks that has got ta be put back . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've taken the matter out of her hands . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've taken the steaks out of the freezer , ’ he said , returning to his efforts with the door . |
| 22 | A wife whose husband had taken a girl out on a number of occasions would tell the counsellor , ‘ This time it 's different — they 've slept together . ’ |
| 23 | He felt as he had in Oxford , the first time he had taken a girl out with a packet of French letters in his wallet . |
| 24 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 25 | It was , she realised with astonishment , his version of an apology , and she had a feeling that it had taken a lot out of him to say it . |
| 26 | Maintaining that calm , uncaring façade even for just a few minutes had taken a lot out of her , and she felt the faint beginnings of a headache behind her eyes . |
| 27 | But industrial growth would gradually provide the resources for improvements in wages and conditions of the kind which had taken the sting out of revolutionary ferment in the West . |
| 28 | Middlesbrough , however , had taken the sting out of Leicester and were playing with more confidence and control at this stage . |
| 29 | At some point Rufus himself had taken the things out of the fridge and left the door open to defrost it . |
| 30 | Mrs. Hammond had taken the document out to California for Mr. Steed to execute . |