Example sentences of "take [pron] [noun sg] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went upstairs , had a wash then took my place at the dining table . |
| 2 | Amy Rimmer of the 5th Eastham ( St Mary 's ) Pack takes her turn at the wheel of the Mersey ferry Woodchurch during a Pack outing . |
| 3 | Because I do n't take his manoeuvre at the end seriously — his request for guidance . |
| 4 | It will take his spell at the Baseball Ground to 12 years but Cox admitted that the decision to sign had not been easy . |
| 5 | I took my place at the top of a walkway between the orchestra , the curtains opened and a lush sigh from the string section led the intro of ‘ Memories ’ . |
| 6 | The SADR first took its seat at the Organization of African Unity summit of 1984 , not 1989 as inadvertently given on pp. 37014 , 37220 . |
| 7 | In discussion of the proposal to Islamicize Libyan law , both old and young took their turn at the microphone , the older men serious , sometimes passionate , arguing both sides : they set their approval of particular measures — the prohibition of alcohol , for example — against their fear of further state interference in religious affairs , derived from unstated resentment of Qaddafi 's arrogation to himself of the power to determine what Islam might be . |
| 8 | Most of the CBC staff took their lunch at the hotel cafeteria , with Emile and Margaret presiding , and I often joined Ira Dilworth at his table when he waved me over . |
| 9 | There has been hardly any interest until Anna Pavlova took her company at the end of December 1925 — less than two years before John 's birth — for seasons at the Opera House , Cape Town , and afterwards at the Standard Theatre , Johannesburg . |
| 10 | Celeste Hinds , mother of a Down 's syndrome child , took her place at the rostrum , dominated overhead by SPUC 's ubiquitous emblem : the crying foetus . |
| 11 | Good-naturedly , she took her place at the end of the line and when Ernest was satisfied with the arrangements , he said : ‘ Watch the birdie ! ’ |
| 12 | And of course John and the two oldest children would n't let them go without taking their turn at the slide . |
| 13 | In taking his place at the head of the Second Crusade , the Rex Francorum decisively hastened the transformation of the Franks into the French . |
| 14 | As Harry sat down in the chair Martha indicated , he glanced at Will , who , looking rather hot and red-faced , was now taking his place at the head of the table . |
| 15 | As Gabriel took his seat at the top of the pageant , hidden by a wooden cloud , Garvey robed himself down below in the Mason 's wedding robe , and Izzie emerged from nowhere to mend the tear in the shoulder-seam . |
| 16 | He took his seat at the fireside , mug in hand , and glanced across at her . |
| 17 | But once the horses were unsaddled , rubbed down and hobbled , he spread a blanket on the hard ground and took his place at the evening meal with the others . |
| 18 | Ross John Mackenzie was born without any complications , and took his place at the end of the Mackenzie line . |
| 19 | Sid finished his cigarette and took his place at the Bren gun . |
| 20 | That evening , Scott took his place at the news desk and ran an eye over his script . |
| 21 | Cycle triumph : The bicycle voted Best Bike of 1993 at the Harrogate Cycle Fair has taken its place at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum , Cultra , alongside some of its illustrious predecessors . |
| 22 | He had taken her place at the eyepiece of the instrument . |
| 23 | Perhaps we may even persuade him to take my place at the chess-board . ’ |
| 24 | For women whose self-esteem has been largely derived from being the centre of the home , there are a set of problems and issues to be resolved when they are required to take their place at the side of the family stage . |
| 25 | Had n't Nathan trusted her to take her turn at the helm while he slept ? |
| 26 | The Prince of Wales has offered to take her place at the service if necessary . |
| 27 | Announcing that " the time for negotiation has arrived " , de Klerk invited representative black leaders to " walk through the open door " and take their place at the negotiating table " together with the government and other leaders who have important power bases inside and outside Parliament " . |
| 28 | Although the recruiter had obviously bathed , he still exuded the faint mustiness of the habitual opium smoker as he pressed past Duclos to take his place at the breakfast table . |