Example sentences of "take [adv prt] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , also — is allowed to be a random variable the analysis , though still tedious , takes on a degree of order that is valuable . |
| 2 | And Waxman 's Carmen Fantasy takes on a dimension of passion rarely heard in such an undisguised pot-pourri entertainment . |
| 3 | It also takes up a lot of memory for OPEN , remembering all states which might lead to a solution . |
| 4 | I mean , if you 've got a fuzzy-sounding guitar running through everything it takes up a lot of space in the mix . |
| 5 | Left : Storing water at room temperature and aerating takes up a lot of space but may be worthwhile — the bucket on the right may have had salt added , but the SG tester also incorporates a thermometer . |
| 6 | The problem was that we were firefighting not just for ourselves but for so many of our clients , and firefighting takes up a lot of time and emotionally is a strain . |
| 7 | It is not very good , you see , on Government responsibility and this takes up a lot of time . |
| 8 | This all takes up a lot of time ; we are under great pressure today . |
| 9 | She says her husband has another business — which takes up a lot of time . |
| 10 | But anyway I know it takes up a lot of time and a lot of our columns . |
| 11 | Without wanting to state the obvious , the SJ-20 is a big guitar that takes up a lot of room . |
| 12 | There is always the old technique of adjusting bridle length with an overhand hitch to shorten the line ; but for sport kites , the knot itself takes up a lot of line . |
| 13 | We now have a situation where , in the unskilled occupations , an employer will take on a woman in preference to a man — since he would expect higher wages . |
| 14 | So the complete saying means : do n't take off a layer of winter clothing before you see blossom on the bushes ( ie before spring has started in earnest ) . |
| 15 | Recently I did take up a form of gardening , indoor gardening . |
| 16 | He had his time-proven tests for this : one was simply to walk over the land and to ‘ feel it through his boots ’ , ; then again he would take up a handful of soil , carefully crumbling it to test it ; or he would bend down and draw his fist backwards through the soil . |
| 17 | In popular discussions of private education , grandparents emerge as people very likely to pay school fees ( Guardian 27 May 1986 ) and it certainly has been the case for some time that it is advantageous in taxation terms for them to do so , since grandparents can take out a deed of covenant to cover this payment whereas parents can not . |
| 18 | It had been arranged by the conspirators that the young shop steward , who had already collected two warning notes as planned , would take out a set of spark plugs in his lunch box at the mid-day break . |
| 19 | The veiled glance she sent Silas also swept Lucy , taking on a glitter of warning as it did so . |
| 20 | A naive bee carried to the feeder from the hive and placed on the food source will circle repeatedly after taking on a load of sugar water as if ‘ studying ’ the source , and yet when she returns a few minutes later she will be unable to choose the correct feeder colour . |
| 21 | Roman asked mildly , and Garry 's rather weak features took on a look of selfcongratulation . |
| 22 | The street took on a sense of unreality , the posters outside the theatre announcing the new Season , a huge photograph of Gesner , some bonbon papers blowing along the pavement , a surly young man sidling up to the front of the theatre . |
| 23 | His face took on a mask of blankness . |
| 24 | Well we were lucky in that we 've been able to do , have a , a very good relationship with a company called well known in the marine side and they put in forty five thousand pounds into er the scheme and promised that before Christmas and that was reading the paper one day in November the , the Robert the National Heritage Minister saying that they may be , may , if you 're lucky , going to put some money into sport and er so we contacted them and we were one of the first sports to get , had money doubled as they say in the bingo hall , so we er we now have ninety , ninety thousand pounds and which I wh has been distributed or will be distributed in the , in the following way so that 's how we 're gon na spend it and er these er , the administration represent we were basically overwhelmed with enquiries and s we took on a person in order to , to do it , the normal R Y A staff had already got enough on so we took on a girl called Sara who answers all the queries on the Year of Youth Hotline and erm we are also running the boat shows , the four or five N B L challenge which is the flagship event for our sponsors which is er I wo n't go into the , the details but is a , a talent fight , talent spotting event for under sixteen year olds around the country and it provided fleet of dinghies , the prize for which is a dinghy which is not , not a bad prize I think you 'll agree . |
| 25 | While approaching the Firth of Forth the ship took on a lot of water during bad weather . |
| 26 | While my mother attempted to sort out our family finances — no easy matter with the capital , La Paz , virtually divorced from all communication — I took on a job of work for Porua . |
| 27 | They took along a box of wine they bought between them , and were drinking the red vin de table from plastic half-pint glasses . |
| 28 | Harvey stood there grinning and flushed and the waiter stepped forward with another great silver tray with just two drinks on it , and some wag took down a piece of greenery and formed it into a crown and the soldiers drew their swords and provided an arch under which Harvey walked . |
| 29 | It took over a year of counselling and treatment to restore Renate to a semblance of ordinary life . |
| 30 | ‘ He took over a team in turmoil — and it might take him five years to get it right . |