Example sentences of "it [adv] take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Are there any circumstances in which the Home Secretary would feel it right to take the honourable course and resign from the office which he discharges so inadequately ?
2 Okay , so it still takes the best part of an hour to move the next ten paces past passport control .
3 He was hardly ever gloomy , but when he was , it always took the same form .
4 It has certainly not been the only movement , nor has it always taken the same form or led to the same conclusions .
5 It then took the Danish government to the European Court with a demand that construction work be stopped and tenders reopened .
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