Example sentences of "[noun] take [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | People got bored watching little Johnny take his first steps ? |
2 | Like Dorothy teetering in her ruby slippers on the brink of the Yellow Brick Road , young Kylie took her first tentative steps towards stardom . |
3 | It may well have been the news of his mother 's fate which stirred Richard to take his first independent political action . |
4 | He had sat opposite her , watching her while she ate , making an extravagant moue of distaste when she suggested that he share it , but staring at her with a concentrated , almost angry , satisfaction ; rather , she thought , as a mother might watch a convalescent child taking her first mouthful . |
5 | I also visited the Sadlers Wells Ballet , sitting up in the gallery with friends for one shilling and sixpence in old money and watching the Corps open up before us like the flowers whose waltz they were dancing , and that talented new ballerina Miss Margot Fonteyn taking her first curtain calls . |
6 | Would it not have been too painful , not least having to watch another youngster take his first steps into the fatherless state ? |
7 | Shop prices in Russia and the Ukraine have risen sharply as the two countries take their first steps to a market economy by removing state controls . |
8 | Shop prices in Russia and the Ukraine have risen sharply as the two countries take their first steps to a market economy by removing state controls . |
9 | The members of Parliament said it was a scandal ; they were still debating it long after the last vulture took his last victim . |
10 | There is also the village of Ackworth , where Geoff Boycott took his first faltering steps at the crease to become the greatest cricketer that the world has ever seen and a great Yorkshireman . |
11 | She married fellow student Bob Norrie when her articles were over and moved with him down to Reading to take her first job as a solicitor with Dennis Berry & Co . |
12 | But his disastrous 76 on Saturday cost him dearly as Zimbabwe 's Nick Price kept his head to take his first major title with a battling 70 for 278 and a three-stroke victory ahead of Faldo , John Cook , Gene Sauers and Jim Gallagher Jnr . |
13 | It is possible to point to landmarks — the moment of ‘ quickening ’ when the mother first feels foetal movements within her ; the moment when the foetus first has potential for independent life — deemed by law to be 24 weeks from gestation ; the moment when the baby has been fully expelled or removed from the mother 's body ; the moment when the baby takes its first breath , with the anatomical changes in circulation that accompany this , and subsequent changes as the baby develops after birth which any parent will recognise . |
14 | Our action round-up this week takes us first to the world of grand prix … to meet the newest and youngest driver in formula one |
15 | This theory takes us first to the theme of sacrifice . |
16 | The Rev Bernard Brownbridge takes his last service as vicar of Birdsall and Langton , near Malton , on Easter Sunday . |
17 | As they do this , trusting in God 's help , inching forward like a baby taking its first steps , a sense of reality will return to their faith as well as their lives . |
18 | The German-Jewish family moved back to London in 1931 , where the 18-year-old Goodman took his first job as an apprentice to the leading commercial photographer of the day , Shaw Wildman . |
19 | STAFFORD RANGERS took their first Football League scalp in 18 years last night by beating Lincoln City . |
20 | TIP : When Koi start taking their first protein food , feed them some pellets treated with oxolinic acid in a concentration of 5gm per kilogram . |
21 | IBM Corp last week took its first step towards saving the AS/400 from going the way of the mainframe when it accompanied the new F models with a string of software offerings and initiatives designed to make the machine sit more comfortably as a database server in an open systems environment . |
22 | But the whole while , as Ven took her first to the Hradčanské Námëstí area — a square noted for its preserved medieval ground plan — Fabia was overwhelmingly conscious of him . |
23 | The crunch could come when Mr Jones takes his next aid convoy to Romania on April 5 . |
24 | The leisurely drive takes you first to Aalsmeer , the centre of the flower producers where you will visit the flower auction ( closed Saturday and Sunday and replaced by a visit to the Panorama Mesdag Museum ) . |
25 | Woodhill takes its first inmates in five months . |
26 | Giant Shoes , from Giant Shoes For Little People , are beautiful bootee-style shoes perfect for tots — from tiny babies to toddlers taking their first tentative steps . |
27 | Where young players take their first steps on the international ladder at senior level . |
28 | ‘ I find out when Carmichael takes his next delivery . |
29 | In June 1978 Angela took her first stand at the prestigious Arts and Antiques Fair at Olympia in London . |
30 | Having lost in the first round to Sarah Lochrie , 7–5 , 6–4 , she then fought her way back into the tournament to beat Jasmine Choudhury 7–5 , 6–3 in the semis and Felicia D'Amelio 2–6 , 6–4 , 6–4 in the final to take her first national title . |