Example sentences of "[verb] take [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the incident reported takes place in Portugal ( Lisbon ) and any subsequent prison sentence will be served in Portugal , it is relevant that the priest is not Portuguese ( a … |
| 2 | The steepening of the lee slope by accumulation at the top goes on until the angle of rest of the material is exceeded ( AB on Fig. 11.6c ) , when shearing takes place along a slightly less steep surface ( CD on Fig. 11.6c ) . |
| 3 | Consultation with centres on when and how verification visits will be organised takes place throughout the year . |
| 4 | A LORRY driver who helped take aid to refugees in Croatia was yesterday named Britain 's Top Dad . |
| 5 | Although it is realised that many of those teaching in London are also associated with outer counties it was suggested that London teachers might consider taking responsibility for this year 's Reunion . |
| 6 | Though the Khmers Rouges have made it clear that they would consider taking part in a coalition government , they have remained silent on the question of giving up their weapons . |
| 7 | It has sophisticated reporting features , which involve taking information from the database and arranging it in tabular form . |
| 8 | HILARY PARROTT enjoyed an overdue change of luck at Hereford yesterday when Dare Say took advantage of the last fence fall of Mweenish in the Hugh Sumner Challenge Bowl Handicap Chase . |
| 9 | The veracity of the media account may be questioned but few doubt that the events reported took place in some way . |
| 10 | Would you like to try taking care of them ? ’ |
| 11 | He would enjoy taking charge of the situation , compelling Underwood to marry Clare , showing her that he could still be charitable in spite of the past . |
| 12 | I have worked with a cook , a caretaker , a community policeman , a coach driver and an athletics coach — all of whom greatly enjoyed taking part in our drama and working with the children . |
| 13 | ‘ Active citizenship ’ , according to the Conservative view , should include taking responsibility in the community through activities such as serving as a school governor or a magistrate , running Neighbourhood Watch schemes , and doing voluntary work of various sorts . |
| 14 | Police had considered taking action against David as they said he was carrying an offensive weapon his bendy rubber truncheon . |
| 15 | Naturally , not only the evangelical church has taken opportunity of the open door — cults are also active , notably Bahai and Jehovah 's Witnesses . |
| 16 | The occasional over-indulgence on the odd night out — when ‘ a lot of what you fancy ’ has taken precedence over your normal eating habits — matters not . |
| 17 | On each of these questions revisionist work has taken issue with the liberal view and demonstrated the mounting instability of pre-war Russia . |
| 18 | Gilroy ( 1987 ) has taken issue with the common reading of criminal statistics and black people . |
| 19 | THE Livestock Marketing Commission has taken issue with some figures quoted by John Ramuz , of the British Chicken Information Service , at the Poultry Association of Northern Ireland biennial conference this week . |
| 20 | The association has taken heart from a recent prosecution which saw one offender fined £20,000 . |
| 21 | His package appealed primarily to upscale white suburbanites , but it has taken hold with other candidates and could be merged with Mr Clinton 's platform without either side losing face . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd give a bag of gold , ’ Benjamin murmured , ‘ to know what has taken Santerre to Glastonbury . |
| 23 | Obviously , I do not know the answer , nor do I trust the American claim that only one in 10 therapists over there has taken advantage of the opportunities afforded . |
| 24 | ( One has taken advantage of a night call ) . |
| 25 | When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away . |
| 26 | One of the few American dealers to take an interest in British Romanticism , Richard L. Feigen has taken advantage of the excellent exhibition of Sir Thomas Lawrence 's work at the Mellon Center at Yale to mount his own show , coupling Lawrence with Sir David Wilkie , an artist barely known to Americans . |
| 27 | The company has taken advantage of the exemption from presenting its own profit and loss account . |
| 28 | ‘ And the odd thing is that of all the people who complained to you after that sermon that they 'd never been to Rome only Sister Dew has taken advantage of this opportunity to go there . ’ |
| 29 | It is an organism that has taken advantage of a man-made ecological niche , created in buildings ' water systems . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't feel anyone here has taken advantage of your grandmother , Matthew . |