Example sentences of "[verb] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , he might consider taking a shower or some exercise on waking , procedures which are aimed at stressing a regular start to the day . |
| 2 | ‘ To put it bluntly , we wondered whether you 'd consider taking a sabbatical for six months or so from your backroom job to liaise direct with Carlisle Flint ? |
| 3 | He has not said whether he will consider taking a peerage . |
| 4 | Bearing in mind your warm endorsement of our report ( to CPRW ) … and the widespread support it has received both in Wales and further afield , I trust you will actively consider taking an initiative which will receive general support … and could give considerable kudos as well as economic and environmental benefits to Wales . ’ |
| 5 | Would that include taking a stake in the er , the Fairfax float when erm , that takes place later this year ? |
| 6 | In advance , using the smokescreen of Tech-Green bureaucracy , he 'd arranged for this fictional shuttle-worker to be placed on a shift which involved taking a shuttle through the gravity well to Gaiah . |
| 7 | Only one of the physics students , had , for example , considered taking a degree in chemistry . |
| 8 | think that in those days anybody would have considered taking a child out like that , you know ! |
| 9 | Councillor Ardor Deems took a turn about the long room . |
| 10 | IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES TO COMPLETE . |
| 11 | IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 50 MINUTES TO COMPLETE . |
| 12 | IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 70 MINUTES TO COMPLETE . |
| 13 | Third , more recently , local government auditors have been given powers of early intervention when a local authority has taken a decision which would involve unlawful expenditure or a course of action which would lead to unlawful loss . |
| 14 | It is most certainly true that Kenyans must decide their own future , but in this case the Kenyan president has taken a decision which does not serve his people well . |
| 15 | . I hardly dare say this in this context , but if we well now the Council has taken a decision to close this elderly person 's home , there is actually a logic to it , which I 'd like to talk about . |
| 16 | Duggan has taken a ski-ing holiday in the United States while the tricky negotiations were taking place this weekend . |
| 17 | He has taken a freebie holiday at enormous expense and the jury has found it is clearly not on . |
| 18 | It 's clear that ace coach Eddie Futch has taken a shine to him . |
| 19 | IT has taken a year for the new formula to be agreed — at a time when ITN was coping with a budget squeeze in the wake of the crippling cost of covering the Gulf War . |
| 20 | Another journal has taken a year to respond on more than one occasion . |
| 21 | The youth has taken a year off from his studies at Edinburgh University to fight his trial . |
| 22 | We know of a person from Churchstoke who has taken a Video of the remains of the old trackbed , but so far this Video has not been seen . |
| 23 | Anglo-French relations has taken a turn for the worse and Queen Victoria 's enthusiasm for the project evaporated . |
| 24 | Now the weather has taken a turn for the worse we realise we need to heat it . |
| 25 | Until I can do this , the entire complex cascade I have described in the previous section , and which has taken a decade of work to map , might simply turn out to be a consequence of a bad taste in the chick 's mouth and nothing to do with learning and memory at all . |
| 26 | ‘ Black Will has taken a fancy to your little brother — what think you of that ! |
| 27 | Looks like egg-laying has taken a beating . |
| 28 | If they sign an ‘ income received ’ deal , they will only receive their proportion of the royalties sent to their UK publisher , after the foreign publisher has taken a percentage . |
| 29 | Lake , who is getting out , has taken a bit of a battering and feels that her spontaneous outpourings the other day were probably misconstrued . |
| 30 | Lake , who is getting out , has taken a bit of a battering and feels that her spontaneous outpourings the other day were probably misconstrued . |