Example sentences of "[adv] to be take " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was extraordinary , she told herself , how this little snippet of a girl seemed suddenly to be taking charge of her problems , and with such authority , too . |
| 2 | Flavia was infatuated enough to be taking this as a compliment . |
| 3 | He can only be placed in the lying position for effective treatment purposes when he can balance well enough to be taken through this pattern of movements without increasing his spasticity . |
| 4 | He was not foolish enough to be taken in by such tales ! |
| 5 | I started crying and saying that he was only a minor , that he was n't old enough to be taken away , and had n't done anything . |
| 6 | They 're ordered to sit tight until the thing 's big enough and ripe enough to be taken . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , it 's still the case that you have to dress down to be taken seriously . |
| 8 | This may be an injection or , as is increasingly common , a number of tablets or capsules all to be taken at the same time . |
| 9 | Already as a young man of twenty-four he had pressed Eliot 's claims upon his seniors , John Crowe Ransom and Donald Davidson , in the circle of the Nashville ‘ fugitives ’ ; and this initially provincial dispute was played out on a national stage as early as 1923 when , in the New York Evening Post Literary Review , Ransom , with the courtly composure that was to be his hallmark , tried to promote Robert Graves before Eliot , only to be taken to task in the same columns by his younger associate . |
| 10 | The Highlanders were eager to get to grips with the enemy and , after an opening volley of musketry , charged forward to attack Argyll 's right , only to be taken in the flank by his dragoons . |
| 11 | The picture of God at a man 's mercy is surely one derived from the story 's primitive origins , and no longer to be taken seriously . |
| 12 | We are also establishing a regional presence in the Middle East and Graham Hillier is soon to be taking up residence in Dubai to promote our activities in this region . |
| 13 | He was soon to be taken prisoner in battle against the Persians . |
| 14 | And the message was soon to be taken up by American-influenced scientific management in industry . |
| 15 | Tip 's first job on leaving school was as an apprentice at the old Tom Stewart clubmaking works at St Andrews , soon to be taken over by Spalding . |
| 16 | And the claim to autonomous ducal sover-eighty over a duchy was soon to be taken up by other princes — the dukes of Brittany , Normandy and , ultimately , Burgundy . |
| 17 | ( Chairing the meetings rests with the house manager , but at Washington Street this is soon to be taken on by residents . ) |
| 18 | However , it is most likely that many expert tasks are also soon to be taken over by machines . |
| 19 | White Papers and policy documents are generally to be taken seriously and are therefore quoted extensively on appeal . |
| 20 | I was obviously disappointed not to be taking part in all the action . |
| 21 | It was thought extremely clever tactics when one team pretended not to be taking part in a tournament , and only joined in late in the day when all the other knights who had been fighting since soon after sunrise were exhausted . |
| 22 | Dawn came and he , determined not to be taken prisoner , removed his brevet , stipes and badges , plus his battledress pockets , using his escape-kit knife . |
| 23 | It might be said that Rochlin is not to be taken seriously , being merely a popularizing psychologist . |
| 24 | The carton I took from the supermarket said ‘ POISON ’ in big letters , and ‘ Not to be taken internally ’ , so she will be dead by now . |
| 25 | In many respects the whole General Strike could be seen as an inevitable development which served notice to government , employers and trade unions that each party was not to be taken lightly . |
| 26 | Joseph 's path , though , was not to be taken for him , and he prepared to travel to Lapwai . |
| 27 | There is a place for the social PTA ‘ faggots and peas evening ’ or ten pin bowling at the George and Dragon , though it needs to be understood by all that attendance by staff at such social evenings is purely a matter of personal choice and not to be taken as an indicator of loyalty to the school . |
| 28 | Britain 's highest peak is not to be taken lightly . |
| 29 | Marcellus says the condition on the manumission is not to be taken to be repeated in the case of the substitutes . |
| 30 | Determined not to be taken unawares by an attack under cover of darkness , Cope 's men , on his orders , ‘ stood all night under arms ’ only to find , as dawn broke through the morning mist , that the Jacobites were attacking from a totally unexpected direction , the east , to his rear , instead of the west , to his front . |