Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any earlier wheel-pit on this site could however , either have been demolished and rebuilt , or enlarged to take the new wheel . |
| 2 | In 1881 , the leader of the Blue Ribbon Mission came to town and it was estimated that a quarter of the 32,000 population were ‘ blue-ribboners ’ , or had taken the pledge . |
| 3 | It was MGM that seemed to take the whole business most seriously . |
| 4 | The Arsenal equaliser came in the 82nd minute and denied a Norwich side that had taken the lead after 36 minutes when Ruel Fox scored his first goal for six months . |
| 5 | It is due to be officially opened by the local MP , Sir Hector Monro , the Scottish Office minister for the arts , who , on learning of the decision , expressed his displeasure and promised to take the matter up with the SAC . |
| 6 | Anybody who scores more than 40 errors on that first drive is taken quietly aside and told to take the bus home . |
| 7 | He rose from a cushioned wicker chair as soon as he saw her and came to take the tray , saying , ‘ You 're Belinda , of course . |
| 8 | On National day John Kempton also had a runner at Worcester — Three Dons in a novice hurdle — and opted to take the ride there : having duly won , he settled down in the jockeys ' changing room to watch the National on television , safe in the knowledge that his father Jack was at Liverpool to supervise Foinavon 's forlorn attempt . |
| 9 | On 16 and 17 July the South Africans resumed the offensive and strove to take the northwestern corner of the wood ; both attacks failed for lack of artillery support . |
| 10 | She 's just picked up the children from a rendezvous with their father who had an afternoon 's access , and he 'd shouted at her and them in the street and threatened to take the children away . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the king had to send his justices to the clergy 's deliberations and threatened to take the names of opposers , and it took all Winchelsey 's good will and best arts to elicit from them a grant of one tenth for the current year and another , should it be necessary , in the following year . |
| 12 | The TUC was last night seeking legal advice and threatened to take the Government to court for alleged breach of European law , claiming that scrapping the councils discriminated against women . |
| 13 | They 'd taken the motorised dinghy across to explore the fairy-tale clarity of the water in the natural sea caves of the Blue Grotto , then on Roman 's orders had spurned the small cove he 'd mentioned as too crowded , and returned to take the yacht further out to sea , choosing a peaceful place to drop anchor and eat the picnic he 'd stowed away as a surprise … |
| 14 | But Stretch , whose aftershave-commercial good looks and bright personality have helped make him one of British boxing 's most marketable commodities , soon recovered , and began to take the fight to the challenger . |
| 15 | When we were all sat down and Mrs F was serving out the stew , I ignored Vern and decided to take the situation into my own hands . |
| 16 | Alistair telephoned — He then discussed the matter with Hazel and decided to take the next day off work . |
| 17 | Grumpily I circled the church ( Michelin one star ) , bought a newspaper , drank a cup of coffee , read about the charcutier , fou d'amour , and decided to take the next train back . |
| 18 | She went home and told her parents , her dad came up to school , and decided to take the matter to the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 19 | ‘ They had been discussing the idea that a pet should be for life not just for Christmas and decided to take the idea a step further , ’ she said . |
| 20 | And when she straightened up and went to take the key from the lock his hand was there before hers , and as he handed the key back to her , he said on a laugh , ‘ I see you do n't intend to be locked in from the outside . ’ |
| 21 | And took took the sillocks and |
| 22 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 23 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 24 | After a long series of preliminary earthquakes , a circular area of ground began to rise slowly and steadily in January 1944 ; by April the area affected was three kilometres across , and had gone up fifteen metres ; by June it had gone up fifty metres , and had taken the village of Fukaba and all its inhabitants with it . |
| 25 | Sor de Naves , here with his brother , had also bowed to Primaflora at her table and had taken the chance , stopping Nicholas , to congratulate him on his marriage . |
| 26 | Many had great dents in them , as if they had been drawn through fences and over walls , and had taken the rough side of the hill . |
| 27 | Clarkson had pre-dated Wilberforce in organised work against the slave trade and had taken the initiative , it was generally agreed , in raising the issue with him . |
| 28 | One of the sons had done the right thing and had taken the pressure off me for a while . |
| 29 | He was a man whose sexual energies had been forced inwards through his crippling disease , and had taken the form of mental passion which found relief in meticulous scholarship and mild prurience . |
| 30 | In between , and amid the unprecedented furore over the axing of Clive Rice and Jimmy Cook , Wessels had become South Africa 's new captain and had taken the squad to Australasia for the World Cup . |