Example sentences of "[conj] take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not returning calls , or taking a long time to do so . |
| 2 | It removes the pernicious , if subconscious obsession with calendar age , which precludes some of us from learning new things , or undertaking new tasks , or taking a new interest in the world around us . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Like jogging , or taking a brisk swim . |
| 4 | This ‘ tri-axial ’ feature makes sawing in tight corners or taking a few millimetres off the bottom of a fitted door very easy work . |
| 5 | When she came to an intersection , she had ignored it or taken a new direction without bothering to think about it . |
| 6 | Has the next generation of unemployed white youth followed in the footsteps of their elder brothers or taken a new route ? |
| 7 | It was often more rational for the cattle owner to accept the loss , or to take a different course of action . |
| 8 | ‘ Night or day , give or take a hundred feet , right on the spot . ’ |
| 9 | Give or take a hundred thousand in each case . |
| 10 | American employees have always been more willing than Europeans to move a few thousand miles to follow a job , or take a better one . |
| 11 | And what nicer way to round off the evening than to have a quiet nightcap on the terrace with new-found friends , or take a gentle moonlit stroll along the beach . |
| 12 | Spend the afternoon exploring the many shops and galleries , or take a leisurely boat cruise . |
| 13 | Either traverse right until just right of the arête , then boldly straight up on small holds to an easing in the angle and protection , or take a lower traverse across the wall until it is possible to work back up and leftwards to join the direct way at the protection . |
| 14 | The more obvious solution is to invest your money with an insurance company , as mentioned above , or take a personal pension . |
| 15 | Or take a little water with it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We either dig up the countryside to meet growing aggregates consumption on roads , buildings and other major civil engineering projects , or take a decisive step towards a more sustainable society ’ . |
| 17 | Or take a houseless pair |
| 18 | The argument he used was still being used in the time from which I came , give or take a little rodomontade . |
| 19 | So that you 're not think , Oh You 're first thought cos I know the way you you were working , you 're thinking Oh if I just double that , half it or take a third of it or something like that . |
| 20 | The lunch hour is like a time warp — give or take a few price increases . |
| 21 | Give or take a few years they are contemporaries , and yet historically people place Brian Way very much earlier . |
| 22 | ‘ Three hundred and fifty years , give or take a few . ’ |
| 23 | While advances in information technology have so far done little to change the telephone itself — give or take a few microchips and memories — it 's easy to see that IT has had a dramatic affect on the underlying telecoms infrastructure , and the way we use it . |
| 24 | ‘ Give or take a few sandbanks . |
| 25 | Formerly the collection of the Greater London Council , the 5,000-piece strong holding ( give or take a few balusters ) is now the property of English Heritage , curated by Mr Treve Rosoman who has looked after it since its days with the GLC . |
| 26 | We also know that the specialization took place very early in the evolution of mammals and that the ancestors of the main groups that are alive today all appeared around the same time , give or take a few million years . |
| 27 | Since no apprentices were taken after 1910 , and since the age at which girls normally left school and began working was fourteen ( give or take a few months ) , the youngest women in the sample were born in 1896 . |
| 28 | Er and I said , Give or take a few days , and she said , Yeah . |
| 29 | ‘ About 11.15 , give or take a few minutes . ’ |
| 30 | Give or take a few minor exceptions , all members have the same number of chromosomes , and every location along the length of a chromosome has its exact opposite number in the same position along the length of the corresponding chromosome in all other members of the species . |