Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pers pn] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Norfolk farmworker turned trade unionist writes proudly of how he took in his own mother and his mother-in-law in turn ‘ without receiving a penny from anyone … |
| 2 | Mr McGahon , Fine Gael Deputy for Louth , told of how he took action after receiving letters from Irish people abroad who were furious over the terror claim tradition . |
| 3 | These rules may provide that certain business activities are always regulated in a certain way , irrespective of where they take place . |
| 4 | Words like " explain " , " justify " and " assess " are used to focus your attention on causation and evidence ; you should not only describe what you have read but also offer an analysis of why you take the view of it you do . |
| 5 | I learnt a lot about her and saw her side of why she took up illnesses as a comfort . ’ |
| 6 | What were you thinking of when you took up with Barton ? |
| 7 | For once she took notice and Wyatt faded from the scene … only to be replaced by another . |
| 8 | He said to Rain : ‘ She left them behind when I took her to Nice . |
| 9 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |
| 10 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |
| 11 | Our knowledge of approaches to INSET offered by a variety of providing bodies other LEAs , higher education institutions and so on — shows that the style and quality of INSET have less to do with where they take place than with how those involved stand in relation to questions such as those above , not to mention fundamental prerequisites like their professional knowledge and skill . |
| 12 | And Flanagan , a close friend of Best , added : ‘ I am delighted at the way things have worked out for Nigel — because the fans do n't realise how much pressure he was under when he took the job . |
| 13 | From here we take the road marked Curral das Freiras for a short but very scenic and awe-inspiring drive . |
| 14 | We landed at Andahaylas 10,000 feet above sea level and from there we took the mountain track in a Land Rover to Fr. |
| 15 | Collinson 's first garden at Peckham was a modest one , but from there he took nosegays and potted flowers to grace his City window , and when Kalm visited him in 1748 he remarked on the many rare American plants already established there . |
| 16 | and from there she took the upper hand . |
| 17 | P&O Containers brought her from Auckland to Tilbury , from where she took up her first challenge , the ‘ Round Europe ’ race last month . |
| 18 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
| 19 | When the signs are the same if they 're two pluses you add them and it 's plus if they 're both minus you add them and it 's minus here you take the smaller from the larger and give it the sign of a larger . |
| 20 | But it 's there to there , to there , to there to there I took it to there did n't I ? |
| 21 | Who do you turn to when you take over your first pub with a busy passing trade and you really do not know how many staff to employ or in what capacity to employ them ? |
| 22 | I 'd just like to know what he got up to when he took his wig off , that 's all ! |
| 23 | The interviews identified a variety of entries into heroin use , based , first , on the relationship between the initiate and the person who introduced him or her to the drug , that is , the social ‘ how ? ’ ; and , secondly , on the reasons given by the users themselves as to why they took heroin in the first place , that is , the personal ‘ why ? ’ . |
| 24 | Men are now recruited into a national labour pool and their home base is largely irrelevant to where they take ships . |
| 25 | At about then I took note that there were n't in fact any other boats moving on the river and I remembered that often the locks closed for maintenance in winter and maybe the lock-keeper would have gone shopping … |
| 26 | This is a delight that the creme-de-la-creme of the SNCF catering staff will find out about when they take over the London-Leeds line kitchens in October . |
| 27 | Now what about when we take away ? |
| 28 | He listened politely , and if he showed no concern at least he took no offence and we parted on good terms . |
| 29 | At least she took some persuading . ’ |
| 30 | Theda , Theda , I never meant to take you , but at least I took you in love . |