Example sentences of "[prep] take the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The racially inspired threats which Sterling told me he received after taking the title illustrated the resentment felt at a black man being a British champion . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't remember what it 's like to be drunk , ’ said O'Toole some years after taking the pledge , ‘ it 's so long since a drink passed my lips . |
| 3 | Most finance texts would suggest that purchasers of assets via the financial markets are entering a fair game in that the market will price assets according to expectations of future cash flows incorporating some risk discount ( albeit one likely to reflect systematic risk , ie after taking the opportunity for portfolio diversification into account , rather than the total variance of the returns ) . |
| 4 | After taking the measure from the child , Aggie refilled it and then she herself drained it , after which she put the lid on the brown jar and hung the can on a nail . |
| 5 | Not that Uttley was allowed to completely forget his rugby past — also competing is fellow ‘ crumbly ’ Andy Ripley who , after taking the Ergo up in recent months , almost overtook Uttley at a recent head-to-head in a London gymnasium . |
| 6 | Most , in both categories , left after taking the School Certificate ( if not sooner ) , but a trickle went on into the sixth form and even to the universities . |
| 7 | Within seconds he had felled Giggs , leaving the United winger crumpled on the Old Trafford mudheap after taking the law into his own hands . |
| 8 | After taking the Bar examination you may obtain employment in the legal department of a commercial firm under the aegis of an employed barrister as a ‘ commercial pupil , ’ and this will give you three months ' exemption from pupillage if you afterwards decide to take up practice at the Bar . |
| 9 | David Mitchell even shot wide of an open goal after taking the ball round goalkeeper Stephen Pears . |
| 10 | Unemployed Les Williams , 22 , caused ‘ mayhem and destruction ’ when he broke into Keele University , Staffs , after taking the drug . |
| 11 | Unemployed Les Williams , 22 , caused ‘ mayhem and destruction ’ when he broke into Keele University , Staffs , after taking the drug . |
| 12 | Recently , six Humberside teenagers ended up in a psychiatric hospital with a form of schizophrenia after taking the drug . |
| 13 | Nine days after taking the drug at a friend 's 21st birthday party Rachel , 25 , still has vivid flashbacks which could haunt her for the rest of her life . |
| 14 | CADBURY is to continue screening its Flake TV advert featuring former Vogue model Rachel Brown , still ‘ poorly ’ in hospital after taking the drug Ecstasy at a party . |
| 15 | But at least 8 people have died after taking the drug . |
| 16 | Ideally the mouth should be clean with no flavours , food or drink for 10 or 15 minutes before or after taking the pill . |
| 17 | It was held by this House , after taking the opinion of the consulted judges , that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the excess . |
| 18 | It would have been money well spent by Wolves , who were beaten by two goals from the in-form striker after taking the lead through Paul Cook . |
| 19 | COLIN McRAE was halfway to a £100,000 jackpot last night after taking the lead in the Lombard RAC Rally . |
| 20 | SPANISH golf ace Jose-Maria Olazabal grumbled yesterday after taking the lead in the Lancome Trophy in Paris with a first-round five-under-par 65 . |
| 21 | In that same year the first instalment of a sexennial tenth was also collected , and from it , after taking the cross , Edward received a loan which he never repaid . |
| 22 | After taking the cigarette ( an important prop in this speech ) Arthur changes tack . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've never said I 'm from anywhere else , ’ he revealed after taking the silver medal on his debut for Britain . |
| 24 | Fortunately this was a case where I had felt very confident of the remedy and close questioning revealed that her appetite had returned , her chest was n't as tight and she did experience feeling better in herself immediately after taking the medicine . |
| 25 | We were still hostages , but being better looked after took the edge off the horrors of captivity . |
| 26 | But the trend is towards taking the bitterness and confrontation out of divorce , and in the last few years there has been a growth in the number of ‘ mediation ’ and ‘ conciliation ’ ( not to be confused with reconciliation ) services available . |
| 27 | We need not a tinkering with security policy — a change here and a change there — but a root-and-branch change in security policy so that it changes from a reactive one to a proactive one and becomes a policy of going after the IRA , of taking the fight to the IRA . |
| 28 | Cos of taking the wardrobe of it and what have you . |
| 29 | We argued for a more discriminating balance of questions , statements and instructions ; for fewer pseudo-questions and more questions of a kind which encourage children to reason and speculate ; for more opportunities for children themselves to ask their own questions and have these addressed ; for oral feedback to children which without being negative is more exact and informative than mere praise ; for both questioning and feedback to strike a balance between the retrospective function of assessing and responding to what has been learned so far , and the prospective function of taking the child 's learning forward ; and for much more use to be made of structured pupil-pupil interaction both as a learning tool and as a means of helping teachers to function in a more considered manner and therefore more effectively . |
| 30 | In 1882 and in 1883 he performed the feat of taking the half-mile , one-mile , four-mile , and ten-mile championships . |