Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | they step in and take a positive lead when things are n't progressing well . |
| 2 | Come in and take a chair . ’ |
| 3 | Meanwhile Mr Cottle finally gave in and took a piece of bread and butter , his hand trembling so that the vaunted delicacy looked like a ship 's flag in a breeze . |
| 4 | ‘ I came to tell you something , but no one was here so I got in and took a look . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It should be a warning to them that if they 're really serious about fighting drug abuse , they need to step in and take a leading role . |
| 6 | Do come in and take a seat . |
| 7 | ‘ Marcus , would you care to step in and take a cup ? ’ |
| 8 | So I thought well I do n't have to wait three weeks for mine so next time I do n't feel great I 'm gon na call in and take a couple of days off . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's amazing how many people who , when you catch them with their trousers down and take a formal sample , will say , ‘ It 's been beautiful for the last two years and just this , just yesterday that this thing went wrong and your chap happened to come . ’ |
| 10 | She bent down and took a grip of either side of a crate to steady herself . |
| 11 | Ruth sat down and took a letter from her pocket . |
| 12 | . saying what 's that , what 's that so I took , I walked , I walked down and took a photograph of it . |
| 13 | Yes , what about her mother ; why could n't she go down and take a turn ? |
| 14 | ’ Clearly , Adam was only reluctantly willing to share his plans with his parents , ‘ Since you ask , I 'm going to go down and take a look at it as soon as I can and then I 'm going to put it on the market . ’ |
| 15 | If he had no money , he could sit down and take a bottle of beer from the crate on the table , and carry on drinking until it had run out . |
| 16 | Blanche waited for him to sit down and take a couple of sips . |
| 17 | But I believe that what you should do with trying to come to estimates of housing provision , is to put together the best technical assumptions that you can , to then sit down and take a long hard look at the figures based on the erm the policies of the County Council as approved by the Secretary of State in previous structure plan approvals , the current government policy . |
| 18 | The moment when Pascoe had sat down and taken a sip of the wine ! |
| 19 | I have had the former fitted up with Drawers for birds and books in hope to work going along and taking a quantity of birds with me as well as left over plates to cut up for box books etc . |
| 20 | she was working on that , of course we do n't know a thing about it , erm and the make , the erm the handyman chap came along and took a part away , it was faulty |
| 21 | But the soldiers thought it was great altogether to be near to Tara , and began to talk about getting up a party to go along and take a look , because would n't it be the finest old inspiration a man could have to see the Bright Palace again . |
| 22 | If you ca n't , or if your fingers are arthritic and you ca n't write much , let her write it down but take a part in it yourself . |
| 23 | Deaf people will think the film 's over and take a hike before I get to do my roof-top ending . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's always the case of black people having to go mainstream to be accepted , instead of us doing our shit how we wan na do it and them coming over and taking a look , ’ says Roger D. ‘ We 're doing it for ourselves now . |
| 25 | Then there 's Koblenz where a huge castle overlooks the meeting and mingling of the Rhine with the Moselle , or you could even pop over and take a look at this smaller and gentler river . |
| 26 | It was Diane who proposed that they should go over and take a look at the labs where Jenner had worked and Reynolds agreed , more than a little relieved that they were returning to the main subject ; he was made uncomfortable by Diane 's self revelation and the way in which it had begun to erode his easy preconceptions of her and her ‘ type ’ . |
| 27 | Every day after school I would rush round to her house to see how he was getting on and take a turn at feeding him . |
| 28 | He decided to stay on and take a PHD , but his work was cut short by the onset of mental illness . |
| 29 | erm Your comment on wards , I think this is a way of the officers giving us something to work on and take a decision on . |
| 30 | He nodded his satisfaction and let go , and she wrenched it off and took a deep breath . |