Example sentences of "[adv prt] take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudette Williams went along to take a closer look . |
| 2 | And er I I was pulled in to take a little part in this play er I remember that . |
| 3 | Faye pulled the flannelette blanket aside a little , already tender and protective of her child , and Belinda bent down to take a closer look . |
| 4 | The tussle could hardly have been more evenly-matched as Drake and partner Jonathan Smith fought back from a set down to take a 6–7 6–3 7–6 victory in a rubber which featured only three service breaks ! |
| 5 | The Rhine passes through Stein-am-Rhein , crossed by an elegant arched bridge , and you could almost imagine it slowing down to take a good look at this delectable little town . |
| 6 | Recently at an important business function several of the managers from the company for whom she works came over to take a closer look . |
| 7 | A driftwood carving , illuminated in a small alcove , caught her attention , and she went over to take a closer look . |
| 8 | A Cun walked over to take a closer look at the two travellers . |
| 9 | Unlike Jane , Mark did not feel that he would have been better off taking a different subject ; he had decided that he was unsuited to any kind of academic work , although most of his friends were arts students . |
| 10 | The left hand bulkhead window was blanked off to take a fare-table frame . |
| 11 | His career and mine have followed a similar course : he and I both followed ‘ Syllabus B ’ , and both ended up taking a deep interest in stylistics , the study of the use of language in literature . |
| 12 | So you end up taking a whole pile of clothes , most of which invariably amount to little more than ballast . |
| 13 | Graham Tennant , 81 , has been writing poetry for a hobby since he was 10 and his poem Looking Back taking a humorous look at the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah has been judged one of the top ten funniest poems in a national competition judged by comedian Ronnie Corbett . |
| 14 | He reached out to take a pig-skin handbag from his assistant . |
| 15 | Surrey , with the shooting of Barbara Taylor and Sheila Edwards outstanding , had started the last quarter 44–38 in front but Essex Met fought back to take a three-point lead . |
| 16 | After a long morning 's work in midsummer , he had eaten and then leaned back to take a short sleep . |
| 17 | I ignored it and carried on taking a long break . |
| 18 | DAVID Mellor , who has made a variety of television and radio appearances since his resignation as Minister for Fun , is about to take a major step in his broadcasting career . |
| 19 | PLANS to build the long-awaited Kesgrave bypass at an estimated cost of more than £9 million are about to take a major step forward with publication of a series of compulsory orders to obtain the necessary land . |
| 20 | I am about to take a long vacation . |
| 21 | That is why , when we are about to take a free kick , Phil Meek will pull his bottom lip up over his nose and Micky Deere will leap up and down pointing to an imaginary burning Zeppelin . |
| 22 | As was so often the case with railway stations , these facilities were reaching their highest point at just the time when immigration — like the passenger statistics themselves — was about to take a steep downturn . |
| 23 | She went on to take a social science course and to train for general nursing . |
| 24 | I turn the second beef round to take a quick squint , then I pull him back before he sees the guy breathe or something . |
| 25 | Joan had turned round to take a last look at the prince . |