Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] take [det] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed the whole Chapter may be excluded by a reservation under Article 33 and Germany has taken this course .
2 Further up the coast at Blackchurch , Frank Ramsey has taken another route that many have eyed .
3 She had wanted to stay with her brother , but he had called her a child , he had referred to Tallis as the woman whom he loved , and Morthen had taken both statements to her young heart .
4 He had moreover , unlike Boethius , had the experience of seeing what Viking pirates did to his defenceless subjects ; and again unlike Boethius had taken such drastic measures against evil as hanging Viking prisoners , and rebellious monks , and in all probability cutting the throats of any wounded pirates so unlucky as to be left on the battlefield .
5 The voters of the Shankill Road in Belfast , traditionally the home of working class populist independent unionism , had supported Johnny McQuade rather than the UDA or UVF and McQuade had taken that vote into the DUP when he joined it in 1971 .
6 Ross has taken this line of reasoning further by arguing that because managers ' remuneration is linked to the value of the firm , they will make decisions which maximize that value .
7 ‘ But the British public would like to see a fight here between me and Bruno and we can get that on , if Frank wants to take such a big risk . ’
8 We need the winds everywhere and we rely on people in Florida state to take these very sparse observations and turn them into a map which covers the whole surface of the tropical Pacific .
9 But Euric did take some of the advice offered .
10 Janice had taken that day off from the library .
11 The scientists at IBM have taken this idea one step further , by using different light frequencies to store extra information at each location .
12 It 's where the Turks are strong and England have to take that away from them .
13 Sir , Skelton has taken all of that that it could possibly stand , without destruction .
14 Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this .
15 Althusser seems to take this view when he argues that
16 Mr. Golding seemed to take much more care when bottling wine .
17 Does Kerry like Take That any more , or has she gone off them ?
18 In the present case Booth J. did take that into account .
19 But Adam had taken that line and it had n't done him much good .
20 Kendall has to take some responsibility for this , because he bought Johnston and Rideout , but he 's the victim of the decline more than the cause .
21 Whatever anybody else says , whatever doubts fi experiences may come our way that we will never ever be judged for a for our sins , because Christ has taken that judgement on himself , he has been judged for us , the price has been paid .
22 Since those days — when he starred as the original Ribena Kid at the age of eight — Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo has taken that motto to heart and gone from strength to strength .
23 Taken together , Carter 's handling of economic affairs , the hostage crisis and foreign policy in general combined to give him ‘ the lowest job approval ratings of any president since Gallup began taking these measurements in the 1940s ’ .
24 The law firm 's statement said : ‘ Mr Johnson denies taking any prohibited substance or engaging in any improper practice since his return to competition .
25 God had taken all those for himself .
26 During this time , Liz had taken much of the responsibility for the day-to-day running of the business , while her mother had been staying at home to look after her husband who was in poor health .
27 Marrying him was one thing ; loving him and defying her family and Father Dowd had taken more courage and determination than she knew was in her .
28 John ( 4.6 ) : Timothy has taken all the cards .
29 In the past , Ottawa has taken such owners to court in an attempt to maintain regulatory control over what TV programmes Canadians would be allowed to see .
30 DELPHI PLANS TO TAKE ALL REMAINING CONTINENTAL SYSTEMS STOCK
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