Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] take [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being too ill or debilitated to take any exercise . |
| 2 | Those who are not familiar with this background , or wish to take some advantage of it , be they customers , arbitrators , or the exchange 's own employees or members , are often suspicious about claims as to the form this business background takes , and its relevance to the matter in hand . |
| 3 | Although he was a fully qualified pilot , he never to my knowledge ( certainly not whilst he was with No 7 Squadron ) was ever captain of an aircraft ; he had been second pilot , or flown as mid- upper , or rear gunner or had taken some other crew function , but at the same time he would be researching and demonstrating some aspect of a project that he was currently engaged with at the Institute . |
| 4 | None of the patients were pregnant at the time of the study or had taken any drug which could potentially interfere with gall bladder motility . |
| 5 | ‘ We were also able to change the specification of one of our products in a way that is beneficial for them and for us and has taken several hundred thousand pounds of cost out of the combined operations . |
| 6 | Executive Producer , Adrian Leggate , used to be a technical assistant at the Oxford Apollo and has taken this show all over Britain . |
| 7 | Many bilingual students lack appropriate study skills and appear to take little responsibility for their own learning . |
| 8 | One reckless fellow with an eye on the main chance ( for there is always one ) picked up a discarded camera and prepared to take another polaroid . |
| 9 | Bonefish Straker had rescued Masquerade , propping her up in his own backyard and refusing to take any money from me as a salvage fee . |
| 10 | Tony reversed his car and turned to take another look at the theatre — there was nothing there . |
| 11 | The annual report has now become available , and tends to take some of the sheen off the initial interpretation . |
| 12 | Without consulting Ann , he announced that the boy was to be named after is grandfather Tristram Pascoe ; and having taken that decision he went off down to the harbour to see if Gristy was back from the fishing and to crow over winning the wager . |
| 13 | He considered whether the gun offered him an alternative ; whether it would be better to shoot himself now and be done with it , or fight on and try to take some of his enemies with him . |
| 14 | Well , off you go and start taking those drugs , getting involved in that sex scandal , committing those murders . |
| 15 | and said take that ten P out of that how much change would you give me ? |
| 16 | During 1964 Crawford made The Knack … and how to get it , his first of three films with director Richard Lester , who had been a writer of The Goon Show on radio and had taken that brand of surrealism to film-making , using a new-wave style that reflected the mood of the Swinging Sixties and the idea that the world was being turned upside down . |
| 17 | Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |
| 18 | ( c ) Independent contractors Section 2(4) ( b ) states : Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |
| 19 | The doors of the bar opened behind them and they went in to order hot chocolate from the rather older part-time student who had learned the advisability of doing something to earn a little money and had taken several jobs as a waitress . |
| 20 | At the Youth Hostel Association ( YHA ) we fully support any initiative to help improve access to the countryside and have taken this into account in recent developments at our youth hostels . |
| 21 | ‘ They have been extremely patient with him for several years and have taken this step after careful consideration of the limited options available to them . ’ |
| 22 | When you are young and still living within the family it is often hard to acknowledge that you are sexually active and need to take some precautions . |
| 23 | Forest clawed their way level 12 minutes later with a Clough penalty but failed to take all three points as opportunities were squandered . |
| 24 | Tomo Cesen , the man who almost certainly climbed the South Face of Lhotse but forgot to take any pictures , arrived for his session with a highly professional career package . |
| 25 | Assuming you are not sensitive to these items , you may later reintroduce them , but avoid taking any of them in large quantities , and in particular avoid strong coffee or tea . |
| 26 | It had been a relief to reach camp but had taken all the will-power I could summon to put up the tent and cook a meal . |
| 27 | Mrs Cass said she had bought many of her pets but had taken some abandoned by their owners and had found others running wild in the street . |