Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] to take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are very fortunate that Peggy Spencer has agreed to take the afternoon herself . |
| 2 | Because of problems in finding a theatre in the West End , Henry Sherek had decided to take The Cocktail Party to New York rather than to London ; this was a calculated gamble on Eliot 's fame — to see , as it were , if the Nobel Prize would run on Broadway . |
| 3 | Yet by the end of 1690 most prominent laymen and clergy had come to take the oaths to the new regime , and only a tiny minority persisted as Jacobites or Nonjurors . |
| 4 | We talked of the hard times after Independence , of how the old princess had refused to take the charity of the government . |
| 5 | ‘ How long does it take a conifer to grow to a size where it can be used ? ’ she asked hastily , since her last remark had threatened to take the discussion off course . |
| 6 | Pc Court had threatened to take the force to an industrial tribunal last year alleging sexual discrimination in a case supported by the Police Federation , but Mr Newing agreed she had been disadvantaged after the arbitration service ACAS was brought in . |
| 7 | If a further shelf is wanted higher up , small holes need drilling to take the mounting studs . |
| 8 | Indeed the European parliamentary resolution is specific on that point and I believe the boundary commission has failed to take the opportunity to exercise that requirement . |
| 9 | But these reactions are a later development when anger has begun to take the system over and commandeer all its ways of expressing displeasure . |
| 10 | Education or abstract learning does seem to take the form mainly of symbolic modelling and the relating of these models to reality awaits later practical experience . |
| 11 | That is why Greenpeace have had to take the moral initiative … |
| 12 | Ipswich had gone into the game needing to win to take the title . |
| 13 | So the missionary had to try to take the place of the doctor and the nurse , and had to keep with him a stock of basic medicines — iodine , castor oil , Epsom salts , santonin ( for worms ) , quinine tablets for malaria , and a plentiful supply of aspirin in which the village people seemed to have a great faith . |
| 14 | The Government have failed to take the opportunities before them . |
| 15 | Such testimonies could be repeated over and over again as team members have had to take the lead in new areas they have found quite frightening . |
| 16 | Project number 1 on the first list , which derived from the first reconnaissance , was to ‘ Develop a worldwide communications system ’ For various reasons the project was not taken forward but Save The Children have continued to take the view that good communications , within the Field and between Field and HQ , is of the highest priority . |
| 17 | But as Kerry bade her goodnight Lisa had decided to take the sketches home and finish them there . |
| 18 | These students had opted to take the stylistics course as part of the Language " track " of their degree ; all were well motivated and their work in the first and second years had revealed that all had demonstrable ability for language study . |
| 19 | Also in the US , two unnamed systems integrators have agreed to take the notebook on-board — they 'll also be announced in a few weeks ' time . |
| 20 | GOVERNORS at Colchester County High School have voted to take the first steps on the road to opting out . |
| 21 | The title showdown guarantees a good crowd at Olympia on Saturday ( 2–45pm ) , with Bann needing to win to take the crown whereas a draw would be sufficient for Holywood to complete a Kirk Cup and league double . |
| 22 | ‘ Count de Sciorto has decided to take the wraps off at last , has he ? ’ |
| 23 | The signing of its charter by representatives of 144 electric utilities with working nuclear power stations was a recognition that the time had come to take the secrecy out of nuclear power and prove that there was a worldwide interest in co-operation and information exchange . |
| 24 | If Salford does decide to take the money on offer and set up an Alumni I do n't think Convocation should withdraw and sulk . |
| 25 | After Mrs Bottomley had promised to take the matter up with John Major she was able to unveil a plaque to mark the opening . |
| 26 | The result has been that sea walls have had to take the brunt of the power of waves and currents at high tide , which erodes them and requires rebuilding on an ever larger scale . |