Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are well-endowed with pockets : two zipped at the back ( giving double thickness to the seat ) , one of which has a side opening to take a map but too narrow for an OS map . |
| 2 | It was perfectly respectful , but suggested he found the clergy slow to take a point . |
| 3 | But the players were singing in it afterwards and Dowie managed to take a tenner off Bingham ; he had bet the manager he would score a goal . |
| 4 | Hungary appeared to take a step in the right direction when its rulers voted to transmute the old Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party into a new , reformist-led Socialist Party — and in effect divorced the party from the state . |
| 5 | That priest trying to take a curse off that I 've heard a lot of excuses , half are bloody mad . |
| 6 | Drivers had to take a library of documents , including copies of invoices , details about loads carried and transit forms to be stamped at each border crossing . |
| 7 | He sacked Terry Butcher as manager last January after the former England defender refused to take a cut in his £250,000 salary . |
| 8 | Senior management failed to take a lead in clarifying the role of the Beacon in the department 's services to under fives . |
| 9 | ‘ Terry Yorath has to take a lot of credit . |
| 10 | well all other sport has to take a back seat this week … there 's only game to follow that 's racing … only one place to be Cheltenham … and Central South is here racing gold … |
| 11 | Someone from the Vienna art gallery arrived to take a death mask , and crowds of people were soon queuing to view the body , which was laid on a bier in a black suit with a cowl over its head . |
| 12 | Theology began to take a direction that Pius XII found uncomfortable . |
| 13 | The Chernobyl visit was just one of many reasons why the inquiry was still running when even the conscientious Barnes decided to take a summer break . |
| 14 | As more companies attempt to take a bite at this particular cake , the market becomes increasingly fragmented and it is very difficult indeed to achieve strong enough support for any particular design though each has its own supporters . |
| 15 | Following earlier attention to the economic implications of increased environmental awareness at the 1989 International Forum , the Council continued to take an interest in changes in regulatory conditions for industry and commerce . |
| 16 | And , it 's only if this committee decides to take a hand in pushing environmental issues forward , that they will actually come about , except , almost by accident . |
| 17 | She said the salesmen refused to take a cheque so she handed over £30 deposit and the salesmen left . |
| 18 | Now a new invention , the Watsonlinc meter , will save precious time for electricians who , at present , have to access cable ends to take a reading . |
| 19 | The animal which is learning does not operate like an idiot photographer attempting to take a snap of everything . |
| 20 | My all-time favourite remark was made by a visiting Chesterfield supporter who watched silently as his team prepared to take a penalty in the dying seconds of a game at Barnsley which would have given them the draw . |
| 21 | RANDALL LIEBERMAN explains the reluctance of trendsetters like the 3.25 million circulation magazine Sports Illustrated to take an interest in Rugby . |
| 22 | Minton began to take an interest in this working-class lad with his Italian ice-cream-seller looks , sunny character and ebullient gregariousness . |
| 23 | Your share price seemed to take a bit of a knock the other day when Roy made some comments about referring media conglomerates to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 24 | The fact that Lili seemed to take an interest in me led me to think that she had never been very close to my mother . |
| 25 | It s going to take a bit of time for the factories to dole us out some more . |
| 26 | Indeed , I am not sure what the correlation would be between formal attainments and the right qualities needed to take a degree in poetry . |
| 27 | As the coats separate to take a flight of stairs each , there 's a screech of tyres round the corner and a big old-style Granada lurches to a halt behind them . |
| 28 | King 's Park donned its best festive garb for the occasion and , self-indulgent though it appeared in the face of widespread township violence and the ANC 's call for a two-day national strike , white South Africa decided to take a break from its myriad woes . |
| 29 | If Vitor chose to take an interest , what would it entail ? she brooded , as she had brooded over the subject a thousand times before . |
| 30 | My wife wished to take a photograph of me leaning against it from uphill and I have to report that the stone proved not to be immovable and now rests at the bottom of the slope . |