Example sentences of "[noun] take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alaw Bennett Humphreys and her husband , Gareth , and Huw Alun Roberts take the leading roles in a Welsh adaptation of a Ray Cooney play , Allan o Drefn ( Out of Order ) . |
| 2 | The back struts take an unusual approach by ‘ stepping over ’ the centre-strip , instead of cutting through it . |
| 3 | Beige popsters take a vicarious pride in the slow baptism of fire that their chosen genre and its protagonists underwent . |
| 4 | New Zealanders really do scrummage and referees take a liberal view of the metre and a half law . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , many referees take the easy option and give a simultaneous score decision . |
| 6 | Most UK walkers take a little while to adjust to the scale of high mountain routes . |
| 7 | Arsenal take an unbeaten 11-match run to Carrow Road , where Norwich may still be under a cloud after their FA Cup semi-final failure against Sunderland on Sunday . |
| 8 | Media columns , in which journalists take a critical look at themselves , seem to be conveniently missing from the Namibian press . |
| 9 | Media columns , in which journalists take a critical look at themselves , seem to be conveniently missing from the Namibian press . |
| 10 | This is not so easy of course , because some schools take a negative view of pregnant schoolgirls and school-age mothers , and also girls themselves may be extremely loathe to set foot in any school again . |
| 11 | The percussive nature of some of the playing and ‘ rat-at-tat ’ rhythms sometimes suggest Prokofiev ( the pianos take a fair bashing ) , and at various points Messaien , Villa-Lobos , and Ligeti came into my mind . |
| 12 | A special menu is offered for children , a nd some bedrooms take a fourth bed . |
| 13 | Some bedrooms take a third bed . |
| 14 | Lawrence saw his side take an early lead through Willie Falconer , only for it to be wiped out by three Oldham goals in seven minutes from Norwegian Gunnar Halle , Neil Pointon and Graeme Sharp . |
| 15 | Instead of trying to escape by moving as fast as possible away from the predator , some animals take an erratic zigzag course . |
| 16 | Accidents involving carbon monoxide or other poisoning or anoxia ( possibly associated with cabin pressure failures ) are other obvious cases in which the pathologists take a leading place amongst the investigators . |
| 17 | Single gas instantaneous water heaters have their place alongside a storage system ; the main problem with relying on a gas multi-point heater to provide all the house 's hot water is the low flow rate which means baths take a long time to fill . |
| 18 | Also the carbs on the SD1 V8 engine take a long time to return to idle when you take your foot off the throttle . |
| 19 | " How did he and the Lab take the new appointment ? " |
| 20 | He saw hardcore take the pure space-forging he had pioneered and construct the equivalent of ugly tower blocks on the moon 's surface . |
| 21 | The danger of swallowing can be minimised if companies take the tender offer route — buying minority stakes which still enable them to exercise some control , and still share costs in areas such as research or marketing . |
| 22 | Power-planers take the hard work out of planing . |
| 23 | Er so I I do n't find it in my in myself to condemn people who as Conservatives take a different view to myself . |
| 24 | Motor Sport : Toyota take a Short cut . |
| 25 | I have seen an old lighterman take a loaded barge across the Thames in the Pool of London with a few strokes of his sweep — and a canny use of the tide . |
| 26 | Although the acquisition and preservation of data are laudable activities they will not result in widespread use of the data unless the archives take an active role in promoting use . |
| 27 | Mullicking Tyre : The Incomers Take the High Road |
| 28 | The High Elves take the Blighted Isle . |
| 29 | Certain lizards take the spiky defence trend a major step further , with long , sharp spines growing out of their scaly skins . |
| 30 | In Conterchi take the concealed right-turning between the church and the supermercato , then left under the bridge , following signs to S. Pietro in Crespi . |