Example sentences of "[verb] taking the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Party leaders should consider taking the major drug companies into public ownership so that their products were developed on the basis of need rather than profit . |
| 2 | Or will governors consider taking the easy way out ( and the cheapest ) and appoint a local teacher , who has perhaps proved an adequate supply teacher in the recent past ? |
| 3 | The famous horseshoe-shaped radiator was seen taking the chequered flag at Le Mans , Brooklands and Silverstone . |
| 4 | Retford class B1 No. 61225 heads for home with a local freight , seen taking the slow line behind Woodhouse Station on 15th July 1964 . |
| 5 | The Alliance were briefly the controlling party in local government and just missed taking the Parliamentary seat at the 1987 election . |
| 6 | Unless the two men kidnapped yesterday are speedily released , it will be difficult for Michel Dufour , the chief ICRC delegate in Lebanon , to avoid taking the same decision once again . |
| 7 | England required a win to avoid taking the wooden spoon for the first time . |
| 8 | Like many other coastal shipping companies it met hard times after the First World War , when motor lorries began taking the general cargoes that used to go by sea to all the little ports . |
| 9 | And you know taking the top jockeys , Scudamore , Dunwoody , Niven , Osborne , McCourt they could all have made a success of whatever they chose to do , I 'm sure of that . ’ |
| 10 | Her family is convinced Mandy 's weight problems started when she started taking the contraceptive pill at 14 after the Rolling Stone seduced her in a Paris hotel.They stayed silent for eight years but were angered this week by 56-year-old Bill 's decision to go public . |
| 11 | We continue taking the French ships , but they take none of ours . |
| 12 | Most radio stations in non-NPN states had already stopped taking the national news from FRCN in Lagos , and so it is probable that they too ignored the event . |
| 13 | During Allen 's second day in the witness box , he admitted taking the nude pictures but denied they were pornographic . |
| 14 | That is , at the beginning of the spell of unemployment the individual assumes that the environment will remain unchanged and carries out an optimisation to obtain the optimal reservation wage ; but someone still unemployed at time T is assumed to reoptimise taking the changed environment into account . |
| 15 | Try taking the best chop next time — but only if you want it ! |
| 16 | Daddy Den O'Neil died taking the high note in ‘ The Londonderry Air ’ . |
| 17 | The story circulated that the Warwickshire committee asked Calthorpe to delay taking the new ball to prolong the entertainment : certainly W.G. Quaife , the aging Warwickshire star , bowled luxurious legbreaks throughout the afternoon , ending with 3 for 154 . |
| 18 | She was photographed taking the scenic ride . |