Example sentences of "[pron] taking a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Angus ’ — he dropped the timber he was lifting , letting it clank off the others , and turned to look at him with widened eyes and squared mouth , like the face of someone taking a great strain . |
| 2 | But then are n't you taking a political stance , rather than an aesthetic one ? ’ |
| 3 | So if we 're talking about something talking about something taking a light year to reach us in terms of light , any possibility of human contact we 're talking about millions of years , probably , rather than a few years . |
| 4 | Bethany Megan Robinson says residents of Hammond Drive who object to the closure of Loraine Crescent do so because it stops them taking a short cut . |
| 5 | There are people in Hammond Drive whose only objection to this closure , I have been informed , is because it will stop them taking a short cut through Loraine Crescent . |
| 6 | The attendant returned to the kitchen area where Duncan spotted him taking a deep swig from a bottle of vodka that was then passed round the other members of the flight crew . |
| 7 | An officer who neglects to take a statutory sample which hindsight shows was necessary will find that his omission is more visible to senior staff than his taking a formal sample which is subsequently used in a prosecution by the authority . |
| 8 | I can not remember his taking a single day in bed . |
| 9 | Anyone taking a conventional holiday or a business trip of a commercial nature ( excluding manual work ) |
| 10 | The major part of your argument about the inability of juries and magistrates to make fair judgments about technical matters was reasonable ; however anyone taking a detached view can identify many examples of so-called ‘ old Britons ’ who one could not rely on to take an open and fair-minded view in a jury . |
| 11 | ‘ Is n't it taking a big chance , sending a man like Dalby inside Romania ? |
| 12 | I caught myself taking a quick peek in the mirror behind the bar to see if my tie was straight . |
| 13 | Even in the post-war period Britain 's understanding of itself has continued to be fashioned by our taking a leading part in the containment of Germany that was the unspoken second function of the Nato Alliance . |
| 14 | Asked how the impasse was overcome a spokesman for ICL Moscow says : ‘ It was by us taking a firm line . |