Example sentences of "they take " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , what they did was they took er on , on the inside , there 's er there 's the liver , in there er just at the end of the stomach . |
| 2 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 3 | And they takes lovely photos . |
| 4 | Empirical observations may generate laws that correlate one type of experience with another ; but can they take us ‘ beneath ’ experience to its basis ? |
| 5 | What will they take home ? |
| 6 | Nor do they take proper account of the risks banks run on their foreign-exchange and interest-rate positions . |
| 7 | Neither do they take into account the additional disadvantages associated with increasing remoteness , such as transport costs . |
| 8 | What did they take her for ? |
| 9 | Why should they take the risk ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What did they take , Ron ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ How could they take the place of fairy Brownies ? ’ asked Jenny , shaking her head in disbelief . |
| 12 | For example , in stimulating the development of community formularies , or in setting indicative budgets , do they take a broad view of cost ( beyond the price of the medicines themselves ) and do they consider the relative effectiveness of medicines ? |
| 13 | May they take realistic action as well as being open to and expectant for the provision of God . |
| 14 | To cut a long story short , next time music retailers start moaning about the recession why do n't they take a good look in the mirror and ask themselves who actually feeds them ? |
| 15 | ‘ Why do n't they take a course of adult education ? |
| 16 | Do they take a blindfold and a pin into the booth with them , and then spend four years boasting that nobody had better take their support for granted if they want to get re-elected ? |
| 17 | Tea , oatmeal , sugar ; a precious jar of goose fat for rubbing into the children 's chests should they take bronchitis on the journey . |
| 18 | Do you get results quickly and often , or do they take a long time to come through ? |
| 19 | Could they take advantage of the new offer ? 2 . |
| 20 | Or should they take a hard look at themselves , try to learn something from what had happened , make the necessary changes and hope to attract more lesbians ? |
| 21 | Would they take that as a lesson and conform to the party 's expectations of educated youth ? |
| 22 | Again in accordance with the Act , they could not refuse election , nor could they take part while in office in any contract to supply the necessities of the House ( with the notable exception of building and repair work ) . |
| 23 | Nor do they take lightly his abuse of Mitbestimmung , the hallowed German practice of giving workers a voice in public companies by setting aside for them nearly half the seats on supervisory boards . |
| 24 | In sizeable towns the volume of trade offered wider scope for specialisation , but even there the connexion with agriculture remained intimate : in most the victualling and food-processing trades formed one of the principal groupings , as in Leicester or York ; only if there was a manufacturing speciality would they take second place . |
| 25 | Only twice in their first 57 appearances did they take the stage without him . |
| 26 | Neither invention nor innovation and translation by design can take place in an inflexible or chaotic environment ; nor can they take place if flexible design procedures for capitalizing on new market conditions are lacking . |
| 27 | What did they take ? |
| 28 | Those who ask for reports have no time to read long ones- nor will they take the trouble to unravel texts like the example given above . |
| 29 | And you could quite rightly think , Why do n't they take their turn ? |
| 30 | Do they take it in ? |