Example sentences of "[pron] take [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as Tite himself , it occurs to me , is going to be doing when he goes into the witness-box at Summerchild 's inquest later that summer and tells the Coroner — I turn back in my file to the copy I took of the cutting — that Summerchild was working on conditions of employment in the Civil Service at the time of his death . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , that money that I took to the taxi rank this morning . |
| 3 | Actually I 've got a , I 've got a brilliant picture that I took outside the train . |
| 4 | The line I took with the manager was that , as a composer of music for films , I really needed to see equal commitment all along the picture beam to the public . |
| 5 | ’ It wis when I cam hame frae that , ’ he said , ’ that I took tae the road . ’ |
| 6 | I took in the spectacle with great personal satisfaction … |
| 7 | As I took in the traffic thundering by beneath me and relived in my mind my alarming experience , my trepidation returned . |
| 8 | ‘ The movies are true , ’ screamed my eyes from the back of the yellow can which I took from the airport . |
| 9 | The carton I took from the supermarket said ‘ POISON ’ in big letters , and ‘ Not to be taken internally ’ , so she will be dead by now . |
| 10 | How strict Tata had always been with me as a child ; even taken the strap to me on a couple of occasions , once for pinching ‘ fress ’ , or buns as Mother called them , behind his back — he did n't mind how much I took from the shop as long as I asked — and once for saying ‘ Damn ’ when I cut my finger peeling an apple . |
| 11 | ‘ You mean someone to take in the ironing ? |
| 12 | I lean into the compost box to grab a double armful of grass cuttings which I take to the courgette beyond the shed and carefully place around the stem . |
| 13 | That pain in the back of my neck is four pairs of eyes watching every step I take to the church . |
| 14 | The approach which I take to the subject is one concerned almost exclusively with the Anglo-American tradition , though Hegel is allowed into the last chapter , at the end of which I give some references to sample writings in the continental tradition , especially critical theory . |
| 15 | Boss Dennis Grove has kicked out metering and is opting for banding , which takes in the size of the customer 's house . |
| 16 | A long shot is one which takes in the whole of a scene . |
| 17 | Perhaps it is the view from beneath an archway of the castle , which takes in the parish church , said to have been built in 1363 by John of Gaunt himself . |
| 18 | Veiled in official secrecy until 1986 , this atmospheric underground complex is now revealed in a fascinating guided tour which takes in the room where Operation Dynamo was planned , the anti-aircraft control area and even the telephone exchange . |
| 19 | This was not to be a matter of mark-books and tests but a freely managed regular assessment which depended first on the subject-teacher but which took in the view of everyone who had dealings with each individual pupil . |
| 20 | Dwyer , however , disagrees : ‘ Sure we have experienced an extremely demanding schedule , particularly over the past year which took in the World Cup , but this provides terrific experience for the younger players . ’ |
| 21 | For a few moments Sandison allowed himself to take in the figure before him and he ignored what had been said . |
| 22 | She takes from the bottom of her wardrobe a pair of calf-length fashion boots in dark brown leather and sits on the edge of the bed to pull them on . ) |
| 23 | If he gives , and intends to give , that power , and the power is exercised , the person who takes under the execution of the power obtains the property , not against , but by the authority of , the original owner , and none the less because the authority was obtained by fraud . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's got to be a magician who takes off the spell . |
| 25 | WOULD you take to the stage at Darlington 's Civic Theatre for half a sixpence ? |
| 26 | Who do you take to the library with you ? |
| 27 | Who did you take to the library with you ? |
| 28 | What are you taking at the moment ? |
| 29 | ACTRESS Kathleen Turner stole the show when she took to the stage at a late-night bar for a karaoke session . |
| 30 | The water was icy cold but she washed her arms up to the oxters , and then her face and her neck down to the top of the bodice ; after which she took off the rest of her underwear and got into a calico nightdress . |