Example sentences of "[adv] take [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This selection obviously takes in the period of purely sailing ships , through hybrids to the fully powered vessels of the mid-20th century . |
| 2 | The claim was consistent with other measures apparently taken by the elder Kim to secure the succession of his son , including the appointment in December of Kim Jong Il as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces . |
| 3 | All of this activity has meant that aircraft and artefact restoration has necessarily taken to the back-burner , but , to quote one of the volunteers : ‘ no building , no aircraft in the long term ’ . |
| 4 | Our lodging was not free , as it was for our service colleagues ; we paid one guinea a week , and five shillings for transport ( which we could scarcely avoid ) , and a fixed regular sum for meals necessarily taken in the canteen at B.P. Nor did we receive travel warrants for our three-monthly seven-day leaves ; and in those days when civilian travel was frowned upon we had no uniform to prove that our journey was really necessary . |
| 5 | That fruit , impetuously taken in the Garden , brought untold ruin . |
| 6 | Even Abraham Farrar , pointed out by oralists as the most exalted example of their method of teaching , showed concern that oralism was being carried to too great an extreme at the expense of education but this concern fell on ‘ deaf ’ ears of those in teaching establishments though perhaps not that of Dr. Eichholz the Government inspector for the overseeing of deaf education , as the two extracts opposite taken from the logbook of the Hugh Bell School , Middlesbrough , show . |
| 7 | The proliferation of this literature has so simplified going into our wilderness areas that readers are literally taken by the hand . |
| 8 | And yet he had promised Skelton he would look at some land around Loweswater , and announced that he was so taken with the district he had a mind to settle in it — a statement which brought Miss Skelton to a blush-brink of applause . |
| 9 | So taken by the Cardus pictures in words , Simon took it upon himself to visit the famous school and ‘ the most beautiful playing fields in the world . ’ |
| 10 | So taken by the Cardus pictures in words , Simon took it upon himself to visit the famous school and ‘ the most beautiful playing fields in the world . ’ |
| 11 | Marvell is so much taken with the love he has of nature he even proposes to cut out the names of the trees in their own bark , as opposed to the names of lovers . |
| 12 | Fabia exclaimed , instantly very much taken with the idea . |
| 13 | James , who would in 1932 , publish a biography of Cipriani , was much taken by the personality of this man who , with his organised labour movement posed a real threat to the colonial authorities . |
| 14 | For just a few seconds , Lucinda hesitated ; for just long enough to take in the shock of white hair , the lined , weather-worn face and the tremendous size of him . |
| 15 | I was only a short time standing there , but long enough to take in the vessel 's lines , the quite dainty sheer , her size and the layout of the masts and rigging . |
| 16 | our final fling tonight takes to the sport of judo … this weekend Oxford staged the all England Championships . |
| 17 | Inwardly she chafed a little that she too could not take to the ice and show this country maid a quicksilver pair of heels . |
| 18 | Her girlfriend , Josephine , does not take to the water , so Kelly and I go in alone with Simone , treading in unison till the chill is mellowed , and swim to the deep end where we cling to the buoy and discuss other people . |
| 19 | One did not take to the brandy at ten o'clock in the morning ! |
| 20 | But , outclassed and outnumbered , most will be destroyed as soon as they take to the air ; and if they do not take to the air they do not matter . |
| 21 | It purports to be based on the recollections of courtiers and retainers hunted up after the fall : but I have heard it suggested that the author did not take to the Picador edition 's cover display of a picture of Haile Selassie , perhaps on the grounds of a misleading particularity . |
| 22 | Even if it were possible to identify a certain causal agent inside someone 's head we certainly can not take off the top of the skull and mend it ! |
| 23 | There is some movement either way , but in broad terms and it seems to me what proponents of other sectors are doing basically , is suggesting that their particular segment is better because of erm possible improvements which may or may not take in the future . |
| 24 | This was the part that Wilson largely took in the final , becoming a ‘ great spoiler ’ , as the Examiner put it . |
| 25 | Shelving covered the back two walls , whilst to the right was a biscuit stand containing some dozen tins , stacked at an angle so that by just taking off the lid , biscuits could be removed . |
| 26 | Bernard soon took against the idea and Laura fought doggedly to keep them , believing that her loyal customers were entitled to receive the benefits from any advantage like this . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not taking off the table the fact that we keep this constantly under review , ’ he declares , ‘ and when this redraft comes up then we 're going to look at it very carefully . ’ |
| 28 | Crisis decisions are best taken at the centre . |
| 29 | There is no need to become over-anxious about the subject of diet for the elderly.We simply need to keep a careful eye on things , to see that they are eating a good variety of food which includes plenty of protein , dairy products and fresh fruit and vegetables , together with some roughage , which is often best taken in the form of a bran cereal , and which will , in many cases , completely eliminate the problem of constipation and ease that of piles . |
| 30 | • There is some evidence that high-protein foods ( fish , meat , etc. ) and caffeine-containing drinks ( coffee , tea ) are best taken in the morning and that a light snack rich in carbohydrates ( fruit juice and dessert ) is best for supper ; caffeine-containing drinks should be avoided just before sleep . |