Example sentences of "[verb] you take a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Why d' ya take a picture ?
2 ‘ Jeez , how on earth d' ya take a bath and how is your love life ’ were presumably part of the empathy process from Gerry and his audience almost comatose with voyeurism and in need of splints for drop-jaw .
3 See lot lot of these jobs are done by the tide , say you take a ship now what 's been sunk in the river , at low tide they 'll put the wires underneath , make them fast to the ships and when the tide when the t t tide rise out come the ship , and they can take it where they want to .
4 I simply want you to take a friend 's father to a cricket match . ’
5 Good , erm , right , erm so , I want you to take a bearing on me , tell me what bearing I am from where you are .
6 ‘ Comfort says you took a walk today .
7 She 's very sorry you are n't well , but not surprised ; apparently she 's been urging you to take a holiday for the last two years . ’
8 Why do n't you hop up on to the examination couch and I 'll just take a quick listen to baby 's heart and take your blood pressure , then afterwards I 'm sure Sister will be only too happy to show you around our labour ward and let you take a look at the facilities we have available .
9 Or you may be a carer looking for help to enable you to take a break , either for regular short spells , or to go on holiday or in an emergency .
10 It is also hoped that there will be a surplus of profit , allowing you to take a tax free lump sum .
11 ‘ I mean you take a mug of cocaine at night before you go to bed . ’
12 But it would n't hurt you to take a look at it .
13 Purely because we 'd like you to take a look at our Autumn Catalogue , talking of winners , we think this one really is !
14 Purely because we 'd like you to take a look at our Christmas Catalogue .
15 Erm , but I 'd just like , like you to take a look at the , the sort of commercial awareness bit , and , and to look at what we 're looking for .
16 I 'd like you to take a sample of the polish from Dr Darnell 's fingernails , and have the lab match it against the flake you found . ’
17 I 'd like you to take a sponge and I 'd like you to clean the paintwork on the stairs .
18 Imagine if your local electrical store allowed you to take a TV home for a month to sample its quality before parting with your money , you would be sure you had made the right decision before it cost you the earth .
19 This is when we all got cut fingers , you know that , you cut it just right the crown , and you try to be quick , we all got these marks on the forefinger , sugar beet and swede , you know you took a swede and put it on the heap in one go , you know , well , with sugar beet you had to be more careful , did n't you , you cut the crown
20 I do hope you took a photograph of yourself before you started .
21 Perhaps , when you meet them , they will invite you to take a seat at the Shield for one of the performances . ’
22 Please note that not all hotels have cots and we therefore advise you to take a travel cot where possible .
23 A number of retail outlets will allow you to take a rug home for a few days so that you can see it in the context of your home , and this simple precaution can not be recommended too strongly .
24 Did you take a teddy ?
25 ‘ And before you left , did you take a look at the mess you 'd created ? ’
26 Why did you take a whore ?
27 Did you take a cough capsule .
28 ‘ We 've been tepid sponging and monitoring since he was admitted , but there does n't appear to be any improvement — in fact , I 'd say he 's marginally worse than he was an hour ago , so I thought I 'd better get you to take a look at him . ’
29 Coffin said , ‘ I think you took a risk , talking to him in the park . ’
30 I mean like do you take a lot of stuff every time you go to the van ?
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