Example sentences of "[verb] take to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DINGHY SAILING all you need to know to take to the water |
| 2 | Cos he he When he liked he could speak very well but how he 'd taken to the road I do n't know , but he was well known er er as the blind fiddler . |
| 3 | And there were words of praise for the girls who 'd taken to the catwalk . |
| 4 | Ana had no trouble with her mount ; to Maggie 's surprise she seemed to be an expert horsewoman and Mitch too seemed to take to the activity like a veteran . |
| 5 | It is just as well that Plainsong seemed to take to the track on her debut in the Fillies ' Maiden she was aimed at the race because owner Peter Innes was a steward at the meeting . |
| 6 | For instance , young people on the streets but seeking to take to the road might need help to acquire a serviceable living vehicle . |
| 7 | So nobody actually goes until the bell goes , but you need to be listening Matthew because you do n't know what you 've got to take to the party yet . |
| 8 | You get one caution an and er I thought the limit was two you get t two cautions and you get took to the court . |
| 9 | Energetic visitors were invited to take to the dance floor and strut their stuff , quenching their thirst with a bottle of the new , macho mineral water , Thirsty Camel , afterwards ! |
| 10 | A few years earlier Aung San might possibly have taken to the jungle , bandit or resistance fighter according to one 's viewpoint , known only within a few miles of his own home . |
| 11 | We 've always been forest Romanies , but if Wychwood is to be chopped down Boz and the rest of us will have to take to the road . ’ |
| 12 | Dropping out meant taking to the road , hitchhiking or biking far away from home , and the landscape became dotted with the beat replacements , the hippies . |
| 13 | It was also in this film , when he had a long and exacting monologue at the end , that he finally saw it as what he termed an allegory to his own career : he had the chance of taking a university scholarship but instead chose to take to the road and share his life with some interesting characters , though by this stage of the story in the film itself , Dupea 's liberation is being challenged . |
| 14 | Partly because of the lack of predators , many island birds have lost the ability to fly ; after all , flying requires enormous energy , and on islands , those that do take to the air could in theory be blown out to sea . |
| 15 | She seemed to have taken to the Foundling child the moment she set eyes on her , and there was no doubt in Betty 's mind that Corrie was the sole reason for her being offered the work . |
| 16 | The " tramp " was sheltered arid if possible found work by union officials if forced to take to the road . |
| 17 | Italy 's greatest modern industrialist , Enrico Mattei , used to have to take to the air in his private jet in order to get away from the telephone and think . |
| 18 | He ordered those of his crew still in a fit state to swim to take to the sea . |
| 19 | Fancy taking to the road in style ? |
| 20 | As for Prince Charles , having declared that he kept an open mind on the subject of complementary medicine , he gave a dissertation on the recent allegations that he had taken to the occult : ‘ I do not play with a Ouija board . |
| 21 | Seeing me , it had taken to the air , clumsily at first , then with Increasing speed as its great wings beat it downriver to Rash . |
| 22 | A judge was divorced by his wife because he had taken to the idea that she was possessed by the devil and gave her a thump or two to drive Satan out . |
| 23 | On Saturday afternoon , most of the men had gone to watch the City at home , most of the women had taken to the washing machine . |
| 24 | She led him stealthily up the path Rodomonte had taken to the summit . |
| 25 | At first they had taken to the Underground because it was warm , later for other reasons . |
| 26 | Harvey had always had a mania for showers and baths and he had taken to the sauna ritual with great enthusiasm . |
| 27 | We had to take our own meals at all times , even when we had cups of tea we had to take to the station our own tea , sugar and milk , but there was always a large kettle during the winter months on a coal fire , and during the summer months on a gas ring . |
| 28 | Most chimp activity takes place at least within sight of the ground , but to film all the stages of a hunt , cameraman Mike Richards ( left ) also had to take to the air . |
| 29 | They ran about in a panic , those that could climb taking to the rigging , those that could swim going over the side . |
| 30 | The reason is that hardened Staffordshire smokers ( and they come no harder ) have taken to the Nicotine patch and are driving their colleagues mad with frozen smiles and cries of : ‘ I 'm all right — I 've gone 73-and-a-quarter hours without one ’ . |