Example sentences of "[verb] them take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were in our own parish and had never been to Henfield at all … we said we would obey the law , if they would show us any part that empowered them to take a man from his own poorhouse and put him into one of another parish . |
| 2 | For many are accompanied by mothers who 've let them take the day off . |
| 3 | The tall pines surrounding the lough often produced a mirror-like surface , and whilst it was easier to see rising fish , it was almost impossible to tempt them to take a fly , no matter how carefully presented . |
| 4 | Guy tells them they do n't look like they 're enjoying things and he wants them to take a holiday . |
| 5 | Usually , I know exactly what I want , but it is much better if you can get other people to do it and let them take the credit . |
| 6 | ‘ Ashley 's hotel is in a different part of town from where everyone else is staying and it seemed unfair to expect them to take a detour , ’ his mother explained . |
| 7 | It is quite clear that most Canadian and American graduates speak perfect English , and it seems rather pointless to expect them to take an examination that consists of a test of English and of basic medical knowledge that they already have . |
| 8 | But because the unit has yet to be completed , they were unable to join a timeshare exchange scheme that would have enabled them to take a family holiday in Florida at Easter . |
| 9 | It would enable them to take the surrender of the 200,000 Croats on their arrival in Austria and hand them back to the " local Jugoslav forces " , without having to be concerned by the general instruction that all surrendering Yugoslavs should be retained pending a political decision as to their ultimate disposal . |
| 10 | One partial solution to the problem of accounting for intra-regional cross-boundary flows would be to allocate resources to authorities taking no account of the cross-boundary flows and to leave them to take the responsibility of paying for their own residents treated elsewhere … there would be far more flexibility for the Area planners to arrange health care for their population . |
| 11 | Encourage them to take every opportunity they find to listen to the language . |
| 12 | Members are urged to write a polite reply to the National Commission for Human Rights asking them to take every step necessary to bring the perpetrators of Jose Ramon 's ‘ disappearance ’ to justice . |
| 13 | Rose had asked them to take the flask out to him at four . |
| 14 | The various nations and nationalities of the USSR , at the same time , had their specific concerns , and the neglect of these during the Stalin and Brezhnev years had led them to take the form of ‘ public disaffection , which now and then escalated into conflicts ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ It involves making them take the shape wanted while still in solution , ’ Causton says . |
| 16 | er to get them to take the stuff away . |
| 17 | ‘ Sometimes one of the oldies will shout , ‘ Make way for a blind pensioner ’ , and we 'll let them take a wave , ’ the younger surfers laugh . |
| 18 | When they moved our Mrs R. would only let them take a bed and some crockery . |
| 19 | " Whatever you do do not let them take the book back without admitting that your name is in it . " |
| 20 | This is a shame since it may relegate the service to purely commercial outlets , such as flying schools and airfields who will doubtless find it very useful if someone persuades them to take a look . |
| 21 | He acted out all the schoolboy fantasies , weaving his way past English defenders with consummate ease , beckoning them to take the ball with gestures of smug superiority , scoring now and again , and sitting on the ball when being brilliant became a bore . |
| 22 | They are provided with guidance which enables them to take the initiative . |
| 23 | There is no doubt that their super-sensitive barbules detect our lines just as easily as they detect food , but , fortunately for us , they usually accept our offerings in spite of the obvious danger they have felt , though the same danger compels them to take the bait ‘ hit-and-run ’ style . |