Example sentences of "[adj] take [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not based upon any consensus of content , nor the expectation that teachers will do the same thing with all the class , this takes seriously the concept of the teacher as the manager of pupils ' own learning instead of a purveyor of information and ideas . |
| 2 | Yes , they 're all trained in first aid , erm erm and in the use er we also carry the analgesic gas , now the ones that er nitric oxide which is used in er pregnant mothers for childbirth , they carry some of that now , er which they administer to people in pain and that takes away the pain erm for the time being anyway , until such time as you can extricate them or , or ease the pain or take away the problem away from them that 's causing them the pain . |
| 3 | Using ancient techniques , they teach you how to make love for hours ( does n't that take away the man 's fun of rolling over and going to sleep after 45 seconds ? ) . |
| 4 | Will that take away the pain ? ’ |
| 5 | Launching a savage attack on the ‘ shameful ’ Budget in a cutting speech which silenced Tory backbenchers , Mr Smith said that taken together the tax increases announced in the Budget were one of the biggest hikes ever . |
| 6 | The trouble is that taken overall the drop in academic competence has not been dramatic . |
| 7 | The finished designs , although offering partial projection were not sufficient to take away the focus of attention from the participants themselves , for they were now all in ‘ dramatic time ’ . |