Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] take [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , even those who argue that the answer to women 's dependency/op-pression in the home is for them to take outside jobs ( as if the sort of jobs open to most women were in any way more congenial and less exploitative than housework , except in so far as they are paid ) and put their children into publicly funded day-care centres , must surely allow that some women ( as well as men , of course ) would choose freely to look after children , otherwise how are the centres to be staffed ? |
| 2 | Most of the other dancers in the company were straight from school , some of them taking leading parts while only about fifteen . |
| 3 | Some of them took extreme precautions against being removed . |
| 4 | In view of the hardships endured by many peasants , even at times when they were making some gains at the expense of their lords , it is hardly surprising that there were outbreaks of discontent , some of which took violent forms — indeed it has been said that peasant movements were as much a part of seigneurial society as strikes are of large-scale capitalism . |
| 5 | It was all a far cry from the first ascent of Everest 40 years ago , news of which took three days to reach London — on Coronation Day . |
| 6 | You wanted to abandon it by the side of the road , but I made you push it on , with myself taking short spells of pushing . |
| 7 | Christian Aid has agreed to my taking three months ' unpaid leave , and the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth has kindly awarded me a bursary to cover costs of travel . |
| 8 | ‘ Kirov is too important to us to take any chances . |
| 9 | Cos I think he 's sort of realized now that nobody 's particularly impressed by him taking six grammes and twelve Es at once and going oh I took six grammes of and twelve Es at once and I was really fucked . |