Example sentences of "[noun pl] take to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he arrived in America , Weill did not automatically expect New York ears to take to the music of the Berlin avant-garde in which he had played so prominent a part : instead he set himself the task of learning to write music with an American accent . |
| 2 | I am sure they would see that queues of slow moving traffic soon build up and drivers take to the town to get through . |
| 3 | The following Sunday a group of pest control technicians took to the field , all kitted out ready to ‘ show Rank Hovis how to play football ’ . |
| 4 | Workers employed in the mills and factories of industrial areas took to the bicycle as a principal means of travel to work . |
| 5 | Still today virtually all insects at some stage of their lives take to the air . |
| 6 | With limbs beginning to tire only eight boats took to the water for the final two-lap race . |
| 7 | A ‘ FLYING squad ’ of experts takes to the road this month and early May to help East Anglian farmers tackle probably their most important office job for years . |
| 8 | Not surprisingly , the noise bellowing around Ibrox when the teams took to the pitch was an octave or two higher than normal . |
| 9 | So this is what he set out to do and , in 1986 , the Halifax Mystery Plays took to the road . |
| 10 | Proposals include both teams taking to the field together before kick-off and permitting three substitutes instead of the current two , with the third being a ‘ recognised goalkeeper ’ , as in the Premier League . |
| 11 | It also commanded the route the crusaders took to the East . |
| 12 | Local authorities took to the fashion of developing management and political processes , and institutional structures , which would make them more able to plan , control and review their activities , commensurate with their resources . |
| 13 | She saw his sister and nephew next morning as she was loading her car with her carvings to take to the hospital . |
| 14 | Colin Scott , Rangers ' third choice goalkeeper , has been put on stand-by in a provisional squad that also contains Brian Reid but Smith 's final selection will only be evident when the players take to the field for the pre-match warm-up tomorrow night . |
| 15 | the moto cross stars take to the track at Foxhill near Swindon |
| 16 | We all share the same sky and the same passion , which is to see our joint projects take to the air . |
| 17 | AN INNOVATIVE project to give a voice to people who provide and receive care services takes to the stage in Cleveland tomorrow . |
| 18 | Some women took to the loom , further diluting the labour supply in that branch , and others were able to enter the factories , but for many , especially in the de-industrialising South , the loss of home spinning was a real and much commented-on aggravator of female unemployment and depresser of living standards , especially marked around the turn of the century . |
| 19 | Downing St gets a facelift as Ministers take to the bunker |
| 20 | We spent two or three hours bagging up clothes to take to the charity shops . |
| 21 | The vultures take to the sky bearing the deceased with them , upwards to the heavens . |
| 22 | The numbers will be repeated the following week , when the Top American heavy Rock band , Guns N' Roses take to the stage . |
| 23 | When adults take to the floor it tends to be a different story . |
| 24 | It was only minutes before the Athletico gladiators took to the field that Chamden 's assistant manager , Frank Spanner , announced that owing to an outbreak of foot and mouth amongst the first team , they had been forced to include six second-team men in their squad at Billington Euphonia . |