Example sentences of "[noun sg] take [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An extended programme takes in the British Professional Road Race Championship on Sunday , June 27 , over 115 miles . |
| 2 | Preston 's glance took in the broad shoulders , a black beard , a lean , dark face and a big nose . |
| 3 | Delaney had already got one leg over the door frame that led below , and would have stopped for no one , except that his glance took in the obvious truth . |
| 4 | A hasty glance took in the gorgeous antique furniture crammed in as if it had been recently off-loaded by a dealer , the small , pristine cooker and the sink pushed against the soft ochre-washed wall as if it was an after-thought . |
| 5 | Table 1 is an extract taken from the complete table , showing the distribution of turns greater than 40 , 60 , 80 and 100 words respectively . |
| 6 | A dramatic programme taken from an elaborate song cycle tracing the life of the 12th-century Abbess , Hildegard of Bingen , and her visionary experiences . |
| 7 | It demonstrates the imperative that solid forward progress will depend on action taken across the broad front of endeavour . |
| 8 | The " further discussion " usually takes the form of a report from the secretary , or from a member of the committee , on action taken since the previous meeting . |
| 9 | The case will be quickly followed by a second action taken against a large electronic bulletin board company . |
| 10 | It was not the first time that Islamist sympathizers had succeeded in having action taken against a literary work — this had happened in 1959 and especially since the late 1980s . |
| 11 | The Church of Scotland said in a statement : ‘ Any threatening action taken against the Catholic bishops in Malawi is a threat to the whole Church of Christ . ’ |
| 12 | There was in fact a mixture of elitism and anti-elitism in the mass media policies of the Government , which had consistently refused to introduce television on the mainland , in contrast to action taken by the Revolutionary Council of Zanzibar and the governments of most other independent African states . |
| 13 | The prospective parliamentary candidate against whom such action is taken shall have the right of appeal to the National Executive Committee , which committee shall have the power to confirm , vary , or reverse the action taken by the General Committee . |
| 14 | er , we have a choice the resolution before us , endorse the action taken by the provincial treasurer in the level of commitment he has made to the MMF fund in nineteen ninety three on behalf of the . |
| 15 | Synod endorses with sadness the action taken by the provincial treasurer in the level of commitments he has made to MMF in nineteen ninety three . |
| 16 | The context for social workers comes from the referral of an old person to the agency , an action taken by the individual him/herself , or by a relative , neighbour , or another professional worker . |
| 17 | Erm I think we need to endorse the action taken by the judicial treasurer and then if we was then to go onto second bits , which is urging the churches to give five percent more than that in the past you could debate that se separately . |
| 18 | ‘ Was the action taken by the British the proper thing to do ? ’ he asked down a crackling line from Buenos Aires to Woodward 's home in Surbiton , Surrey . |
| 19 | While he was detained at the police station a number of police-officers used a key taken from the arrested man to enter his mother 's home . |
| 20 | The camera work is superb and I must especially commend to you all the final shots of the film which show a train heading up the Talerddig incline taken from a nearby hillside . |
| 21 | The next example is the catchy syncopated intro riff taken from the single Teaser . |
| 22 | Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli 's ‘ Madonna and Child ’ , is now attributed by several scholars to Parmigianino after a photograph taken through the old mount revealed an architectural sketch and handwriting thought to be Parmigianino 's ( £52,000 , est. £20–25,000 ) . |
| 23 | A Titford family photograph taken in the early 1890s shows husband and wife with five daughters and young Marwood , the girls in neat smocks or severe black dresses , the son in an Eton collar , and every one of the group looking his or her most miserable Sunday best Those photographers who made a speciality of enticing young ladies to say ‘ prunes ’ and ‘ prisms ’ to bring out their charming dimples , called ‘ watch the birdie ! ’ with much gusto or tried ‘ cheese ! ’ in the hope of a smile would have had a rough time indeed with severe-looking Benjamin James and his wife and children . |
| 24 | We knew of its existence from a photograph taken in the 1850s , but it has been missing for 150 years . |
| 25 | Gently at first , but as it aroused her he opened his mouth to take in the full upward curve of her left breast . |
| 26 | Cleo turned and craned her neck to take in the massive black pile rising behind them . |
| 27 | One exception to this statement was the attitude taken by the Bavarian Central Authority in the late 1980s in connection with products liability cases in the courts of the United States . |
| 28 | There was both their backgrounds — a boy taken from a bleak past into a glorious future by a dedicated schoolteacher — and furthermore this acting business got him off duty , paid him as much cash as a miner 's weekly wage for a few hours ' easy work and had a satisfying tint of glamour … |
| 29 | The cable is cut and wired into the box , then the spur taken from the three terminals |
| 30 | We 've had a lot about politics this morning , and if the Labour Party wants to mobilize working women many of them who did n't vote Labour at the last election here is a ready made campaign to take into the next election . |