Example sentences of "[prep] take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stirling should have made sure of victory and further ease their own relegation worries after taking a 25th minute lead through Willie Watters . |
| 2 | In 1991 they raised more than £3,000 for the national BBC appeal and , after taking a well-earned year off , organisers have set a target of £10,000 . |
| 3 | England , with Andrew Hine and James Lucas playing well in midfield , never looked back after taking a 3-1 lead in the first chukka . |
| 4 | ‘ That was a game we should have won after taking a two goal lead , and I think it 's still rankles with a few of the lads . |
| 5 | After qualifying for the East semi-finals in impressive style , Essex beat Hertfordshire 3–1 and trounced Cambridgeshire 5–1 in the final , after taking a 2–0 lead at half-time . |
| 6 | One such moment was Thursday night , when a mini-cab firm quoted me the price of a fare home , and the driver ( after taking a circuitous route around London ) tried to charge me well over the odds . |
| 7 | Random sampling means that a batch is accepted or rejected on the basis of the number of rejects found after taking a random sample from the batch . |
| 8 | After taking a direct hit on the right temple , Mr Loaf walked off and has not graced a British stage since . |
| 9 | Tiny Tabard 's hopes were dashed after taking a 7–0 lead as they were mauled 50–13 by mighty Northampton . |
| 10 | Pool found themselves being hard pressed by as after taking an early lead through Michael Smithies , they squandered several good scoring chances before scrambling home by the only goal of the match . |
| 11 | The Swedish winger will have an X-ray on a suspected broken cheekbone today after taking an accidental blow in the face and is now in doubt for his country 's international with Norway in Oslo on Wednesday . |
| 12 | Just three days after taking an intensive training course for civilians he leapt into a blazing flat to rescue a pensioner with his pal , James Hodson . |
| 13 | Answer guide : These are alternative terms which are often used inter changeably to describe the figure arrived at after taking the accumulated depreciation away from the historic cost . |
| 14 | Tullivers , as it was called , had been the home of old Admiral Josiah Trigg and his sister Lucy for almost thirty years , and when he died , suddenly one hot afternoon , after taking the sharp hill from the town at a spanking pace , his sister continued to muddle along in a vague , amiable daze for another eighteen months before succumbing to bronchitis . |
| 15 | Shortly after taking the Irish job , he was heard talking about ‘ John McGrath ’ , the former Newcastle and Southampton defender , who now manages Halifax . |
| 16 | After taking the final Examination the following year he trained and worked for six months as an Assistant Solicitor with a general practice in Hull . |
| 17 | Collette Margaret McCarthy , 21 , a receptionist , never recovered consciousness and , despite a liver transplant , died on 16 August , 16 days after taking the amphetamine-based hallucinogen , Southwark Coroner 's Court in south London was told . |
| 18 | " Inability to predict what will happen after taking the first drink " is how we define alcoholism . |
| 19 | Edberg appeared a bit off form but seemed on his way to yet another dramatic five-set win after taking the third set . |
| 20 | I think the best way of looking at this is to kind of take an open-ended version of what the Vienna settlement is all about . |
| 21 | The election of a councillor is the principal step towards taking an active part in the affairs of the council , but a second step is necessary . |
| 22 | ROBERT ALNER continued his relentless progress towards taking The Daily Telegraph Men 's Championship at Portman on Saturday when he rode three winners and now leads Philip Scholfield — who was restricted to one success at the Dartmoor — by 22 to 13 . |
| 23 | If she makes sure she is looking good , feeling good , working well , she has a better chance of taking a cool look at him from a distance and deciding if she really wants him in her life . |
| 24 | But I have always shied away from using it on tables , perhaps feeling that a table should be capable of taking a certain amount of abuse . |
| 25 | ‘ We are in danger of taking a political decision . |
| 26 | In the absence of a moral or social common ground which writers could assume with their audience , the hero as existentialist outsider proved a useful way of taking a critical stand without explicitly defending any given system or ideology . |
| 27 | Business is familiar with the counter-productive nature of narrowly conceived appraisal ; educators in schools need help in convincing their employers and the government of the importance of taking a developmental approach to appraisal . |
| 28 | The new men of the Kremlin were not above the simplicity of taking a former idea and adapting it to their needs . |
| 29 | You may have recollections of taking a long time to achieve competence in one particular skill , and wonder whether on returning you will be given adequate time to practise and revise . |
| 30 | Disease free mucosa from cancer patients was not studied in the present investigation because of the technical difficulty of taking a second biopsy after the tumour had been removed . |