Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb base] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas Hibs are still striving to find consistency , Simon Stainrod 's Dundee have taken seven points from eight out of their last four league matches , thank you very much . |
| 2 | Nowell , a solicitor , and his wife Penny have taken thirty years to develop the lovely garden at Baubles which now boasts ornamental and wildlife ponds and a wide variety of trees , shrubs , a tennis court and a swimming pool . |
| 3 | The scientists at IBM have taken this idea one step further , by using different light frequencies to store extra information at each location . |
| 4 | With law cases pending throughout the country , it remains to be seen how many more patients infected at the Churchill decide to take legal action . |
| 5 | He had perhaps been too long in high office , too isolated from discordant views by the well-oiled Birmingham machine to take full account of the volume of dissent . |
| 6 | David and Jane Hattatt have taken ten years to turn an old damson and apple orchard into one of the region 's most imaginative gardens . |
| 7 | Only me — my future : Alex Darken taking another step in the daft jig of his life , pushed from the rear by his own dark dreams . |
| 8 | Carlisle have taken one point from the last 15 and are 18th in the Third Division . |
| 9 | Under this programme , students from Lublin in Poland have taken National Certificate Modules in Business Studies ( in English ) via open learning . |