Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] take [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By increasing its offer , Temple has taken the fight directly to SeaCo 's shareholders . |
| 2 | CU has taken a floor in another large City building , Plantation House , for key staff dealing in insurance markets to reduce the risk of disruption . |
| 3 | ‘ Black Will has taken a fancy to your little brother — what think you of that ! |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Murray Johnstone has taken the approach of cutting its initial charge to 1 per cent and always dealing on the full spread . |
| 5 | ‘ My bet is that Nevil has taken the girl already — maybe Dover to Folkestone . |
| 6 | Moving across the Pennines from Liverpool , Wright has taken the helm of a Polytechnic with 1200 staff , 8000 students from 35 different countries and an annual income of around £30 million . |
| 7 | Intelsat plans to take the capacity as a stop-gap while it awaits delivery of 10 new birds over the next four years . |
| 8 | ‘ Terry Yorath has to take a lot of credit . |
| 9 | It 's clear that ace coach Eddie Futch has taken a shine to him . |
| 10 | And if you 've got any money left er the calendars and diaries Brenda has taken the names today and the money at the same time when you order . |
| 11 | Thomson has taken the issue further , arguing that many twentieth-century writers on social welfare issues have been misled into believing that recent developments represent an abrupt break with historical experience because of the peculiarly restrictive and individualistic support systems for elderly people that emerged in the late Victorian period . |
| 12 | Yeah I know our Lorraine has took the phone over . |
| 13 | Short has taken the example of the Soviet chess school , where an uncompromising will to win takes precedence . |
| 14 | One such is Claire ( Genevieve Bujold ) but Beverly starts to take the relationship seriously , and is upset when she temporarily rejects both of them . |
| 15 | Councillor Ardor Deems took a turn about the long room . |
| 16 | Staff Nurse Edna Wilson has taken a diploma in aromatherapy — massage with exotic oils . |
| 17 | Staff Nurse Edna Wilson has taken a diploma in aromatherapy — massage with exotic oils . |
| 18 | Ipswich 's next meeting is on Good Friday and Zdenek Tesar has taken the opportunity of the break to return to Czechoslovakia to see his wife and daughter and do some cross country skiing near his mountain home . |
| 19 | As our biggest lender to small businesses NatWest has taken a hammering in the recession . |
| 20 | Members of the European Commission [ EC ] have reached an agreement to control and reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and the UK has taken a step towards this with new legislation governing all industrial processes [ See page 5 ] . |
| 21 | After the dying Stepan Verkhovensky has taken the sacrament he says ‘ however , tomorrow — Tomorrow we shall all set off . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm afraid Colonel Fagg has taken an objection to you , dear boy , ’ said Gooseneck to Amiss that lunch-time . |
| 23 | Although retired , Trevor continues to take an interest in the Stoddard Group as an agent for Lyles , keeping in touch with those he has known for many years . |
| 24 | Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine has taken no action against 56 of the 79 English waste disposal authorities which have failed to fulfil their legal obligation of 10 years ' standing to draw up plans for waste disposal . |
| 25 | Mr Balladur has taken a gamble that the deflationary effect of higher taxes will be offset by a restoration of public confidence and a continuing fall in interest rates . |
| 26 | Amstrad has taken a £7.24 million charge for the restructuring of its Spanish subsidiary , and has also written down computer stock by £3.6 million more . |
| 27 | Hubbard-Ford has taken a seat on the board alongside Pegasus managing director , Jamie Minotto . |
| 28 | It 's not the first time that Wimpey has taken the lead in Scotland . |
| 29 | erm Rusty in the fact that erm we have n't been able to sort of erm get out on the field with a ball in our hand , erm but erm our coach erm Ian McMillan has taken the opportunity to drag us into the gym and give us quite erm hard fitness sessions , so the fitness is still erm quite high on our side , but erm handling the ball will be a little bit rusty , but hopefully this week , now all the snow 's gone , we 'll be able to get out and erm move the ball about at training . |
| 30 | Bob has taken the plunge & acquired a video recorder — masquerading as my birthday present to him . |