Example sentences of "[vb base] take [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in this simple mental experiment of the narrative ending , most experiments in literary studies involve taking related versions of a text and seeing what effects on a reader the differences between them have . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know where he will go after his race at Christmas — I just want to take one race at a time — but the main target is the Champion Hurdle again . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You want to take that brute for a walk ? ’ |
| 4 | Well , that 's why people to do when they want to take that photograph of our dog that time , when that women |
| 5 | Erm I mean I should think you want to take some shorts in case it 's warm do you . |
| 6 | Conscious that the fat woman had seated herself on a stack of biscuit tins and was listening avidly , Joe said ‘ Er , I want to take some groceries to an old lady . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to take this opportunity of thanking you , Mr … , and all the doctors and nurses here who have shown so much kindness to me . |
| 8 | They 're a great base for those who want to take full advantage of the lively nightlife of Playa de las Americas and also be able to relax in the calmness of the grounds . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to take another look at the gibbons . |
| 10 | ‘ We will do all we can to help customers as much as we can , especially those on low incomes and we want to take more time during the course of the year to evaluate the charge in detail . |
| 11 | ‘ We will do all we can to help customers as much as we can , especially those on low incomes , and we want to take more time during the course of the year to evaluate the charge in detail . |
| 12 | If there are any factual errors ( or , more likely , lies ) I want to take careful note of them , and correct the record later . |
| 13 | Many bilingual students lack appropriate study skills and appear to take little responsibility for their own learning . |
| 14 | Predators appear to take similar numbers of small mammals whatever their population level , so that the effect on population numbers is proportionately greater when numbers are low ( MacLean , Fitzgerald & Pitelka , 1974 ) . |
| 15 | We must continue to campaign on this issue and support taking legal action in Europe against the attack on women 's pay . |
| 16 | Before you begin , make sure you know exactly what you want done and consider taking professional advice from an architect or surveyor — a little money spent at this stage could save you a lot later on ; |
| 17 | In that we manage to take good lawyers from other people ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They never seem to take any notice of Kevin until he gets lost and in danger . |
| 20 | We had to like tell her about five times so they knew it was n't our room as we like took this guy in it was like books , everything was , there was so much crap on the floor , we had to get through to get to the radiator so that our next door neighbour could try and like stop it from leaking . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We Danes get so little sun that when it does shine on us we like to take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 23 | Remember to take regular breaks for fresh air , exercise and refreshment . |
| 24 | The men deny taking nude pictures of the girls while they themselves were naked and showing them to the children 's mother . |
| 25 | The accused , who can not be named for legal reasons , also deny taking nude photographs of the children while they themselves were naked and showing the pictures to the girl 's mother . |
| 26 | They also deny taking nude photographs of the girls , now aged eight , six and four , while they themselves were naked , and showing them to the girls ' mother . |
| 27 | They keep taking each other to the sun , they find they can easily |
| 28 | Councillor did in fact try to take some credit for one or two things in his speech . |
| 29 | Victims of torture or relatives are often subjected to threats when they attempt to take legal action against torturers . |
| 30 | Tell you what I must do actually whilst I 'm thinking about it is do take one lot of washing out and put another lot in . |