Example sentences of "[vb base] take the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Forget taking the train for an evening at the theatre or the weekend family excursion into the country . |
| 2 | The painstaking steps towards releasing a captive barn owl into the wild involve taking the chick from the parent at the age of four to five weeks . |
| 3 | Instead , I propose taking the logic of generic concentration as far as it can go , with a degree which would study , in detail , a single genre , poetry . |
| 4 | If they want to take the opportunity to erm move to Newcastle , to be near their relatives , they 'll have that choice as well , and it 's if we have to make difficult choices of this kind , then it 's more — I 'm sorry to keep using the word logical , but it is — it 's logical to choose this one than to choose one of the remoter homes in the county that serves a local populace where there is no alternative . |
| 5 | There are rooms booked in the hotel if they want to take the opportunity of visiting relatives but I do n't expect them in Dublin until two days before we play . |
| 6 | They want to take the matter to a public inquirey , in the hope that one way or another , their bacon will be saved . |
| 7 | They want to take the matter to a public inquiry , in the hope that one way or another , their bacon will be saved . |
| 8 | And encourage that 's the trouble , you drop Mortimer you drop somebody who can er flip the ball in but I think you definitely want to take the heat off Wright . |
| 9 | Labour want to take the shadow of gloom away . |
| 10 | The Springboks want to take the basis of their lineup into the Twickenham Test , with full-back Theo van Rensburg and forwards Drikus Hattingh and Keith Andrews on the verge . |
| 11 | Erm that was a point , , I er spindle bearings and I want to take the business off 'em . |
| 12 | Colleagues , I propose to take the vote on three nine seven . |
| 13 | Could you please remind me about what to do if I forget to take the pill at the right time ? |
| 14 | Just imagine taking the family to most of our football games . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not sure I 'm physically in good enough shape to take the excitement of the ride , ’ he said , raising his glass to her . |
| 16 | They seem to take the level from the amps without breaking up or sounding too middley . |
| 17 | All Nettwork artists seem to take the idea of ‘ sparse ’ to new and distant boundaries , but David has replaced those bleeps with a mutant robot voice ordering some lucky conscripts to report to the floor . |
| 18 | Now the local populace are hardly pleasant , as ( and you may notice this very quickly ) they all seem to take the form of disembodies eyes , bouncing skulls and Steve in a cameo role as The Village Drunk , among others . |
| 19 | People seem to take the party for granted , as they now do the unity accord , which they were talking gratefully about in November last . |
| 20 | It 's the English that vote Thatcher into power again and again and the Scots seem to take the brunt of it . |
| 21 | When we begin to take the law into our own hands we become little better than those individuals who vandalise our homes and mug old ladies . |
| 22 | That 's not a problem that I can actually deal with er but Wales certainly er you know takes the sort of interest in Europe that we have seen from most of the Conservative speakers er in trying to sum up this debate you have to refer to them er of not being able to show , there 's a definite sort of anti European theme coming through from most of the speakers from the back benches who 've chosen to take part in this debate tonight from the other side and it 's difficulty to avoid summing up the debate without some reference to the points that they have made which is in complete contrast to the attitude that we have erm in Wales er towards Europe and that we are . |
| 23 | ‘ I like taking the children to the playground — it 's such a good way for them to wear themselves out , particularly Nicola , who 's a real bundle of energy ! |
| 24 | it 's a real dingy day and I think oh dear , wear their boots and Kagouls , and you feel so much better when you get taken the snow of them , the leaves are nice cos they dry them , scuffle in them . |
| 25 | The old categories of political economy continue to take the form of practical generalisations about a continuously changing , living , economic reality . |
| 26 | If you decide to take the option of Home Improvement Loan Protector , an Insurance Certificate will be forwarded to you as soon as the loan arrangements have been completed . |
| 27 | First perhaps , try taking the photograph with a hand-held camera . |
| 28 | Keep taking the temperature of the meeting . |
| 29 | There are two standard classes of A.I. algorithm which are guaranteed admissible : ( i ) breadth-first strategies which explore every possible path in pseudo-parallel , and ( ii ) A* type algorithms which try to take the score of the whole path into account . |
| 30 | The adventurers are only attacked if they try to vandalise the structure of the room , the piles of bones , or the seated figure , or if they try to take the wand from its skeletal hands . |