Example sentences of "[v-ing] take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students wanting to take the new course live out of college , serving in local areas , learning by doing — they work in housing estates or inner city areas under the direction of the tutor and they go to Spurgeon 's two days a week for lectures , seminars and tutorials . |
| 2 | They showed signs of wanting to take the whole operation over , but Coffin , backed up by his Inspector , would have none of it . |
| 3 | It may well be that the rise in UK candidates wanting to take the Foreign Languages for Industry and Commerce ( FLIC ) examination is a positive response to the challenge of an increasingly open Europe . |
| 4 | Mr Major must be a man with a beleaguered mentality — not thinking particularly straight , tending to take the wrong decisions . |
| 5 | It overturned on attempting to take the sharp corner into Ruskin Road and fell on its side in front of a doctor 's house . |
| 6 | It was an act of needlessly gratuitous violence and one which ensured for good and all , that Meryl Streep would be declining to take the female lead in the film version of this one , just like she had with the last two . |
| 7 | Most of it 's going to take the easy way short cut |
| 8 | It is proof enough that Tom Jones is not going to take the easy path that most of his generation would choose . |
| 9 | You 're going to take the second right , just after that pub . ’ |
| 10 | If you 're going to take the positive square root . |
| 11 | The sa the same applies for pricing virtually to anything else if if you 're going to take the maximum advantage of flying by air you either have to book it well in advance through a package or whatever or whatever or else you 'd have to go along and sit in a bucket shop hoping that somebody 's gon na |
| 12 | Tell your audience that you are going to spell out the names of a complete suit of cards and , each time you spell out a letter , you are going to take the top card and place it on the bottom . |
| 13 | But as the alcohol warmed and relaxed him , he could feel lust beginning to take the upper hand . |
| 14 | MOTHERWELL Civic Hall is a long way from Las Vegas , but when Gary Jacobs defends his Commonwealth welterweight title there tonight against Donovan Boucher , the Canadian champion , he will be aiming to take the international spotlight from old stagers like Lloyd Honeyghan and Kirkland Laing . |
| 15 | If a further shelf is wanted higher up , small holes need drilling to take the mounting studs . |
| 16 | Many of them were feeling distinctly insecure at having taken the first step out of the closet and they kept the escape route in sight at all times . |
| 17 | In England , however , the birth of many children suffering from deformities caused by their mothers having taken the new drug thalidomide prescribed by doctors during their pregnancy resulted in the enactment of the Congenital Disabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 . |
| 18 | The new Foreign Minister , Geza Jeszenszky , declared on May 30 , 1990 , that Hungary wished to hold negotiations with all parties concerned about leaving the Warsaw Treaty Organisation , having taken the Soviet Union 's security interests into account . |
| 19 | The therapist pointed out that the changes that had taken place in her life were the result of her having discussed her problems with her family and having taken the necessary steps to solve them . |
| 20 | Now there was a theory in the south of England , that when one retired , for the first year , you dumped most of your lump sum into premium bonds on the hope of a big win , and then after the first year you invested it , you see , having taken the big win . |
| 21 | TASS argued that they had nothing to withdraw , not having taken the original decision to strike . |
| 22 | Erm first of all er would you , if er if you became Euro candidate er the unequivocally support the objectors to this motorway and secondly , would it be an embarrassment to you having to take the same line as Gary on the matter . |
| 23 | They were Black Michael 's men , probably coming to take the dead body of Josef away . |
| 24 | He knelt beside his father 's chair , reaching to take the knotted hand that his father surrendered absently to him . |