Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you need a quick change of role — or want to take extra time to look stunning — start with your hairstyle . |
| 2 | They will now consult their members to see whether they wish to accept the rise or consider taking industrial action . |
| 3 | Being too ill or debilitated to take any exercise . |
| 4 | Those who are not familiar with this background , or wish to take some advantage of it , be they customers , arbitrators , or the exchange 's own employees or members , are often suspicious about claims as to the form this business background takes , and its relevance to the matter in hand . |
| 5 | None of the patients were pregnant at the time of the study or had taken any drug which could potentially interfere with gall bladder motility . |
| 6 | ‘ Whereas , it is necessary that steps be taken to ensure the continued conservation of the countryside in mountain areas in certain other less-favoured areas ; whereas the Member States have already taken or plan to take positive measures for this purpose and these efforts should be encouraged ; whereas farming performs a fundamental function in this respect . ’ |
| 7 | The Committee concentrated on the Scottish LFA and failed to take proper note of more severe problems elsewhere . |
| 8 | Although clearly this matter concerns only those doctors working full time in the NHS and not in general practice , I strongly recommend that you ensure your medical officer or advisor is aware of the situation and has taken appropriate steps to obtain adequate medical defence cover . |
| 9 | He loves his county and has taken immense pride in the wholesale jubilation at the football team 's success . |
| 10 | Although one need look no further than the Institute 's mission statement to appreciate that it sees members ' interests as very much secondary to the public interest , it might be reassuring for practising members to know that the Institute , nevertheless , recognises their concerns and has taken proper account of them in determining its long-term objectives . |
| 11 | Executive Producer , Adrian Leggate , used to be a technical assistant at the Oxford Apollo and has taken this show all over Britain . |
| 12 | Many bilingual students lack appropriate study skills and appear to take little responsibility for their own learning . |
| 13 | And they 've taken the free kick quickly and tried to take full advantage of the situation and the referee has said you ca n't do that . |
| 14 | ‘ It would appear he was a regular customer and willing and prepared to take stolen items . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It would appear he was a regular customer and willing and prepared to take stolen items . ’ |
| 16 | One reckless fellow with an eye on the main chance ( for there is always one ) picked up a discarded camera and prepared to take another polaroid . |
| 17 | We must continue to campaign on this issue and support taking legal action in Europe against the attack on women 's pay . |
| 18 | Bonefish Straker had rescued Masquerade , propping her up in his own backyard and refusing to take any money from me as a salvage fee . |
| 19 | 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 ; |
| 20 | If the patient is already close to retirement age , and prefers to take early retirement if sufficient benefits are available , then it may be sensible to take this option . |
| 21 | Tony reversed his car and turned to take another look at the theatre — there was nothing there . |
| 22 | POLICEMAN Brian Yinger has been suspended and ordered to take psychiatric tests because he writes the figure seven with a line through the downstroke . |
| 23 | Without consulting Ann , he announced that the boy was to be named after is grandfather Tristram Pascoe ; and having taken that decision he went off down to the harbour to see if Gristy was back from the fishing and to crow over winning the wager . |
| 24 | Gramsci is therefore arguing that class cleavages can and do take spatial forms , such as urban capitalist middle-class versus rural semi-feudal peasantry . |
| 25 | Well , off you go and start taking those drugs , getting involved in that sex scandal , committing those murders . |
| 26 | They cast their lines not far off-shore , and appeared to take excellent catches of fish . |
| 27 | President Desmond Hoyte was reported to have accepted the resignation " reluctantly " , and to have taken temporary charge of the Foreign Affairs portfolio . |
| 28 | He says they picked it up on the radar and had to take evasive action . |
| 29 | During 1964 Crawford made The Knack … and how to get it , his first of three films with director Richard Lester , who had been a writer of The Goon Show on radio and had taken that brand of surrealism to film-making , using a new-wave style that reflected the mood of the Swinging Sixties and the idea that the world was being turned upside down . |
| 30 | Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |