Example sentences of "[coord] take [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sealed units must have destroyed at lot of the or taken a chunk out of the market . |
| 2 | For example , in a narrow town or terrace house where the front door opens directly into a corridor-like space , you could either take the wall down altogether , or make an arch going into the living room , or take the wall down to seating level , literally making a seating ledge . |
| 3 | Or take the junk back with you . |
| 4 | Leinster Council secretary Michael Delaney said last night : ‘ We were faced with two options , either make it all ticket or take the game out of Wexford Park and obviously Wexford were n't too keen on that idea . ’ |
| 5 | He could simply enjoy a tramp 's way of life , or take the micky out of such a life as this , but I think he is interested and wonders why and how , people take a person 's image for what is hidden deep down inside us , blocked off by an impression to put across . |
| 6 | On an impulse he leans across and takes a bite out of her right-hand buttock . |
| 7 | It 's been written by the best-selling author Susan Hill , and takes the story on from Du Maurier 's dramatic ending written fifty years ago . |
| 8 | It 's functional and cheap and takes the work out of mothers ' work — the opposite of the colour supplements ' fascination with food and its production and the backlash against junk food , which present a chic counterculture of cooking not as work but as leisure and pleasure . |
| 9 | There 's the one when he scores against Sheff Utd a couple of years ago and takes the piss out of Vineyard , and the one when he scored for Scotland and tried to get his leg over ( oo-er ) the advertising boards . |
| 10 | She agrees with everything I say , she 's never horrible to me , but when you 're around she 's really horrible to me and like , even though she 's agreed with something I 've said earlier , she just sort of goes yeah right Cassie ha ha ha it 's really funny and takes the piss out of it and you sort of go along with her and I just sort of have to stand there while you two stand there laughing at me and I do n't like it . |
| 11 | The heat is not so bad , it 's when this wind 's with it , and it literally dries the flowers out — you can see them go opaque and takes the colour out of them , but we 're not doing too badly . |
| 12 | So every time everybody goes past and goes how 's your glow worm boy today and takes the mickey out of him ! |
| 13 | It 's thought by many to be the most beautiful of the Cuillin corries and takes the hillwalker in among the most impressive peaks . |
| 14 | The lick starts on A minor at the 5th position and then moves towards its ‘ target ’ final note ( D ) which resolves the tension and takes the phrase back to A minor at the 10th position . |
| 15 | She then opens the entrance to the burrow and takes the bee down to one of the cells . |
| 16 | And he ca n't get the note out of his pocket and his trousers are all stuck to his bum , and he ca n't get them out and he 's digging it looks like he 's digging out his pants he 's going he pulls it out and takes the envelope off nearly and the waves are coming at him and he goes to read it and the wind blows it away . |
| 17 | But you 've got to be very very careful because if you use too much methylated spirits , it cuts and takes the polish off . |
| 18 | Patient John Lyon , 74 , who has a daily dose of half a pint of Guinness , said : ‘ It 's a great idea and takes the tension out of staying in hospital . ’ |
| 19 | erm Your comment on wards , I think this is a way of the officers giving us something to work on and take a decision on . |
| 20 | that we can go and take the stuff back that we 've brought . |
| 21 | I had to go upstairs and take the uniform off to brush it , as otherwise it would have been deduced that I had sat in the chair of a gentleman . |
| 22 | Rather than , sort of , go from Manchester by plane what , they decided they 'd drive down and take the car over so we were supposed to be going for a meal and they said , where shall we go for a meal ? |
| 23 | Some comfortable chairs grouped around a coffee table outside the head 's office will help visitors to relax and take the strain out of waiting . |
| 24 | I used to even give up my lunch hours so that I could come home and take the dog out ! |
| 25 | She waited as the woman disappeared into one of the inner offices , moving to the window and taking a look down into the street . |
| 26 | A Falkplan you need , ’ said the concierge , reaching behind and taking a map out of the rack behind him with a five Deutschmark price-tag pin on it . |
| 27 | Australian expat Peter Windsor , Williams team manager and former Autocar sports editor , is following the example of Prost in 1992 and taking a season off . |
| 28 | ‘ We go for that old-style thing , ’ explains James Hendy , 21 , recently third in the Cornish and Open surf contest , and taking the day off from his father 's carpet business in nearby Truro . |
| 29 | God knows how much there still is down there ; I 've seen great stacks and bales of it still with the Royal Navy markings on it , and I 've dreamed up any number of ways of getting at it , but short of tunnelling in from the shed and taking the cordite out from the back , so that the bales looked untouched from the inside of the cellar , I do n't see how I could do it . |
| 30 | On even days he whispered about the five different meanings of how 's your father and the etymology of knackered , Bob 's your uncles , and taking the piss out of X or Y . |