Example sentences of "[vb mod] take to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have sat alone there for a good quarter of an hour , singing to herself , before Henry and Lettice came crashing back through the woods , squealing that they had seen Humphrey and Janet and must take to the skiff at once . |
| 2 | Everything they grow they must take to the market to survive , but everything is expensive for them and so they have nothing . |
| 3 | ‘ The young men should take to the hills . ’ |
| 4 | The same fact was responsible for Dennis 's insistence that we should take to the water . |
| 5 | But what they can do in this case is the manufacturer 's at C , but the manufacturer can not deliver to the shop until maybe two weeks time they can phone us , the carrier , we will then arrange for someone to go to manufacturer at C , pick it up , bring it to us and then we 'll take to the shop . |
| 6 | He 'll take to the stage , guitar , Holly-style glasses and all , for a five minute medley of songs from the show ‘ Buddy ’ arranged by musical director Mark Dougherty . |
| 7 | Gavin stuck his head out from under the duvet , giving me cause once more to marvel at the impressive way the lad 's shoulders merged into his head with no apparent narrowing in between ( this appeared to be the principal physical benefit bestowed by the game of rugby ; the acquisition of an extremely thick neck , just as the most important thing one could take to the sport was a thick skull , and from it an intact one still in satisfactory two-way communication with one 's spinal cord ) . |
| 8 | It would appear his ideas ran along similar lines to Mignet 's , namely to produce a simple , cheap , no-frills aeroplane in which every enthusiastic ‘ Mr Average ’ could take to the skies . |
| 9 | He ‘ may take to the hills and be very hard to find ’ , said Mr John Bushnell , the US charge d'affairs at Fort Clayton outside Panama City . |
| 10 | But then we might miss out on Dennis Carthy , the fellow who used to take to the Tube dressed in a bra , a blouse and fishnet stockings and entertain customers on the Bakerloo Line with tricks that involved a teddy bear , a pistol and a six-foot python . |
| 11 | I told them of my plans — a little hesitantly , I admit , as they are practising Christians and I was n't sure how they would take to the idea of a DIY funeral . |
| 12 | There had been threats that Pasok supporters would take to the streets in mass protest in the event of a guilty verdict against their leader . |
| 13 | " This Meeting being informed that Cart Drivers are very inattentive as to their Conduct upon the road with Carts It is now recommended that all Travellers upon the road shall take to the Left in all situations , and that when a Traveller upon the road shall loose a shew of his horse , the Parochial Blacksmith shall be obliged to give preference to the Traveller . " |
| 14 | Anyway , I took four samples of the drinking water which I will take to the races this evening . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Aye , well , well ; but I 'll tell you , there 's one thing I 'm sure of an' that 's the child will take to the yard quicker than the mother will take to the cells an , the life she 'll be forced to live there . |
| 16 | The great fear of China 's leaders is not that western conspirators will weave more plots but that China 's people , enraged by corruption and scornful of slogans , will take to the streets , as they did last June , to demand instant solutions that the government can not possibly provide . |
| 17 | THOUSANDS of people will take to the streets of Glasgow tomorrow in support of the Albion axle factory , which has been under threat since the financial collapse of its Dutch parent company last month . |
| 18 | 77 rafts will take to the water at Hay on Wye early tomorrow morning and it will take 3 days to complete the 100 mile journey through Hereford , Ross and Monmouth to Chepstow . |
| 19 | More than 100 vessels will take to the Mersey on June 20 when there will also be an air display over the river . |
| 20 | The chopper will take to the air . |
| 21 | It will take to the air and leave Britain for Africa where it will winter , before returning the next year to become a brood parasite in its own right . |
| 22 | Starting Monday and for six days , our panel of highly-qualified experts will take to the road in a bid to help YOU slim down and shape up . |
| 23 | It would take a brave man to predict the eleven who will take to the field at lunchtime on Wednesday . |
| 24 | Among the performers will be Alex 's very own Dave Spruce — whose sixties band Kick Back will take to the stage . |
| 25 | In just over twenty four hours time the international rock star Bruce Springsteen will take to the stage at Britain 's first specially-designed outside rock venue . |
| 26 | One can only hope that policy-makers ( and knee-jerk media pundits ) will take to the trouble to read beyond the title . |
| 27 | ‘ Aye , well , well ; but I 'll tell you , there 's one thing I 'm sure of an' that 's the child will take to the yard quicker than the mother will take to the cells an , the life she 'll be forced to live there . |
| 28 | The league have also agreed that there will be three substitutes next season , including a recognised goalkeeper , that both sides will take to the pitch together before kick-off and clubs will have the option of putting players names on the back of their shirts . |
| 29 | More than six hundred men and women will take to the River Wye this Bank Holiday for the annual Wye raft race . |
| 30 | More than six hundred men and women will take to the River Wye this Bank Holiday for the annual Wye raft race . |