Example sentences of "take they [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | As despair grew and self respect diminished we would take them at their unspoken word and go and buy a bottle of anaesthetic and uncork the genie who would play merry hell with the last vestige of hope of recovery . |
2 | I think competitions can be fun as long as you do n't take them at all seriously . |
3 | A month ago , when Jim Bob and Fruitbat jokingly suggested that it might be vaguely amusing to tie in the , if you will , ‘ concept ’ of the album with a foreign press conference to promote it , they did n't think that the marketing johnnies at Chrysalis and EMI would take them at their word . |
4 | Danie Visser took the opportunity of his selection to South Africa 's first Davis Cup team to be announced since 1978 , to protest that they have been placed in the bottom Group , so that it will take them at least three years to qualify for the World Group . |
5 | When they were at the nursery I could take them at 7 a.m. and pick them up at 6 p.m . |
6 | Then proceed to those that have still some way to go and take them at least a little further . |
7 | We should take them at their word and hold them to it , rather than resign ourselves to the judgment that they have been lying . |
8 | ideally you 'd take your lessons well you can , you 'll take them at Haileybury presumably , I 'm not |
9 | How can I take them at Haileybury ? |
10 | ‘ You can take them off the instant you do n't need them for reading . ’ |
11 | Because they told me that the assessment will be made by the Child Support Agency who would then pass it over to the Income Support Agency who would then take them off Income Support . |
12 | Meanwhile , managers who are angry that these ‘ unemployed ’ workers use up scarce training resources only to subsequently take them outside the CAB should be encouraged by the consultation that is taking place between the Manpower Services Commission ( MSC ) and NACAB central office staff . |
13 | We Westerners may take them for granted as part of the furniture of any self-respecting office and available to all on every high street . |
14 | ‘ What did you take them for ? ’ said Philip . |
15 | If you could take them for a walk every day , from three to half-past four or something like that , I 'd be terribly grateful . |
16 | I looked and I looked ; but while I saw similarities ( the forehead , the set of the eyes ) , while I could understand that other people might take them for mother and daughter , it did n't work for me . |
17 | A chocolate bar or an ice-cream , or sometimes he 'd just take them for a walk . |
18 | I say I do n't take them for sake I mean as you see how many you prescribed for me , ca n't you ? |
19 | We ca n't take them for you . ’ |
20 | There 's those coats Gordon , there 's several of them after those coats that er I got ta take them for . |
21 | ‘ It was partly wanting to say to my children that on one day a week I could always take them to school . |
22 | When Nigel was at home , Gina usually made him take them to the Launderette in a black dust bag . |
23 | ‘ I will take them to her , ’ she said . |
24 | It had taken her three full days and now they were to be carried downstairs and arranged in the hall , after which her sister would take them to the post office . |
25 | Golfers , with bags of clubs over shoulders , boarded tramcars which would take them to many of the numerous golf-clubs in and around the city . |
26 | Some would take them to the top half of the dale , and the others the bottom half . |
27 | He was not the most welcoming of hosts , alarmed at the thought of what one thousand men and horses could do to his winter 's supplies and forage ; but at least he could tell them that a large mounted party had indeed passed this way two days previously and had turned off out of this main Yarrow valley southwards , to climb by Altrieve to the high pass of Tushielaw , which would take them to the Ettrick valley . |
28 | They were standing on the jetty with a score of chattering women , waiting for the launch that would take them to the depot ship Omega . |
29 | Our lucky couple will fly with USAir to Las Vegas where a limousine will take them to the sensational medieval-style Excalibur Hotel for their six-night stay . |
30 | Mehu claimed : ‘ They would take them to a lake . |