Example sentences of "to take [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grooms came at once , and briskly , to take the bridles , and a spruce page came bounding down the steps from the hall door to greet the newcomers and discover their business here , but he was waved away by an older steward who had emerged from the stables . |
| 2 | ‘ Leave it , ’ Herr Nordern said as Erika moved to take the call , but , as usual , the phone was hard to resist and , pulling a face , Herr Nordern took the call himself . |
| 3 | It is common to turn the bureau telephone answering machine on with the recorded message that an adviser is not available to take the call and the potential client should call again later or come in person to the bureau . |
| 4 | That is why I had to take the call . |
| 5 | Latimer had gone to his study to take the call . |
| 6 | He hoped he at least sounded businesslike , as though it were not a private call , and realized immediately that Alexandra would refuse to take the call if she knew it was him . |
| 7 | She and I separated ( it was like trying to unpick a mangled shoelace ) and I staggered through to take the call . |
| 8 | So I went to take the call in some confusion — confusion made worse by haste when Alexander told me it was the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | In many instances , the first reaction of parents was to take the user along to see the family doctor . |
| 10 | Sometimes he was called upon to take the deer with his own men , hounds and equipment , while on occasion he called upon the forest inhabitants to help him . |
| 11 | During the war between Henry III and Simon de Montfort from 1263 until 1265 , the central administration was of course unable to enforce the Forest law , and the forest inhabitants were able to take the deer and cut wood at their pleasure . |
| 12 | But first it was necessary to take the village of Longueval : the two positions were considered as one objective , since neither could be held without the other . |
| 13 | The pure invention of these tales , the exercise of what at its best can be called the high imagination , allow the writer ( in Dryden 's phrase ) to take the clogs off his fancy , and to escape the world at will . |
| 14 | But since she was comfortable and occupied she felt no need to take the advantage of her freedom . |
| 15 | As the trial progressed , and the evidence mounted up , it became increasingly difficult to take the plea seriously . |
| 16 | When Annie signalled to take the motorway exit just below Kendal , Ellwood had pushed forward a little , leaving only three vehicles between them at the intersection . |
| 17 | A French company is about to take the sport indoors . |
| 18 | But I did also say to Mrs , that a new head would be appointed to take the imports from the first of September , that it might be better to discuss it with them after I 've discussed with Miss . |
| 19 | A layer of cloud had drifted in to take the warmth out of what remained of the day ; the wind tore it occasionally , leaving rags of blue . |
| 20 | Dealers , normally reluctant to answer phones ( to likely sell orders ) , then competed to take the calls . |
| 21 | A tacit collusion is set up between narrator and reader not to take the novel too solemnly , but rather to sit back and enjoy the show . |
| 22 | The calves were to feed then , and the milk put through the separator to take the cream off . |
| 23 | To take the policy-makers first , what do they maximize ? |
| 24 | Paul Davies is a guru of mathematical physics and his book covers the same territory as that of Hawking ( whom he cites often ) and Gribbin and is almost as impenetrable ; however , he makes every effort to take the layman along with him , so that by judicious and generous skipping you do gain something of value . |
| 25 | The moon is beginning to take the twilight , temperature drops alarmingly , there 's a real chill in the air . |
| 26 | She and Grubb were together in the team that won the Nations Cup in Washington , before she went on to take the Toronto World Cup round . |
| 27 | Marigold , his wife , he would not of course have permitted to give womb-room to such a foreign body or to take the pill or consider any so-called reversible tube-tyings . |
| 28 | Time to take the pill ! ’ |
| 29 | Could you please remind me about what to do if I forget to take the pill at the right time ? |
| 30 | A military ambulance had been removed from the base to answer 999 calls elsewhere , and there was a 15-minute wait for a civilian ambulance to take the man to hospital . |