Example sentences of "to take [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reg used every opportunity to take swipes at me and constantly implied that I had lost the confidence of everybody involved with the club . |
| 2 | If you pop an empty plastic bottle with the top screwed on into the tub , she will try to take swipes at it and watch it bob about . |
| 3 | You may find yourself having to take notes at a meeting , you may be a student or engaged in research , so here are some hints to help with your note-taking technique . |
| 4 | ‘ Satellites can be programmed to take pictures at the customer 's request , ’ Dr Baker explained . |
| 5 | Langbaurgh Council is to take stands at Birmingham and Stavanger in Norway to help local companies exhibit at major trade fairs this year . |
| 6 | Bold spirits in the satellite countries were able to take liberties at home ( Lutoslawski , Penderecki , Kurtag ) when they did n't get away in person ( Panufnik , Ligeti ) . |
| 7 | We need to be able to take deliveries at all times of the day and it is very difficult to dictate to carriers , especially when they come from the other end of the country , what time they can deliver . |
| 8 | In the morning he looked hollow-eyed , but he 'd gone off , with dogged cheerfulness , to take prayers at Snead Hall , a sad , second-rate little girls ' public school , where he was Chaplain , and the rest of them had caught the bus . |
| 9 | Yes , they were a bit tacky but Rose was n't happy to take things at Perth pace . |
| 10 | I think any student going through higher education is getting something from it if they come in as some measure sceptical , in some measure critical , that they 're not prepared to take things at face value . |
| 11 | But there is no obligation to keep rigidly to this rule ; nor is it necessary to take examinations at all the grades . |
| 12 | Students are strongly advised , wherever possible to take examinations at the centre where they are enrolled to study . |
| 13 | Er we 're going to take questions at the end er the camera there is for internal use only and at the end we 'll hand out copies of the slides to anyone who wants them . |
| 14 | Whilst keeping his Manchester activities going , his most important move in the late 1890s was to take rooms at Trafalgar House , Great Newport Street , in London . |
| 15 | Set against the British Rail 's as yet unapproved plans for a single specially constructed high speed line between the Channel Tunnel and London look rather modest although work is underway to electrify the three main trunk routes between London and Glasgow to take trains at up to 225kph . |
| 16 | Why does the hon. Gentleman think that he knows better than the people who are responsible for running the colleges who have welcomed the opportunity to be able to take decisions at local level ? |
| 17 | It is never a bad plan , particularly with such plants as artemisias , penstemons or santolinas , to take cuttings at least every second year , thus ensuring that you have plenty of replacement stock on the way . |
| 18 | Some viewfinders are built solidly into the camcorder body while others are adjustable to make it easier to take shots at awkward angles . |
| 19 | Mrs Hawkins reported that she had been unable to take photos at this location as she had first to finish off a slide film , but will soon be in a position to take the required photos and also others to be displayed at the A.G.M. and then stored in the village archives . |
| 20 | It means we shall still be among our friends , and I shall still be able to take services at St Andrew 's . ’ |
| 21 | Not wishing to take chances at this critical time in the season , I have had to drop four regulars from the side today . |
| 22 | To look for small changes in the transition frequency , it is sufficient to take measurements at two points , one each side of the central peak , roughly half way down the peak . |
| 23 | Is the press going to be invited in to take photographs at the dress rehearsal ? |
| 24 | And then Lily Moore had suggested that it was n't fair , that they ought to take turns at the pulpit and the font . |
| 25 | Remember to take turns at the back and the front . |