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Example sentences of "taking [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	but I went from there straight to there taking me eleven plus
2	‘ Taking me little one down to the country to see her Nan , ’ she heard Gloria say , then the click-clack of the ticket-clipper before the man closed the door and they were alone again .
3	Stephen liked to be able to wrong-foot the people who worked for him and was a master at taking them off-guard .
4	‘ If his name is there , he is in mortal danger , and if the French war gets worse , they will be taking them all . ’
5	Never try to stop taking them all at once .
6	Through his veins flowed a potent mixture of Mexican and Irish blood , and a little goading from the US Marine Corps was enough to have him taking them all on when he was filming Guadalcanal Diary in 1943 .
7	taking them all .
8	I was on that , I mean I 've not been taking them all the time , I 've really only been taking them when I feel it .
9	I 've been taking them all the time .
10	They 're taking them all back anyway .
11	A study by ornithologists from Heidelberg University , published in the journal Nature , finds that blackcaps ' migratory routes have changed dramatically in recent years , taking them 1,500 kilometres further north in winter .
12	Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time .
13	The smells wafting up the stairs from the kitchen were making her stomach churn , and she ran down , taking them two by two .
14	He ran at the stairs , taking them three at a time .
15	‘ Come , come , ’ their neighbour said , taking them both by the hand .
16	Roman kissed her deeply , murmuring comfortingly before taking them both to heights that owed more to heaven than to earth .
17	And I I 've got a letter from the Department of the Environment and the Home Office saying that , er and th and because of that it 's taking them this long to actually get these byelaws effected .
18	I 'm not taking my bloody coat off till I get it . ’
19	‘ To enable discussions of the project to take place in total secrecy , ’ he said , ‘ I 'm taking my four colleagues cruising in the Cyclades .
20	I 'm taking my full three weeks in the summer .
21	‘ I was taking my blood-sugar level when you arrived , ’ she said .
22	‘ I am taking my domestic home , ’ I said , surprised at how calmly I lied .
23	Sam said , ‘ You 'll be taking my sodding job next , ’ without meaning it in the least , and Nolan , bitter-eyed and cursing , saw Tremayne 's warning glare and subsided with festering rancour .
24	Anyway , that took a year or two and I even remember taking my next brother to school , me mother saying Take Frank to school and tell Miss , he 's your brother and he 's five .
25	There was little to repel a European , yet it was with wide eyes that I saw a ‘ Trans-World Tours ’ motor coach taking its pale-skinned passengers through the town .
26	The law would be taking its stately course and perhaps one day she would have to sign documents , but as yet there had been no word from France — even Marguerite had not written — and Jenna felt very much alone .
27	By yesterday 's first closing date Meggitt had acceptances of 7.2 per cent of the ordinary shares of USH , taking its total stake to 10.2 per cent , and 5.2 per cent of the preference shares .
28	In Canada , where the government agreed a $2 million annual grant in 1977 , the Canadian Labour Congress decided only to accept the money on a ‘ no strings ’ basis , taking its traditional view that labour education must be controlled by labour .
29	When he arrived he settled into a studio in the Wall Street area and immediately began taking its narrow streets and their bustling crowds of people as his subject matter .
30	Page 27 and View from City Road , page 29 Bank steps in : The Bank of England again stepped in to the currency markets to prop up sterling , taking its interventionist spending since the trade figures a fortnight ago to an estimated $3-$4bn .