Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] to take a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He sacked Terry Butcher as manager last January after the former England defender refused to take a cut in his £250,000 salary .
2 King 's Park donned its best festive garb for the occasion and , self-indulgent though it appeared in the face of widespread township violence and the ANC 's call for a two-day national strike , white South Africa decided to take a break from its myriad woes .
3 Someone from the Vienna art gallery arrived to take a death mask , and crowds of people were soon queuing to view the body , which was laid on a bier in a black suit with a cowl over its head .
4 Your share price seemed to take a bit of a knock the other day when Roy made some comments about referring media conglomerates to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission .
5 A success both in front of the box and on the critics ' pages CHANCER created a vogue out of a rogue — the identity of Stephen Crane ( Clive Owen 's role ) catching the attention of the country and reflecting the social changes in the early 90's as the enterprise culture began to take a tumble .
6 And if People magazine wanted to take a picture of me in the surf with a stuffed animal , or whatever the fuck it was , then hey , the joke 's on them . ’
7 Full-back Huw Davies failed to take a scoring pass 20 yards out early in the second half and Thomas failed with four penalties , the first two against the wind .
8 The animal which is learning does not operate like an idiot photographer attempting to take a snap of everything .
9 Unfortunately Designworks does n't support interruptible redraw and this can be a nuisance if redraw times start to take a minute or more .
10 Terry Yorath has to take a lot of credit .
11 It s going to take a bit of time for the factories to dole us out some more .
12 He was asked to wait and then shown into a room where a detective sergeant prepared to take a statement from him .
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