Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] to take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to the Maly Opera Theatre that night and saw Verdi 's Otello , and with the voices still occupying my mind I decided to take a subway down the Nevsky and have a drink at the Astoria . |
| 2 | At the beginning of the riot I went to take a picture of this one anarchist and he whacked me with a stick really hard . |
| 3 | This meant that to go for a crap you had to take a shovel and dig a hole which was hard work when the ground was solid . |
| 4 | No , no , if you go , if you went on a philosophy you wanted to take a degree in English and philosophy you do n't know any more o than the next person about |
| 5 | In one scene he had to take a handkerchief out of his pocket , and in the process shower Maggie Smith with nuts . |
| 6 | And in the interests of doing a good job I decided to take a look at the place myself . ’ |
| 7 | The University is sympathetic to applicants who wish to take a year out between leaving school and entering University and recognises the advantages that a well-planned year can offer students . |
| 8 | For budgeting purposes we agreed to take a figure of 20 sows a hectare ( 8/acre ) or 11ha ( 27.5 acres ) in total . |
| 9 | Erm well in the early days we had to take a kiddies bible school |
| 10 | Yesterday evening he wanted to take a photograph of me . |
| 11 | Weber himself seems to take a Humean or Positivist view of causation . |
| 12 | As a last resort he decided to take a leaf out of the Oriental 's book , by using psychological warfare against him . |
| 13 | At first it amused me ; after my first year it drove me to distraction ; in my second year I learned to take a novel with me to work and , with a bit of luck , get through it in a two-day shoot . |
| 14 | Films like Basil Dearden 's Sapphire ( 1959 ) , dealing with racial prejudice and mixed Marriages , and Victim ( 1961 ) , which cast Dirk Bogarde as a homosexual barrister who decides to take a stand against social hypocrisy , would not have been possible if television had not already put such issues on the agenda . |
| 15 | ‘ In extreme heat you have to take a breather and slow things down . |
| 16 | But if , instead of jumping you walked , one step at a time , and were given one small coin as a reward every time you happened to take a step in the right direction , you would reach the scorpion in a very short time . |
| 17 | Third place went to Denis McCullough but the hard luck story of the race belonged to Phelim Owens who had to take a slip road at Cardy Corner when lying fourth then rejoined the race in 10th place before ending up back where he had started — in fourth place . |
| 18 | In the old cells you had to take a bucket of water in , get a wash , and then wash your underwear in it , in the same bucket . |
| 19 | When he came back to the house he refused to take a chair or a drink . |