Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our discussion this time will restrict itself much more to the two chosen passages , and will need only to take a brief look at a few details of the narratives leading up to them , and at the stories that immediately follow them . |
| 2 | Faye pulled the flannelette blanket aside a little , already tender and protective of her child , and Belinda bent down to take a closer look . |
| 3 | Recently at an important business function several of the managers from the company for whom she works came over to take a closer look . |
| 4 | Joan had turned round to take a last look at the prince . |
| 5 | The left hand bulkhead window was blanked off to take a fare-table frame . |
| 6 | The Rhine passes through Stein-am-Rhein , crossed by an elegant arched bridge , and you could almost imagine it slowing down to take a good look at this delectable little town . |
| 7 | A Cun walked over to take a closer look at the two travellers . |
| 8 | Surrey , with the shooting of Barbara Taylor and Sheila Edwards outstanding , had started the last quarter 44–38 in front but Essex Met fought back to take a three-point lead . |
| 9 | Horrified … and yet strangely relieved and satisfied , and tingling with primitive energy and release , she turned on her heel and threaded so nimbly through the crowded guests that she reached the French doors that opened on to the side veranda before Greg had recovered enough to take a single step . |
| 10 | On the other hand , the two British entries , Richardson and Hynds , worked together to take a substantial win in men 's K1 with Hemmings and Gilby doing the same thing in the ladies ' K1 event in a field of only three . |
| 11 | And er I I was pulled in to take a little part in this play er I remember that . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , these are the key principles held by those who see themselves more as multiculturalists , and continue explicitly to take a critical distance from antiracism ( cf. |
| 13 | She went on to take a social science course and to train for general nursing . |
| 14 | Claudette Williams went along to take a closer look . |
| 15 | A driftwood carving , illuminated in a small alcove , caught her attention , and she went over to take a closer look . |
| 16 | He reached out to take a pig-skin handbag from his assistant . |
| 17 | After a long morning 's work in midsummer , he had eaten and then leaned back to take a short sleep . |