Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] takes [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The surface of a warm , damp body takes up the wet-bulb temperature of the air around it .
2 A similar tiny gesture takes on the same value when Alain rubs one foot up and down the other leg when the girls tickle him .
3 The lateral membrane takes up the entire length of one side of the chamber , pushing the grapes against the other side .
4 Bourgeois ideology takes over the legitimizing functions of traditional society and thereby keeps power relations inaccessible to analysis and public consciousness .
5 A charming children 's story in which a small helicopter takes on the biggest financial brains in Europe and the USA , and loses badly .
6 Back to form Sandy Cottage takes on the classy Lovely Charlott in the 6th Year Marathon .
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