Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] taking the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after taking the Irish job , he was heard talking about ‘ John McGrath ’ , the former Newcastle and Southampton defender , who now manages Halifax . |
| 2 | ‘ We are way behind in taking the necessary measures that will help to prevent this kind of tragedy happening again . |
| 3 | Mandy Wainwright played exceptionally well in taking the middle set 6–3 from 142 ranked Nana Miyagi from Japan ; whilst Joanne Ward typically made the most of her opportunity by extending Cristina Tessi to 7–5 6–1 . |
| 4 | In the preface to this book Anne and Don Byrne state that instead of taking the usual text book approach to psychology they have ‘ decided to identify those areas of psychology which are directly relevant to the practice of nursing . ’ |
| 5 | Think of all the opportunities that are available each day to walk , instead of taking the easy option by using cars , buses , taxis and trains . |
| 6 | We walked the length of the Hall , instead of taking the short cut though the darkened Ophthalmic Department . |
| 7 | He then added : ‘ Although maybe now I 'll just do what he does and fight a bum a month instead of taking the hard fights . |
| 8 | Apart from taking the Japanese surrender and recovering Allied prisoners of war , General Gracey 's third task was to maintain law and order ; and in this he was to recognize the sole authority of the French . |
| 9 | She had watched him working delicately on the door , with all the attention to detail of the perfectionist , and had known him to be the sort who got what he wanted in life through hard work , never by taking the easy way out . |