Example sentences of "have take [art] [noun sg] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas Cook , the best-known name on the high street , has taken a leaf out of the book of Airtours ( which owns Pickfords ) and has snapped up a 10.3% stake in Owners Abroad , the UK 's second biggest operator . |
| 2 | The Institute has taken a leaf out of CIMA 's book and joined Opportunity 2000 , the business-led initiative launched by John Major , which aims to put more women into top management jobs by the beginning of the next century ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1991 , p 15 ) . |
| 3 | ZZAP ! to date has taken the mickey out of everyone without being prejudiced against anyone or anything . |
| 4 | Imagine says it has taken the complexity out of authoring by creating a program that constructs sophisticated hypermedia apps without recourse to a scripting language . |
| 5 | GRAEME SOUNESS steps back into the pressure cooker of soccer management tomorrow , snarling at suggestions that heart surgery has taken the fire out of him . |
| 6 | He 'd taken a taxi out to Baby Boy 's grave , and then he 'd walked the rest of the way . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd taken a band out of the independent scene and guided them and refined them . |
| 8 | no my wallet and some one handed it in and they 'd taken a fiver out of it , they 'd gone , oh , oh |
| 9 | They 'd taken the plug out of his boiler just the same and let off his mill-dam without a thought for what it was going to cost him — and them , he 'd see to that — in the long run . |
| 10 | Paul Crossland admitted in court that he 'd taken the cash out of union funds , but said he 'd felt entitled to it because he had saved the union so much money . |
| 11 | Having taken the plank out of our eye , we can see clearly how the Craft has stepped into the vacuum . |
| 12 | We might have to , we might be able to get away without having to take the board out , if I if I use the old de- solderer might be able to just hook it out and put the next one in . |
| 13 | And before the funeral the they would he would probably have to take a window out of the house . |
| 14 | Just to put the coffin into the house , the would n't have to take a window out to put the coffin in |
| 15 | We rented a plot of land and so I would have to take the meal out to my husband at mid-day . |
| 16 | Over the past six months or so you appear to have taken a leaf out of the Aquarian book and aired your grievances in such a manner that you now face the possibility of a complete break from the past , which in turn would alter so much you have built up and established over the years . |
| 17 | Oh you 've taken the bread out have you ? |
| 18 | Well you 've taken the colour out there obviously in photocopying it but you 've also got to be crafty and think of things like that as well . |
| 19 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , awkwardly , ‘ I know I 've taken the piss out of you in the past . |
| 20 | I 've taken the piss out of Morrissey in the past . |
| 21 | I 've taken the film out of it . ’ |
| 22 | It 's er , they ought to have , they 'll ha , have to it wants now I 've taken the screw out of the sinks that has got ta be put back . |
| 23 | We 've taken the carpet out already . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've taken the matter out of her hands . |
| 25 | ‘ They 've taken the cork out now . ’ |
| 26 | A wife whose husband had taken a girl out on a number of occasions would tell the counsellor , ‘ This time it 's different — they 've slept together . ’ |
| 27 | The preacher had taken a girl out to kill her , but had made of her a weapon which could be used against him . |
| 28 | He felt as he had in Oxford , the first time he had taken a girl out with a packet of French letters in his wallet . |
| 29 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 30 | It was , she realised with astonishment , his version of an apology , and she had a feeling that it had taken a lot out of him to say it . |