Example sentences of "have take a [noun] 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 | He 'd taken a taxi out to Baby Boy 's grave , and then he 'd walked the rest of the way . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd taken a band out of the independent scene and guided them and refined them . |
| 5 | no my wallet and some one handed it in and they 'd taken a fiver out of it , they 'd gone , oh , oh |
| 6 | And before the funeral the they would he would probably have to take a window out of the house . |
| 7 | Just to put the coffin into the house , the would n't have to take a window out to put the coffin in |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | The preacher had taken a girl out to kill her , but had made of her a weapon which could be used against him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Maintaining that calm , uncaring façade even for just a few minutes had taken a lot out of her , and she felt the faint beginnings of a headache behind her eyes . |
| 15 | In one scene he had to take a handkerchief out of his pocket , and in the process shower Maggie Smith with nuts . |
| 16 | With 800–900 of Switzerland 's 2300 professors due to retire before the end of the decade , the Swiss have taken a leaf out of Britain 's book and set up a scheme for appointing ‘ new blood ’ assistant professors at the rate of 300 in each of the next two four-year planning periods . |
| 17 | When we take our residents out , we have to take a wheelchair out for everybody . |