Example sentences of "have take to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world 's largest and most unusual hot air balloon has taken to the skies . |
| 2 | And if his own son has to take to the hills — ‘ Yes , well — is Alex sound , then ? ’ |
| 3 | Cos he he When he liked he could speak very well but how he 'd taken to the road I do n't know , but he was well known er er as the blind fiddler . |
| 4 | And there were words of praise for the girls who 'd taken to the catwalk . |
| 5 | A few years earlier Aung San might possibly have taken to the jungle , bandit or resistance fighter according to one 's viewpoint , known only within a few miles of his own home . |
| 6 | We 've always been forest Romanies , but if Wychwood is to be chopped down Boz and the rest of us will have to take to the road . ’ |
| 7 | Following the government 's announcement army veterans from the civil war in the south were reported to have staged a sit-in on the bridge between Khartoum and Omdurman , customs officers to have called for an all-out strike by civil servants " to put an end to the military regime " and tens of thousands of protesters to have taken to the streets of Omdurman on Feb. 9 . |
| 8 | She seemed to have taken to the Foundling child the moment she set eyes on her , and there was no doubt in Betty 's mind that Corrie was the sole reason for her being offered the work . |
| 9 | Italy 's greatest modern industrialist , Enrico Mattei , used to have to take to the air in his private jet in order to get away from the telephone and think . |
| 10 | Robert James had taken to the hills . |
| 11 | As for Prince Charles , having declared that he kept an open mind on the subject of complementary medicine , he gave a dissertation on the recent allegations that he had taken to the occult : ‘ I do not play with a Ouija board . |
| 12 | In June 1263 , however , when Simon of Montfort [ q.v. ] resurrected the cause of the Provisions and advanced on the capital , Fitzthomas placed himself at the head of ‘ the people ’ who had taken to the streets in Montfort 's support . |
| 13 | Asked why he had taken to the streets just hours before polling , he said : ‘ I had other things to do , as you may imagine . ’ |
| 14 | Several thousand demostrators had taken to the streets , attacked " indecently dressed " women ( who they claimed were responsible for a drought ) , set fire to the head office of the Niger Women 's Association ( AFN ) , and also attacked the residences of the local prefect and sultan . |
| 15 | Itar-Tass news agency said several hundred demonstrators in the Siberian city of Irkutsk had taken to the streets yesterday to demand Mr Yeltsin 's resignation while his supporters had begun collecting signatures in favour of a referendum . |
| 16 | Seeing me , it had taken to the air , clumsily at first , then with Increasing speed as its great wings beat it downriver to Rash . |
| 17 | A judge was divorced by his wife because he had taken to the idea that she was possessed by the devil and gave her a thump or two to drive Satan out . |
| 18 | On Saturday afternoon , most of the men had gone to watch the City at home , most of the women had taken to the washing machine . |
| 19 | She led him stealthily up the path Rodomonte had taken to the summit . |
| 20 | At first they had taken to the Underground because it was warm , later for other reasons . |
| 21 | Burton had a small part , did it competently , met Richard Leech , a young Irish doctor , who had taken to the boards . |
| 22 | Danu had never been that easy for him , even though the people had taken to the saints and images of Catholicism with the usual zeal of the pagan at heart . |
| 23 | Harvey had always had a mania for showers and baths and he had taken to the sauna ritual with great enthusiasm . |
| 24 | We had to take our own meals at all times , even when we had cups of tea we had to take to the station our own tea , sugar and milk , but there was always a large kettle during the winter months on a coal fire , and during the summer months on a gas ring . |
| 25 | Most chimp activity takes place at least within sight of the ground , but to film all the stages of a hunt , cameraman Mike Richards ( left ) also had to take to the air . |
| 26 | ‘ If thieves have taken to the roads you 're likely to end up with a hole in you like … ’ |
| 27 | The reason is that hardened Staffordshire smokers ( and they come no harder ) have taken to the Nicotine patch and are driving their colleagues mad with frozen smiles and cries of : ‘ I 'm all right — I 've gone 73-and-a-quarter hours without one ’ . |
| 28 | We 've had hundreds of cards and letters for our special Pick the Manager Competition … some fans have been giving it plenty of thought … some have taken to the drawing board … |
| 29 | A girl and a boy have taken to the forest ; they are to get them back . |
| 30 | It 's quite something , that Noreen 's taken to the typewriter , she hates it . |