Example sentences of "they [vb past] take [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That gentile foster parents were liable to imbue youngsters with their own values , however hard they tried to take a neutral line , was undeniable , but the alternative , to turn away children because there were not enough Jewish homes for them to go to , was rejected out of hand by the RCM 's ruling council . |
| 2 | and they tried to take the bloody ticket off me . |
| 3 | Aberdeen arrived back from Turin this afternoon , knowing they 'd taken a major step towards the quarter finals of the Cup Winners Cup . |
| 4 | They 'd taken the motorised dinghy across to explore the fairy-tale clarity of the water in the natural sea caves of the Blue Grotto , then on Roman 's orders had spurned the small cove he 'd mentioned as too crowded , and returned to take the yacht further out to sea , choosing a peaceful place to drop anchor and eat the picnic he 'd stowed away as a surprise … |
| 5 | But when they began to take an interpretive attitude toward their conventional practices , the situation became much more complicated . |
| 6 | We crossed several large meadows before working along steep , loose flanks , rich with flowers but not a route for mules , wherever they were — they had taken a different line . |
| 7 | The closed blades were not smeared with blood , and nothing about the scissors screamed out that they had taken a human life . |
| 8 | Their circumstances had changed : Mr Singh had a full-time job , they had taken a big step and purchased their council house and Mrs Singh now felt that she needed permanent work herself . |
| 9 | The feminists thought the whole structure was rotten , but they had taken a particular dislike to Pilger . |
| 10 | Seventy per cent of those continuing their studies were staying on In the same institution where they had taken the Advanced Course : the rest were changing institutions . |
| 11 | They had taken the strictest measures to ensure that the Project remained not merely ‘ invisible ’ in terms of its security profile , but that , in the unlikely event of sabotage , there would be copies of everything . |
| 12 | On Oct. 29 an Israeli government commission of inquiry cleared the three crew members , saying that they had taken the right decision . |
| 13 | What sort of man … this letter business did n't ring true at all … that they had taken the two girls and released one could simply mean a problem of identification , although even that was unlikely , but to send a first message before the parents had time to become frantic , possibly before they even knew … the whole thing could be a hoax , and yet the girl 's condition … a hoax gone wrong ! |
| 14 | They had taken the first step but now it was the stream and not they which determined where they should go and what should happen to them . |
| 15 | It had decreed that many years ago , and if they had taken the appropriate rent rises in steps and phased them in , this sudden large rise , which is causing hardship , would not have happened . |
| 16 | They had taken an early lead with four points from Damien Short but when Oliver Lennon was sent off for a high challenge they were plunged into temporary disarray . |
| 17 | They had taken an occasional coffee together after shopping , but this was a new experience . |
| 18 | The freedom of the city was the highest honour it could bestow , and this has been granted to the Royal Engineers in 1949 ; since then they had taken an active part in the life of the city . |
| 19 | For example , David Walker and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield approached us because they wanted to take a new look at photosynthesis . |
| 20 | Neither of them had taken the slightest notice of my movements , except that Mr Parsons was already in my empty chair , and the two of them , with Ewen Mackay 's flask of whisky now standing between them , were talking about salmon fishing . |