Example sentences of "they [vb base] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tend to take existing tranquility for granted — until it has gone . ’ |
| 2 | She said : ‘ The purpose of the grant is to extend choices for working parents , mainly women since they tend to take most responsibility for childcare . |
| 3 | The divisional head office has offered to help the local offices if they want to take that route . |
| 4 | Well , that 's why people to do when they want to take that photograph of our dog that time , when that women |
| 5 | They want to take another shot and Bogart says , ‘ Let me have a clean shirt , please . ’ |
| 6 | They can they can if they want to take some wool away they can . |
| 7 | ‘ They 've invited you down to their warehouse , they want to take some photos . ’ |
| 8 | Computer staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a series of one day strikes.If they decide to take industrial action it will result in the shutdown of the Bank 's computer system and the closure of their Cashline network . |
| 9 | Victims of torture or relatives are often subjected to threats when they attempt to take legal action against torturers . |
| 10 | They keep taking each other to the sun , they find they can easily |
| 11 | But they do take little space . |
| 12 | They 've taken 130 porters up the Ultar Gorge , and what 's more they 've brought 22,000 feet of Kevlar rope for fixing . ’ |
| 13 | That 's the first and they 'll be the ones that will be able to tell you why they 've taken that decision and why we say it 's a reasonable decision . |
| 14 | And the great thing is they 've taken that opportunity and erm thankfully we are still lying there in second place . |
| 15 | They 've taken each other for a walk , I think they , I think they 're having a little flirtation , I think they 're over there , |
| 16 | Touche Ross are wasting their time and our money , and we regret that they 've taken this action . ’ |
| 17 | But the women who have n't bothered with make-up — unless they 've taken superlative care of their complexions — have now got skin that shows the ravages of time . |
| 18 | They 've taken three oil paintings ; two off the walls and one which was leaning up against the window sill , er the candlesticks and the vases off the altar , another very beautiful , very simple oak chair with cane seat and back . |
| 19 | ‘ Many teachers are now suffering from or showing signs of stress-related illnesses so that they wish to take early retirement , some on the grounds of ill-health , or are eager to leave the profession altogether , ’ the Belfast secondary teacher added . |
| 20 | That 's obviously been accepted by the labour group because they have taken extra money out of reserves , we 're simply going to take some more out to meet our er our figure that we 're trying to achieve . |
| 21 | Carol Hooper of Wan-stead , East London said : ‘ Michelle said they have taken all precautions . |
| 22 | They have taken great pains to eliminate explanations based on freak signals from side walls , or from inanimate objects ( although we can not entirely discount such hypotheses until we have specifically investigated them ) . |
| 23 | They have taken oral evidence from ministers more frequently . |
| 24 | They have taken this position not because they are resistant to change , but because they believe that these proposals will politicise the British Police Service and they are in my view entirely right to have that view . |
| 25 | Members of the Pre-School playgroups Association ( PPA ) in Wales ( which became in independent association in 1987 ) are so convinced of each family 's right to choice of provision for their children that they have taken positive steps to make this possible . |
| 26 | Transplants of the whole pancreas have been successful for some severely ill patients , however , they need to take powerful drugs for life to stop rejection of the organ . |
| 27 | In the first of two reports , we look at the difficulties facing people with head injuries , as they learn to take one day at a time . |
| 28 | In literature , though there are still cases of artisanal and distributive post-artisanal relations , productive post-artisanal relations have long been dominant , and important internal changes within them have taken much publishing into a later market phase . |