Example sentences of "they [vb mod] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We , however , are required to crouch in the heather , and so the attention is drawn through necessity to the things sharing that heather with you , in case any of them might take a fancy to your bottom and jump into your pants . |
| 2 | They may take a week or so to work , but can kill most deep-rooted perennial weeds without being persistent . |
| 3 | There as you probably know are various groups who feel that they , ought to erm , they ought to take a stand because they felt that Port Meadow actually the character of Port Meadow was changing and ultimately the Council I think agreed with them , that something should be done and this was the action that was taken . |
| 4 | Even then , he believed there was hope and persuaded her that they should take a holiday together . |
| 5 | Maybe they should take a leaf out of horse racing 's book and introduce starting stalls. : - . |
| 6 | So in my opinion , they should take a leaf out of the books of people in industry and pay both management and staff on results . |
| 7 | Then they might take a bit more care instead of allowing young girls to roam the streets like common prostitutes ! |
| 8 | I do n't know which firm they were from , but as well as stopping people from hurting each other , they helped the more diminutive among the crowd on to the stage if they had problems getting free of the moshpit so that they could take a dive . |
| 9 | I do n't know which firm they were from , but as well as stopping people from hurting each other , they helped the more diminutive among the crowd on to the stage if they had problems getting free of the moshpit so that they could take a dive . |
| 10 | At the end of the promenade they could take a flight of steps down to rocks that were slippery with seaweed , and clamber over them until they reached the shingle . |
| 11 | they could take a week |
| 12 | they 'd take a piece with them and that was all they had to sustain them the whole day . |
| 13 | Perhaps they 'd take an excursion by brake to Pegwell Village this afternoon if the concert had to be cancelled because of rain . |
| 14 | ‘ They used to take an interest in the way they made corn-stacks in the old days . |
| 15 | ‘ It is said that in the time of Shang they would take a tortoise shell and cover it with ink , then throw it into a fire . |
| 16 | Goibniu remembered that Gnomes were reportedly extremely greedy , but said they would take a look at the designs now , if the Gnomes were quite ready , thus galvanising the Gnomes into anxious industry , resulting in much unpacking of knapsacks and unrolling of parchments and remarks such as , ‘ Who 's got the plan of the turquoise bracelet ? ’ and ‘ Why did we bring along four sketches for the everyday silver tiara ? ’ and ‘ Flaherty 's sitting on the Coronation sceptre ! ’ |
| 17 | She had promised Julie that she would be well enough to get up the following day and they would take a trip in the pony and trap to visit friends in the area who Julie had not seen for years . |
| 18 | Mrs Grandison had promised her daughter that they would not inflict themselves on her for a meal — realising that Lady Selvedge might well be something of an infliction — and had assumed that from Victoria they would take a taxi to some Soho restaurant or perhaps Simpsons in the Strand . |
| 19 | Mr Cairns , a former Ulster teacher now lecturing in Japan who is home on a study project , said : ‘ They went for a meal to McDonalds and when the girls said they would take a taxi back to the Young Women 's Christian Association the boys told them not to take a black taxi because they were too expensive . |
| 20 | They would take a train to Plowden , where my uncle , Will Lucas , was station master , and his other unofficial duty was to act as an agent for R. W. Francis , buying , weighing and paying the whinberry pickers . |
| 21 | There was an upfront charge and they will take a proportion of any reduction in debt . |
| 22 | I think what what Mr Wincup was saying at the end of the day , is that the Inspector 's report and the conclusions on the greenbelt local plan will go back to the parent authority , the originating authority , which is North Yorkshire , equally my rec report , out recommendations on this alteration go back to North Yorkshire , they have to take regard to whatever we recommend , ultimately they will take a decision on that , erm depending on the decision other things may flow from it , and I ca n't really speculate on what those are at the moment , but effectively the final decision as to what they accept or reject will rest with North Yorkshire . |
| 23 | Feeding is no problem as they will take a range of food , as diverse as earthworms , flake food , shrimp , food sticks and greenery such as the occasional lettuce leaf |
| 24 | But they will take a lot of convincing that any county has had better value from their ‘ foreign ’ recruit this season than they had out of Dean Jones before his early departure to join the Australian party to tour Sri Lanka . |
| 25 | ‘ You know full well that your brief is to produce articles which will interest the wives of City men , so that they will take a copy of the paper home with them . ’ |
| 26 | Then someone will call us and they will take a blood sample , and I will be terrified as the needle goes in and I feel that they are draining me , that I have no blood left to give . |
| 27 | Now they can take a combine , they go up-hill , down-hill , side-hill — any owd way , and away they goo ! |
| 28 | ‘ The mistakes are often the best parts , ’ he laughs , ‘ they can take a song in a totally new direction . |
| 29 | You got a business partnership wan na protect one of their directors , one of their top producers , or whatever it may be , they can take a plan out , on the life of their employee so again marketing here , he 's looking at companies as well as individuals . |
| 30 | They can take a number of different forms , as , for example : |