Example sentences of "take [noun pl] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of each task we emphasize their new competence : ‘ Now you can take enquiries at the desk/ … answer the telephone . ’ |
| 2 | Like Powdermaker ( 1967 ) , who recorded fieldnotes in Mississippi only when she was away from her field data , I found I only took notes at the time if I was willing to risk begin interrogated about what I was going to do with the information I was recording . |
| 3 | ‘ I was taking exams at the end of my second year studying architecture at Liverpool University . ’ |
| 4 | Earlier , as the government and ANC took steps at the weekend to prepare for South Africa 's first all-race elections , President FW de Klerk gave cabinet posts to non-whites for the first time in South Africa 's history and got rid of white ministers said to be reluctant to back his sweeping apartheid reforms . |
| 5 | Weber scurried to the ship 's blower , and shouted down it in fury , while Katze knelt below the shattered windowpane and took potshots at the dock with his Luger . |
| 6 | To get a realistic background measurement required , at least , taking readings at the cell site when the cell was not operating . |
| 7 | Struwwelpeter hair streaming behind him , he took exhibitions at the run , a manic smile of glee overtaking his features when he spotted a wrong attribution . |
| 8 | I can only really remember one occasion when my husband knew that I was I was taking Pills at the time , I think I took about twenty eight in one night . |
| 9 | Then we took turns at the dressing table , plastering our faces with lotions , creams , lipstick and eye shadow , and helping ourselves to my mother 's " Arpège " . |
| 10 | Glasgow had taken wings at the end of the 19th century . |
| 11 | Take notes at the time , so you remember the facts . |
| 12 | ‘ Satellites can be programmed to take pictures at the customer 's request , ’ Dr Baker explained . |
| 13 | Students are strongly advised , wherever possible to take examinations at the centre where they are enrolled to study . |
| 14 | Er we 're going to take questions at the end er the camera there is for internal use only and at the end we 'll hand out copies of the slides to anyone who wants them . |
| 15 | Majors , such as Land Securities and MEPC , have been hit severely and unjustly and Brixton Estate , a favourite in Armchair Investor , has lost a quarter of its value since this column recommended investors take profits at the end of August . |
| 16 | Is the press going to be invited in to take photographs at the dress rehearsal ? |
| 17 | And then Lily Moore had suggested that it was n't fair , that they ought to take turns at the pulpit and the font . |