Example sentences of "take [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pulls over on to the hard shoulder , gets out , opens the boot , gets out the spare tyre and the jack , jacks up the car , takes off the old wheel , puts on the new one , lets the jack down , puts it and the wheel back in the boot , closes it , gets back in the car and drives on , knowing that she will be fifteen minutes late . |
| 2 | And the salad stuff and fresh fruit and all that sort of thing , takes about the full length of our bar up you know , you , you could n't think of a salad that is n't there . |
| 3 | Right , er Right , it 's how long it takes for a whole substance to react , so it ca n't Say you put two |
| 4 | The graph below shows how long it takes for the present value of £1,000 per year to reach £15,000 . |
| 5 | He looks first at purpose , which he takes as the basic means by which the subject abstracts itself from , and imposes itself upon , nature . |
| 6 | Then , years later — and she takes after the tall side of the family — she said , ‘ Now I am creature great , and you are creature small . ’ |
| 7 | Whatever view one takes of the electoral fortunes of the Liberal and Labour Parties before 1914 , the Conservative party was clearly losing — three general election defeats in a row and no significant signs of an electoral revival . |
| 8 | Although I do not wholeheartedly agree with the view the author takes of the mechanical world of the train being somehow better than that of nature , I can still find it interesting and thought inducing from a philosophical angle . |
| 9 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account he takes of the national interest in terms of the viability of businesses and the retention of jobs in deciding on the exercise of the functions of his Department in respect of Inland Revenue responsibilities . |
| 10 | In the USA most bureau charge by the amount of time that the document takes with a fixed cost for bromide or film — usually by the foot . |
| 11 | As it makes its way along , the carp also takes in a certain amount of plant matter . |
| 12 | It is in the life and fragrance of that person , Jesus of Nazareth , that we have a pattern of care and love for all things which can be the basis for a discipleship that takes in a holistic approach to life . |
| 13 | The present map ( figure 3.1 ) shows an axis of high density extending broadly south-eastwards from the southern Pennines , where it takes in the industrial conurbations of Lancashire , Merseyside , and South Yorkshire , through the Midlands to the London conurbation . |
| 14 | As a final point it is worth reiterating that , although it takes a lot of time and intellectual effort to derive an acceptable information model using the MINSE approach , the model is independent of the actual form that the information takes in the real situation , and will remain valid until such time as the role of the organisation undergoes a fundamental change . |
| 15 | Greater Manchester 's area extends from Tameside in the east to Wigan in the west , and here it borders on Merseyside , which takes in the metropolitan districts of Knowsley , Liverpool , St Helens , Sefton and Wirral . |
| 16 | An extended programme takes in the British Professional Road Race Championship on Sunday , June 27 , over 115 miles . |
| 17 | Nead 's text takes in the conventional notions of feminine beauty , pornography and the tabloid press , the fine line between sexuality and the obscene and the recent reclamation of the nude by female artists . |
| 18 | Lavishly illustrated , it takes in the full history of Sally B , the Great Warbirds Air Display and the personalities that have kept the UK 's largest privately-operated warbird going . |
| 19 | A circular walk based on Drewsteignton takes in the dramatic gorge and passes close to one of the most notable curiosities of the area — Castle Drogo . |
| 20 | On the south side of the River Mersey the extension takes in the commercial heart of Birkenhead with a mixed housing/industrial dock hinterland and also housing and leisure areas in New Brighton . |
| 21 | A two-hour bus tour takes in the main sites and ends at a peak overlooking the city . |
| 22 | " Next week I shall be writing about moorland walks and suggesting an itinerary that takes in the ever-attractive Tower Foin . " |
| 23 | Sacked three times from the county football manager post , McEniff can be forgiven the odd pinch of himself as he takes in the widespread adulation accorded to him now everywhere he goes . |
| 24 | This walk not only takes in the lovely moorland around the Doone Valley it also runs along the shady woodland paths on the banks of the East Lyn river . |
| 25 | The pupil also takes to the prospective employer or the university admissions tutor the raw scores of exam results . |
| 26 | In Leicestershire , the man who wishes to forget income-tax , hydrogen bombs and the relentless onward march of science walks the field-paths , to which special maps and guides are provided ; in Devon he takes to the deep lanes between the farms . |
| 27 | However , their opponents warn that other Asian countries are bound to protest if the Japanese navy once again takes to the high seas , whatever its reasons . |
| 28 | Jane Fowler appreciates her own failings as she takes to the open road with an advanced driving instructor |
| 29 | The dignified pose struck by Chauntecleer in response to Pertelote 's unsympathetic reaction to his dream , in particular the understandable offence he takes at the embarrassing suggestion that what he really needs is a good laxative , would be comic in a human character ; that the character is a bird provides an opportunity for a greater bathetic and comic deflation when the character ends his monologue by flying down from the perch to peck , chuck and " tread " his favourite hens twenty times before dawn ( 3172 – 8 ) . |
| 30 | You 've got a number of things here , you would take off the outer layer and you would bring it close to your body , if you , if you just pick it up with lots of layers around it you 're insulating it are n't you , to keep it cold , so you cuddle it close to your body right , and you remove outer layers of cloths Melanie said something about room temperature , right you raise the room temperature , okay ? |