Example sentences of "take a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Patients should take a slow sustained inhalation when using their inhalers rather than a rapid deep breath as this may reduce the likelihood of inhaling a foreign body so deeply . |
| 32 | So the ambassador could not take a single firm line . |
| 33 | For example , it may take a large German company only 30 minutes extra production to manufacture products sufficient to cover the Northern Ireland market . |
| 34 | Fernando 's eyes were cold and expressionless once the horror and surprise had faded and as Ruth made pointless reminiscent remarks in a voice that was barely her own she saw him take a worried sidelong glance at his beautiful companion . |
| 35 | ‘ Anyone taking a small open craft out on that needs his head examined . |
| 36 | But they also have the possibility of taking a spectacular minor road which branches off to the left , ie south , at Wiggen . |
| 37 | — A man from British Rail taking a nice long train journey with a toddler and a baby . |
| 38 | Will Thorne — MP , trade unionist and patriot — declared that the patriotism of West Ham socialists would not prevent them from taking a strong political stance on relief questions ( SE 15 August 14 ) . |
| 39 | For over two years Labour has rejected taking a strong campaigning position , even within the law . |
| 40 | Taking a deep whispered breath , she slotted the cube into the console 's access . |
| 41 | Yet while Liz , the good daughter , the dutiful daughter , was taking a deep hot bath on New Year 's Eve before changing for her party , Shirley the rebel was serving up a hot meal for her mother in the old house in Abercorn Avenue before rushing back ( without appearing to rush ) to see what was happening in her own oven at home , where she was cooking a goose for her husband Cliff , his brother Steve and his wife Dora , her own mother- and father-in-law , and Dora 's Uncle Fred . |
| 42 | At the hall cupboard she stopped , taking a deep steadying breath to calm the currents suddenly eddying through her body . |
| 43 | She crawled back to the door and got to her feet , taking a deep steadying breath as she reached for the handle , grimacing slightly as she eased it open and stepped through the doorway , sending up a silent prayer that no creaking floorboard would announce her presence prematurely . |
| 44 | Lewis drove and hooked stylishly for an hour when opportunity offered , before Cairns showed the close fieldsmen how to do it by taking a superb diving catch at gully . |
| 45 | Yes I 'm getting there , I know I know I know myself I 'm getting there , it 's just Like say , it 's just taking a bloody long while . |
| 46 | ‘ I 'm always expecting to be sucked under one of these juggernauts taking a cross-country short cut . ’ |
| 47 | It makes several journeys through Spain : for example , there 's a four-day break , available May to October , taking a new high-speed train from Madrid to Seville , visiting Expo 92 , before making tracks on the Al Andalus through the Andalusian hills ( above ) for Cordoba and Granada . |
| 48 | She found a damp tissue in her pocket and blew her nose hard , then , taking a long shaky breath and resolutely straightening her shoulders , she got stiffly to her feet . |
| 49 | Prefaced by an ‘ urgent remonstrance ’ to the gentlemen of England , warning them that the young Queen Victoria 's announcement of her intention to marry Prince Albert may lead to great numbers of her female subjects taking a similar nuptial initiative owing to Leap Year of 1840 ( traditionally a woman could make a proposal of marriage only in a leap year ) . |
| 50 | I have stressed that I am taking a particular linguistic phenomenon , deixis , and examining its occurrences and behaviour in a specific genre . |
| 51 | The fighter pilot taking a little light relief . |
| 52 | Borrowdale seems relatively quiet but just reported , although climbed last year , on Caffell Side Crag , Steve Crowe , Simon Gee and Bob Bennet added Miss O'Gynist , E2 5c , taking a crack just right of Street Walker . |
| 53 | But if you are contemplating increasing physical activity for still further benefit to your health and figure , try to realize that those vast crowds of people who will scream with laughter at the sight of you in a swimsuit , or on seeing you jogging , skipping , enrolling at aerobics classes or even taking a brisk daily walk , exist only in your mind . |
| 54 | Taking a balanced psephological slice of the local population , this revealed that out of 600 people questioned , almost twice as many were firmly against Hinkley C ( 44 per cent ) as were clearly in favour ( 23 per cent ) . |
| 55 | By contrast , Hayek justifies the moral superiority of societas by taking a clear ideological line in which the idea of liberty is established as the predominant value in his philosophy . |
| 56 | Sharp took an eight count after taking a hard left hook . |
| 57 | Then , taking a funny little instrument , she struck her desk with it . |
| 58 | Brazil 's latest political phenomenon , Fernando Collor de Mello , the governor of Alagoas state and a defector from the ruling PMDB , who founded his own party last year , astonished Brazil 's political class by taking a dramatic early lead in the opinion polls . |
| 59 | ULSTER education chiefs are taking a giant hi-tech firm to court to seek more than £1m compensation over an alleged computers bungle . |
| 60 | It is also possible to study for these examinations by taking a one-year full time course at The City or Heriot Watt Universities . |