Example sentences of "take it [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Yeltsin repeated his threat that , if parliament did not approve his version , he would take it to a national referendum . |
| 2 | Mr Yeltsin repeated his threat that , if parliament did not approve his version , he would take it to a national referendum . |
| 3 | Although it is not a mountain tent I did take it on a high camp with a family group . |
| 4 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 5 | And if you do n't feel that you can fit in a pupil comment , you have to be very careful here because some people will take it as a cop-out and not do it and a that worries me and it has happened and I think it is important that the youngsters are actually given some guidance and the opportunity to do it . |
| 6 | He would take it as a personal affront . |
| 7 | ‘ I can show you an excellent view of the town , ’ he pressed , his smile dipping for all the world as if he would take it as a personal tragedy if she refused . |
| 8 | And having noticed that there is nothing whatever in this ‘ I think , therefore I am ’ which assures me that I say the truth , other than that I see very clearly [ je vois très clairement ] that to think it is necessary to be , I judged that I could take it as a general rule that the things which we conceive very clearly and very distinctly [ que nous concevons fort clairement et fort distinctement ] are all true … |
| 9 | two , even though you 're both working you ca n't guarantee that both will continue to work , it 's taking it to a real , a realistic level |
| 10 | Is there any point taking it to a local Sainsburys ? |
| 11 | ‘ Good , ’ Belinda nodded , taking it as a polite enquiry that did n't require a detailed response . |
| 12 | I told Michael Quirke how a heron had once nearly landed on my back in Wales , and he was mightily impressed , taking it as a good luck omen . |
| 13 | Lewis seemed to be taking it as a personal insult that the family had come to the Hebrides for their summer holiday . |
| 14 | Now is , is the fact that they do n't do that , they still go for this rent and interest rate reduction is it because of the experience of the north , they found that the best way in the north was to go for rent reduction , interest rate reduction and then go on , and they were simply taking that experience into the south , but taking it into a different area where it was no longer necessary or appropriate ? |
| 15 | After a roof-top walkabout on the terraces we viewed ‘ Towards 2000 ’ a promotional video describing the dramatic changes that are taking place at the £500m investment site of Terminal 2 , part of a complex that employs over 10,000 people ( 30,000 projected for the year 2005 ) and is set to expand with a second runway taking it from a regional role into the top 20 of world airports . |
| 16 | 2 oranges ( one to eat , one for when children say : ‘ What happened in an orangery ? ’ so that one can say ; ‘ They grew oranges — oh , look here 's one ! , taking it from a Greek statue 's ear ) |
| 17 | His absorption with Mao and Castro was so open that the neighbors took it for a double bluff , and each new discovery of an agent transmitting messages from some ordinary-looking English suburb increased the tension of their interest in the land mine who was surely bound one day to go off in their own street . |
| 18 | Flustered , she handed him her case and he took it with a strong hand , his face hard . |
| 19 | ‘ Here , take my seat , ’ she offered , and the young woman took it with a grateful smile . |
| 20 | Mait took it with a wry expression . |
| 21 | He took it with a courteous ‘ Thank you very much ’ . |
| 22 | Then he took it with a brief word of thanks . |
| 23 | Some took it as a great laugh ; others as a brave attempt to champion a little-known music ; and others just hated it . |
| 24 | He took it as a personal insult . |
| 25 | He took it as a personal reproach . |
| 26 | Foolishly , I took it as a good sign . |
| 27 | The trainers loved him and some , like Beamish , took it as a mortal insult when he failed to come in person to minister to their valuable charges . |
| 28 | In fact the members took it to a European court and spent a lot of their own money — twenty five thousand pounds — to try and get a discrimination judgement out of the European court , which failed at the last hurdle really , we think on political grounds really . |
| 29 | Wanda stole a half-bottle of Latvian double kümmel from her father 's extensive cellar and we took it to a little bridge on the outskirts of the village where we sat and talked , being careful to hide the bottle when anyone passed by but sipping away until we had finished the lot . |
| 30 | Before getting in , Melissa put out a hand and he took it in a firm clasp . |