Example sentences of "take it [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
| 2 | If her looks are appreciated , she takes it as a bonus , knowing that the passing of time makes such compliments precious . |
| 3 | He usually ends up in hospital , stabilises on medication , takes it for a while after being discharged , then stops — sometimes inspired by marijuana . |
| 4 | He takes it for a walk — such walks have long been a ritual activity of the country 's more optimistic male poor , the dog more expensively jacketed than the chap . |
| 5 | In she comes for her pension , takes it without a by-your-leave then calls me a bloody wog and tells me to go home to where I come from . ’ |
| 6 | He takes it to a garage like you know what I mean and |
| 7 | Astron , weighing 3½ tonnes , is in a highly elliptical orbit which takes it from a height of 2000 km up to 200 000 km , half way to the Moon . |
| 8 | The Transport Secretary is a very genial Scot who has had a bad press but can take it with a smile . |
| 9 | whatever it is , deflate , and er guy come round , no problems , no problems with it , well I mean the head gasket 's gone and there 's a hole near the wing and bald tyre on it but mechanically it 's , this guy comes round to look at it , I mean he 's been driving it from Plymouth , he 's in the navy , up and down here , bloke comes round , yeah no problem , come on round mate , come and have a look at it , look round it , says yeah I like this can I just take it for a drive ? |
| 10 | A woman who left her pet greyhound in agony rather than take it to a vet after it broke its leg in a road accident has been banned from keeping dogs for seven years . |
| 11 | Mr Yeltsin repeated his threat that if parliament did not approve his version , he would take it to a referendum . |
| 12 | The mystified motorist whose car has gone wrong may know only that it needs repair and that he should take it to a mechanic : his competence to deal with the matter may go no further . |
| 13 | Can we take it on a bit now , could you tell me when you got married ? |
| 14 | So far as its origin is concerned , we shall take it as a factor in organic evolution , and shall content ourselves with pointing out certain more primitive features of which it is the natural development . |
| 15 | They knew the realist option but did not take it as a way out of a social impasse , because , I would argue , the phenomenalist tendency of thought is too strong . |
| 16 | She may take it as a slight on her ability as a mother . |
| 17 | ‘ You can take it as a pledge of my good faith . ’ |
| 18 | Prosodists should take it as a manifesto for investigating the links between those intuitions and the linguistic surface of texts , particularly at the phonetic level : rhythmic analysis still needs its empiricists , and Cureton has given them plenty of work to do . |
| 19 | Auguste would take it as a reflection on his honour if they were not , despite the unseasonable time of year . |
| 20 | And she hoped Nigel would n't take it as a slur on his driving . |
| 21 | ‘ My master will take it as a sign , a beacon to lead him the way you wish . ’ |
| 22 | But if we had no independent reason for accepting this conclusion , such as the argument from error provides , we would take it as a point against his theory that it shows we do n't know the most central and obvious things such as that we are not brains in vats , that there is a material world or that the world began more than five minutes ago . |
| 23 | Indeed , we would take it as a compliment if our presentation of an argument were described as ‘ well researched ’ . |
| 24 | He has always been a source of inspiration to me and I hope that he will take it as a compliment when I say that , from the days when I was a student , he has been an inspiration to me . |
| 25 | ‘ You can take it as a down-payment . ’ |
| 26 | Then she glanced down at Lee as if she thought Lee might take it as a remark against her . |
| 27 | If I say , ‘ No ’ , they will take it as a signal for war . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll just put it here , ’ he said , taking it to a table which was just a long low slab of something transparent . |
| 29 | " That 's awful , taking it to a pet shop . |
| 30 | Here the dog will have the benefit of family companionship , but it is best to advise the person concerned not to let your pet off the leash when taking it for a walk outside . |