Example sentences of "take their [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that abolishing the upper earnings limit would hit well over 3 million people — for instance , policemen , health service workers and those in seasonal occupations — merely because overtime bonuses or profit-related pay would take their earnings over the average in any particular week ? |
| 2 | I think some stations might do that , but they only do it if , if it 's , if it 's not going to be detrimental to the turn out , in other words they , they have a system , erm for instance they have a duty crew over the weekend , so that at least some can take their families to the seaside if they wanted to , so six will remain around the house er er but they do have some system , but I think the majority of fire stations , there are twenty seven in Suffolk like that , who work on the system of getting there as quickly as they can , and that is the best competition to get there , to get the ride . |
| 3 | Litigants may not argue on its basis before a local judge , but they may take their cases to the European Commission after they have exhausted all locally available remedies . |
| 4 | Monday will see everyone take their seats for the return journey via Amiens and thence to Calais and a very special lunch on board before the voyage home to England . |
| 5 | ‘ It 'll take their minds off the cattle-fever , ’ said Thorfinn . |
| 6 | Anyway , giving the passengers something to do would take their minds of the gravity of the situation . |
| 7 | Coun Peter Jones ( Con ) said : ‘ Are the Labour group trying to make disabled people undergo a medical examination before they can take their cars into the town centre ? ’ |
| 8 | The gentlemen will take their places on the opposite side of the room … |
| 9 | His papers only instructed him to travel on to Edinburgh where he was to help train the next group of recruits who would take their places on the Western Front . |
| 10 | why in due course , if proper use is made of native institutions , those races which are now subject should not take their places in the ranks of that group of allied nations , as they may I think rightly be called , which forms the [ self-governing ] British Empire … |
| 11 | ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers . |
| 12 | They took their toys to The Priory Church of England School and sold them to each other to help the starving in Somalia . |
| 13 | According to Ribeiro , these proposals took their principles from the French system of psychiatric sectors linking hospitals and after care . |
| 14 | So clearly in this period the U K holidaymaker moved from being someone who primarily took their holidays in the U K very definitely into someone who was now taking their holidays abroad . |
| 15 | Opening the debate yesterday , Lord Mackay said the bill 's key aims were to ensure a voice for the users of legal services , and to make sure that decision-takers on legal services were answerable and took their decisions with the benefit of full and considered advice . |
| 16 | Dinner was an unvarying weekly round in which boiled beef and mutton figured largely , and it was little compensation to several hundred hungry schoolboys that they took their meals in the school 's magnificent hall , overlooked by the demure and decorative paintings of Antonio Verrio . |
| 17 | When this failed , they took their cases to the courts . |
| 18 | But Melrose simply took their feet of the brake and Craig Redpath and Bryan Redpath went over for tries . |
| 19 | The names come easily off the tongue : David Burns , Roland Wysner , George McCartney and many others — worthy winners who took their laurels in the face of stiff competition from all over the country . |
| 20 | The income did not change its nature just because the trustees took their expenses from the same . |
| 21 | Those people who did not have access to that sort of platform took their protests onto the streets and it was here that Ian Paisley and his followers earned their public reputation . |
| 22 | The Japanese , ever imitative , took their ideas from the Chinese and made them their own . |
| 23 | They followed the coffin on to the boat and took their seats in the front row . |
| 24 | A few TV companies came and went ; it seemed very dark when their harsh lights had gone , but gradually my eyes got used to the gloom and I knew if I looked round I would see comforting , familiar faces , as people took their seats in the rows of chairs in front of the altar . |
| 25 | The stragglers took their seats in the second half of the train . |
| 26 | Then they entered the Palace with him , and took their seats upon the precious benches . |
| 27 | While they all took their places along the tables , Tamar 's thoughts went back to similar evenings at Aumery Park Farm . |
| 28 | The Council men and women came in and took their places at the Star Table . |
| 29 | Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke and Elinor took their places on the platform with Jeremiah Scrape and Swire Sugden , who appeared to be in a hurry and frequently consulted his watch . |
| 30 | ‘ This is the little spot where the locals eat , ’ he told the family as they took their places under the umbrellas in the small Piazza Emanuele . |