Example sentences of "usually takes the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , intake operator , is a larger than life character and is extremely popular around the maltings , which is just as well when you see his size ! usually takes the barley samples and generally attends to the drivers . |
| 2 | This usually takes the form of a burning pain when you pass water and the feeling you want to go to the toilet more often than usual . |
| 3 | The consultation process usually takes the form of a letter describing the application and inviting you to come and look at a copy of the application and any drawings submitted with it . |
| 4 | Allan Lamb , the vice-captain , now finds himself short of a quorum for the easily-bored touring club , which usually takes the form of a private knockabout well out of earshot of Micky Stewart . |
| 5 | A third candle was ambivalence , and usually takes the form of two women who are close allies and rivals . |
| 6 | When they do , it usually takes the form of a balanitis , inflammation of the glans penis under the foreskin . |
| 7 | A typical training programme usually takes the form of a series of workshops , sometimes in a residential setting , lasting around three days with perhaps a follow-up day a few months later . |
| 8 | This usually takes the form of a burning pain when you pass water and the feeling you want to go to the toilet more often than usual . |
| 9 | A mischievous fairy-beast who , like the COLT PIXY , most usually takes the form of a horse , although also as an old man or woman . |
| 10 | It usually takes the form of a huge , shaggy white dog , about the size of a bull-calf , which will pursue anyone it sees . |
| 11 | The proof usually takes the form of quoting previous convictions , cautions and other relevant antecedent history to the court , where she denies on oath being a common prostitute . |
| 12 | Unit provision usually takes the form of providing a home base in a separate room for visually handicapped pupils with the mainstream school . |
| 13 | This usually takes the form of obsessively pursuing the minutiae of experimental phenomena and theories that leave a subsequent generation cold . |
| 14 | This usually takes the form of a special left shift instruction to simplify normalization , sometimes called " shift and count " or ( more unfortunately ) " normalize " . |
| 15 | This usually takes the form of an eight page booklet bound into the magazine and looking to all intents and purposes like any other part of the publication . |
| 16 | ( Today ownership of the means of production usually takes the form of share ownership . ) |
| 17 | The " further discussion " usually takes the form of a report from the secretary , or from a member of the committee , on action taken since the previous meeting . |
| 18 | The reciprocity usually takes the form of direct equivalence : an eye for an eye , a glass of beer for a glass of beer . |
| 19 | This usually takes the form of a charge on the assets of a company or a guarantee from a credit-worthy organization or institution . |