Example sentences of "and [verb] take [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat Nicandra down on her own chair , the chair that always smelt , in a hesitating way , of Nannie 's bottom , and knelt to take off the laced boots — Maman held to a rather Chinese theory on the suppression of growth ; the white kid boots were on the small side and not often replaced because they were French , very expensive , and not obtainable from Start-rite . |
| 2 | Mr Beckenham looked about the altered room , and seemed to take in the improvements in one swift glance . |
| 3 | He paused , put the rod on the table , and began to take off the cloth . |
| 4 | AT THE 600th step I finally stopped counting and paused to take in the view . |
| 5 | The sole promise of rewarding friendship had come from Sir Henry Agnew and his daughter ; yet both now , it seemed , were deeply engaged on speculative work of their own , and had taken to a life of almost complete seclusion . |
| 6 | Many walkers cross its famous ‘ Bad Step ’ just above the waters of Loch Scavaig , but few scramble up its slabs and buttresses to take in the view of Coruisk and its magnificent amphitheatre of black , jagged peaks — arguably the finest viewpoint of Skye . |
| 7 | As Francis Bacon , the patron saint of the scientific method , wrote four centuries ago , ‘ The Universe is not to be narrowed down to the limits of our understanding — rather the understanding must be stretched and enlarged to take in the image of the Universe as it is discovered . ’ |
| 8 | Societal divisions are such that neighbourhood patrols are dangerous and have to take on the appearance of armed convoys , but it is the style of policing which comes nearest to breaching the divide between the police and the community , so that the RUC is required to be persistent in utilizing it even though there are few obvious signs of success and despite the cost in human life . |
| 9 | He paused , his dark eyes resting on her face and seeming to take in every detail , committing them to memory . |