Example sentences of "the [noun sg] take the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter took the lamp away with him |
| 2 | The prioress instructed the porter to take the body into the nearby infirmary , ordered the crowd to disperse and asked one of the sisters to extend hospitality to the pedlar . |
| 3 | Pinchbeck 's return coincided with the 10th anniversary of Magnus production and he welcomed the opportunity to take the asset through a critical phase of its field life second time around . |
| 4 | ‘ Every reasonable angler knows the difficulties caused by discarded line , tackle and litter and the majority take the line home it breaks , ’ says Mr Houghton . |
| 5 | The majority took the view that the case for banning non-voting ordinary shares had not been made out but that such shares should be clearly labelled and that their holders should be entitled to receive notices of all meetings so as to be kept informed . |
| 6 | The calves were to feed then , and the milk put through the separator to take the cream off . |
| 7 | After a hour of simpering sycophancy from the presenter , the Prince took the viewer into his garden , where he said he loved to sit and think and talk to his plants . |
| 8 | Two holes were cut in the large tank , one in the bottom to feed the pump and the other at the end near the base to take the sump drain . |
| 9 | He got the board to take the initiative in asking for a League inquiry , hoping that in return the sentence would be a light one . |
| 10 | The Board took the view that it was not in the national interest that such complete information about the whole nation should be in private hands and after a prolonged and bitterly fought legal battle it won — ensuring the perpetual hostility of Readers Digest the world over to any suggestion of data protection thereafter . |
| 11 | ‘ The board took the view that the reports called into question whether certain of the controllers , directors and senior managers of the Winchester Group were fit and proper , competent and otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union . |
| 12 | I could still have easily called in if I 'd wanted to but I saw something advertised in a village saw the board took the number down and phoned them up . |
| 13 | The measure takes the lifetime approach to its logical conclusion ; at the other extreme , the empirical studies are based on aggregation over generations but m this case taking current income , not lifetime income . |
| 14 | Communication with the customer/user takes the form of operating instructions which are contained in an instruction book . |
| 15 | Part of the resistance took the form of urban terrorism with the murder of foreigners in Iran and an attempt in 1977 in France on the life of the Shah 's sister , Princess Ashraf . |
| 16 | Much of the damage took the form of " bleaching " , which occurs when the water becomes abnormally warm , or " black band disease " , due to an infestation of blue-green algae , which is triggered by an excess of nutrients . |
| 17 | The text takes the form of extracts from the author 's holiday diaries between 1946 and 1990 and reflects on changes over that period . |
| 18 | Walker says that although the animals were fully anaesthetised , some students believed they were suffering ‘ Of course , there is no similar emotional reaction when the computer takes the place of the animal . ’ |
| 19 | The ban takes the form of a circular stating that it is illegal to sell , purchase , import , export or even carry tiger bones or rhino horns and that they may not be used in medicines . |
| 20 | After a while , the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth and said to Alice in a slow , sleepy voice , ‘ Who are you ? ’ |
| 21 | It could occur , however , that the visiting salesman gets the customer to complete an application or proposal form ( i.e. an offer to buy ) and that the salesman takes the form away saying that the customer will be hearing . |
| 22 | Apparently the clerk took the view that because section 25 applications fell within Part III of the Children Act 1989 they were not family proceedings within the meaning of the Act . |
| 23 | Our marketing our marketing er group has gone around to all the erm er the clients within that market place erm , well not all of them at least they 're gradually going round signing the contract to take the product . |
| 24 | The election took the form of a non-partisan run-off contest between Bob Lanier , a moderate Democrat , and Sylvestor Turner , his more liberal opponent . |
| 25 | Telling someone about the decision to take the test will mean that they will probably ask about the result . |
| 26 | With England being sorely demolished , the decision to take the trophy to Paris , strongly criticised by some sections of the English media , was fully vindicated . |
| 27 | Christopher Pitchford , QC , prosecuting , told the jury : ‘ Whatever their feelings were on the home of an elderly woman being broken into by a gang of drug-crazed teenagers , it did not give anyone the excuse to take the law into their own hands . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Righto , Mr Fisher , I 'll be here and if I 'm not in the kitchen take the money from the old teapot . ’ |
| 29 | The spellcheck took the face and form of Walter Pidgeon and dipped into Daine 's Dream . |
| 30 | Each instance of a context within a document has , as we have seen , an associated context-name , and the mark-up of the instance takes the form : |