Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [adv] take [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The Reds never took SS prisoners . ’ |
2 | The fights apparently took place every Sunday morning in a Muslim cemetery in Old Delhi : ‘ Bahot acha event hai , ’ said Balvinder . |
3 | When this occurs the couriers often take benzodiazepines to stop themselves from getting too ‘ high ’ or agitated , but the outcome is nevertheless often fatal . |
4 | The formulae normally take account of the age , movements during the past , expected future movements and estimated scrap values of the stock as appropriate . |
5 | What is certain is that the Iraqis immediately took Qasr-e-Shirin , also inflicting severe damage on the Abadan refinery and beginning a siege of Khorramshahr which they later claimed , a little prematurely , to have captured . |
6 | The Australians magnificently took revenge for their defeat last time when they had the bronze medal taken away from them , but England were happy to learn that they have a last-eight encounter today with Sweden . |
7 | An inspection of the dogs then took place . |
8 | The rebels briefly took control of much of Dushanbe on Oct. 25 , including the parliament , the presidential palace , the main mosque and the broadcasting facilities , but were driven out the following day by government forces . |
9 | History lovers will be fascinated by the excavations currently taking place on the south of the island at Akrotiri — here much of the original Minoan city , dating back 3,350 years has been unearthed , revealing three storey houses , utensils and beautiful frescoes , preserved by the volcanic ash that covered the city . |
10 | The changes only take effect once you move back into the word processor . |
11 | The changes currently taking place in the system are thus multiple and complex , but they point away from the existing binary pattern towards one that is perhaps more unitary and certainly more differentiated . |
12 | While the panels normally take place in St Augustine 's in many instances it has been judged more beneficial to hold the meetings outside school ( e.g. in the secure wing of St Mary 's List D , at Rosevale school and at Larchgrove Assessment Centre ) . |
13 | The location is also altered with the executions conveniently taking place just outside the hospital , as opposed to one and a half miles away . |
14 | With their in-depth defence the Gunners could now safely sustain an enemy onslaught and within seconds send the forwards away to take advantage of the depleted numbers at the opposition 's rear . |
15 | Do do you the men actually take part ? |
16 | Of the six men banned , Chapman was probably least involved , as he was away from the club when the malpractices allegedly took place . |
17 | As I 'm sure you know , the majority of girls seeking such posts can neither read nor write and are of such low intelligence that they have no control over the children ; in fact , the children soon take advantage of them . |
18 | The uncertain foreign situation was typified in Eastern Europe where in 1920 the Poles seemed likely to extinguish the Bolshevik regime , and a year later the Bolsheviks almost took Warsaw . |
19 | We wondered round the streets just taking photos . |
20 | Thereafter the appellants never took steps to discharge their obligations under the agreement which was the subject of the Tomlin order , either in relation to the matters to which I have referred or indeed in relation to any other of the terms . |
21 | Officially , the briefings never took place . |
22 | The conferences always took place in the same room ( the Salle des Fêtes in the Elysée ) and followed a very formal procedure . |
23 | When the formalities finally took place , it was a very brief ceremony . |
24 | When the Tories briefly took control of the council , they implemented current Conservative philosophy — to sell council homes and encourage what for them represents the truest democracy , a property-owning democracy , which is less about one-man-one-vote than every man a home-owner . |