Example sentences of "was [adj] take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joanna Grenside 's car was found less than 100 yards from the sports centre where she was due to take a class . |
| 2 | And no one had seen or heard any struggle , although Joanna went missing shortly before 7pm last Tuesday , when she was due to take an aerobics class — and when the car park would have been busy . |
| 3 | Traditionally , it was usual to take the upwind wing-tip and to hold it slightly below the horizontal . |
| 4 | To get the specimen from overseas to the artist was the normal practice , but sometimes it was possible to take the artist , or to send him , to the animals . |
| 5 | If Luke Hunter was prepared to take a chance then so was she . |
| 6 | However , in view of their long-standing relationship the bank was prepared to take a chance and said that it would lend Tack 40% of the purchase price . |
| 7 | But I imagine the authorities were grateful to anybody who was prepared to take a couple of refugees off their hands and assume responsibility for them . |
| 8 | Quinn said : ‘ Bobby Gould was prepared to take a gamble on me at Coventry , so I will be trying to pay him back for that by scoring even more goals . |
| 9 | It was a big if , but she was prepared to take the chance . |
| 10 | Lennie Lawrence , Middlesbrough 's manager , confirmed his interest at the weekend , saying he was prepared to take the matter to a transfer tribunal if he failed to agree a fee with Keegan . |
| 11 | Gazza could do the same for his country if Taylor was prepared to take the risk . |
| 12 | Nietzsche , in particular , was not — but , unlike most of Wagner 's admirers , he was willing to take the master 's prose voice sufficiently seriously to contemplate positive action on its behalf . |
| 13 | He was supposed to take the advice of Archbishop Lang of Canterbury but he distrusted everything Lang said because he thought him an appeaser of Hitler . |
| 14 | Last year multimedia was supposed to take the industry by storm . |
| 15 | Laurent was quick to take the opportunity of correcting his first impressions in several places after Green 's maps were published and Charles Roeder is strong in his contempt . |
| 16 | Wordsworth was quick to take the measure of his new acquaintance . |
| 17 | She was unwilling to take the risk . |
| 18 | I just do n't know what was wrong with it , I 've work , Jason said Ja we a subject turned to what he wore in bed Ja and Jason said nothing , right but he said when it 's winter I wear my t-shirt and the pants and I cuddle up to my glow worm and we was all taking the mickey out of his glow worm , right so I 've come home and I read the paper and I 'll see glow worm in it , so I cut it out and give it to him and he stuck it up in the factory ! |
| 19 | He was reluctant to take the post for two reasons : he felt that the salary was not high enough , and he did not like the idea of being confined to one place even for six months of the year . |
| 20 | Although he captured some knights and burned down the town , he was unable to take the castle . |
| 21 | It was about a fortnight after I arrived in Punta Arenas that he showed me his journal and I was able to take a translation of those entries . |
| 22 | The timing was opportune because Ned was able to take a year out from his university course ; Matthew had just finished school ; Val got 6 months ’ leave of absence from her job ; and I had just been given early retirement . |
| 23 | Canadian Pacific Railways and he was able to take a lot of people from the place he was born in out to Canada . |
| 24 | That 's where Dogs Today was able to take a hand . |
| 25 | Up he went to the ledge overlooking the Dress Circle , on which he was able to take a stance — although today it is usually ignored in the thrust of a runout towards the top . |
| 26 | After some 20 months I was able to take a trade test and become a Leading Aircraftsman getting nearly £2 a week , One of the notorious figures at Cranwell at this time was Aircraftsman Shaw ( the legendary Col T.E . |
| 27 | My hon. and learned Friend the Minister of State who went to the conference on security and co-operation in Europe meeting in Prague last week was able to take an initiative and arrange for the CSCE to send a human rights team to the two republics to see whether it can help matters . |
| 28 | They were much needed since one of the leading rebels , Vulgrin of Angoulême , had not only put his castles in a state of readiness but was able to take the field with a force of Brabançons . |
| 29 | In fact , he was able to take the morning coach to Holborn and walk the brief distance to Clerkenwell , but the fare troubled him and he did not know how long he could afford to pay it . |
| 30 | The Russian wanted to say , ‘ I 'm sorry , it was all my fault , ‘ but just then his left foot felt a ledge and he was able to take the weight off his fingers . |