Example sentences of "was take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They were all minors and Joseph was taking the normal step to protect their interests , for if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband .
2 And , as Mr Chapman thought , Kookai was taking the long-term view .
3 The current was taking the two boats down towards the rocks , so Harry Pascoe could n't afford to waste time .
4 Sucking in a shaky breath , aware she was taking the greatest gamble of her life , she returned to face him .
5 She was taking the eight-to eleven-year-olds .
6 And I was able to do this , so that half the fee was being paid for a three-piece suite going , some boxes , to another address , and then this bedroom suite was taking the other half of the charge back .
7 It was early morning and Sara was taking the first typing session of the day .
8 While Karpov was taking the difficult road to a draw , Speelman and Timman were trying hard to beat each other .
9 And being the one who was taking the raw material and bashing it into the records I had to pick a time to leave where it was n't going to be a huge blow to everybody else .
10 Every last bit of unkempt hedge in our front garden was taking the same attitude it had always taken .
11 Morag was taking the old hat to the bucket when Grandad walked in the door .
12 Nicholson on the other hand was taking the pretty route , basically because he had no choice ; no one was making him any offers .
13 At his subsequent trial , Charles Woolridge was to take the contradictory step of pleading not guilty , but the outcome was a foregone conclusion ; he was unanimously convicted .
14 Unlike the back-to-backs and the tenements built for the poor in the nineteenth century , which treated the poor like prostitutes — they 'll always be with us , but at least keep them off the streets — their function was to take the streetwise communities off the streets and clean up the gregarious clamour of the slum-dwellers .
15 When they 're not watching TV — 99 per cent admitted watching the box every night — over half those questioned said their only exercise was to take the occasional stroll .
16 They had two children , a girl of five and a boy of two , and one of my first jobs was to take the little girl to school .
17 as to who was to take the most credit .
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