Example sentences of "was take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
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 . |