Example sentences of "they [verb] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Campaigners launched a direct offensive against contemporary medical theories which talked of the inevitability of the male sexual urge , arguing that they failed to take proper account of Darwinist insights . |
| 2 | They tend to take existing tranquility for granted — until it has gone . ’ |
| 3 | She said : ‘ The purpose of the grant is to extend choices for working parents , mainly women since they tend to take most responsibility for childcare . |
| 4 | The divisional head office has offered to help the local offices if they want to take that route . |
| 5 | Well , that 's why people to do when they want to take that photograph of our dog that time , when that women |
| 6 | They want to take another shot and Bogart says , ‘ Let me have a clean shirt , please . ’ |
| 7 | They can they can if they want to take some wool away they can . |
| 8 | ‘ They 've invited you down to their warehouse , they want to take some photos . ’ |
| 9 | They seemed to take that kind of man to make him sergeant in the beginning after the Police Strike . |
| 10 | They 'd taken this information back . |
| 11 | But it was very premature , and I 'm very I was very sorry that they 'd taken this step , but very , very pleased when I saw the result coming out , and I 'm do congratulate them on their common sense there that they were prepared to put the opting out aside and were looking seriously and sensibly into the tertiary college consultations . |
| 12 | The Gotobeds were bad owners , you see ; our dad was killed by a rock fall that would never have happened , Mr Evans says , if they 'd taken proper safety precautions . |
| 13 | The time to consider whether one wishes to opt out and whether one was opposed to a certain system is always when a decision has been made , but I 'd have thought it would have been far in the interests of the people of Banbury and the children and parents of Banbury if they 'd taken full advantage of the discussion on the tertiary college and had made their opinions known , and in the light of the results coming out and say a satisfactory decision had arisen that was frankly the time to get into the business of opting out . |
| 14 | When the current recession gripped , they decided to take evasive action . |
| 15 | Computer staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a series of one day strikes.If they decide to take industrial action it will result in the shutdown of the Bank 's computer system and the closure of their Cashline network . |
| 16 | Victims of torture or relatives are often subjected to threats when they attempt to take legal action against torturers . |
| 17 | They keep taking each other to the sun , they find they can easily |
| 18 | But they do take little space . |
| 19 | They 've taken 130 porters up the Ultar Gorge , and what 's more they 've brought 22,000 feet of Kevlar rope for fixing . ’ |
| 20 | That 's the first and they 'll be the ones that will be able to tell you why they 've taken that decision and why we say it 's a reasonable decision . |
| 21 | And the great thing is they 've taken that opportunity and erm thankfully we are still lying there in second place . |
| 22 | They 've taken each other for a walk , I think they , I think they 're having a little flirtation , I think they 're over there , |
| 23 | Touche Ross are wasting their time and our money , and we regret that they 've taken this action . ’ |
| 24 | But the women who have n't bothered with make-up — unless they 've taken superlative care of their complexions — have now got skin that shows the ravages of time . |
| 25 | They 've taken three oil paintings ; two off the walls and one which was leaning up against the window sill , er the candlesticks and the vases off the altar , another very beautiful , very simple oak chair with cane seat and back . |
| 26 | Ukraine ( except in the formerly Habsburg part ) and Macedonia showed no signs of wanting to break away until the USSR and Yugoslavia had been destroyed by other hands , and they found they had to take some action in self-defence . |
| 27 | Whether they had taken such action with the explicit authorisation of President Gorbachev remained unclear , although it was widely agreed that he had failed to respond adequately to the loss of life that had occurred . |
| 28 | Their names were taken from Amal 's brother , but by the time they were collected and asked to appear before the police for statements they had taken great pains to prepare their story . |
| 29 | Either their flight had been delayed , or they had taken one look at this sober crew and retired aghast . |
| 30 | Nor could they ever again find the paths they had taken that day . |