Example sentences of "[noun sg] taking the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still not satisfied with the delicious idea of a soldier taking the doubtful reading matter away in a wheelbarrow , Dostoevsky adds , in Stepan 's reportage , ‘ and covered it with an apron ; oui , c'est cela , an apron ’ — as if in the eyes of Stepan there was something specially affronting or sinister , anyhow notable , about the apron . |
| 2 | I 've just put my house on the market in York I 've chosen the if erm that 's that 's you know the whole taking the whole scene into consideration , but if I was in Bournemouth for instance and buying a house in York and I said I phone three or four estates agents and said , Look please send me information through the post . |
| 3 | Graham spurred me into the lead and we decided to split the route into three pitches , belaying on the rings with a Czech friend taking the middle pitch . |
| 4 | These will be held over six laps with the first two from each race taking the front grid in the six-rider , eight-lap final . |
| 5 | Virgin will take 25% of US stores and a 50% stake in Australian business , with Blockbuster taking the remaining equity . |
| 6 | The latest money supply figures showed a rise of 0.7 per cent in the narrow band last month taking the annual rate up again from 4.3 per cent to 4.5 per cent . |
| 7 | Despite the warnings of Callaghan and Healey , the TUC at its conference in September 1977 voted for a return to ‘ unfettered collective bargaining ’ , with Jones and Scanlon taking the adverse view . |
| 8 | Dropping the kids off at my mother-in-law 's , I trudged the few miles to the hospital taking the short cut through the grounds to the usual ward . |
| 9 | Half the country taking the emigrant ship and Eddie Hogan decides to expand . ’ |