Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] to take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first was a pang of sorrowing sympathy with the bereaved and weeping parents ; but this was quickly succeeded by a thrill of holy joy that the lovely flower , which was just permitted to take a glimpse of earth , was so soon removed from all earthly contamination ! |
| 2 | Sometimes you 've just got to take a chance and dive in . ’ |
| 3 | Oh yes , we definitely needed the three points today , you know , before the game we were looking to get three points erm to get one out of it we are disappointed , but as I say , the way we 've played second half , we 've just got to take a bit of heart from the fact that we did n't get beat . |
| 4 | Have you ever forgotten to take a torch on backpacking trips ? |
| 5 | ‘ Always wanted to take a look at India myself , you know , ’ he said suddenly . |
| 6 | Have you ever tried to take a bone away from a strange dog ? |
| 7 | A narrow slot ran in front of the rebates , which was clearly intended to take a series of wooden shutters to close the whole opening . |
| 8 | Costain is also expected to take a pick-axe to its dividend , only a year after its £77 million rights issue . |
| 9 | Australia was also forced to take a stand on drift-netting when the establishment of the Australian Fishing Zone in 1979 brought under Australian jurisdiction a Taiwanese drift fleet that had been operating , since the mid 1970s , in what had previously been international waters in the Timor and Arafura Seas off northern Australia . |
| 10 | Graham Gooch , the England captain , has provisionally agreed to take a group of professional cricketers to compete in an international six-a-side tournament which is planned in Hong Kong for Oct 3-4 , writes Charles Randall . |
| 11 | Before the fighting started in 1948 , some Palestinians had even arranged to take a holiday in case of hostilities and had called at the Lebanese consulate in Palestine to pick up a visa for Beirut . |
| 12 | ‘ Laddie ’ here used to take a collection for railway orphans on Wimbledon Station . |
| 13 | Faced with one of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's most saccharine scores , a hearty endorsement of family values and a cast of nuns and winsome children , cynics would be well advised to take a bucket in with them . |
| 14 | Cases are recorded in which a child was crudely exhorted to take a vow over the coffin of a parent to amend his or her childish ways ; but there were also cases in which the death of a parent worked spontaneously on the child 's feelings . |
| 15 | Potter says this approach has been satisfactory , although he would not say how many times the company had used it , but Psion has never had to take a case to court . |