Example sentences of "[adv] take [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , unlike conquerors before and after , the Romans did not only take from their subject peoples , they contributed also , and the result of these contributions in road communications , law and administration , heating systems , architecture and art has had a permanent effect in Europe despite the 1000 years which intervened between the collapse of the Western half of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Renaissance . |
| 2 | Spending time with McIllvanney was not my idea of relaxation , and I did n't much take to his lack of enthusiasm . |
| 3 | It should have been a race a World champion like John Hill could easily take in his stride . |
| 4 | or saying we could n't really take to their child , |
| 5 | For a while as he walked , faster as the sun began to dip more quickly towards Nut 's receiving mouth , he thought he caught a glimpse of someone following him ; but it was no more than a glimpse , and the figure — a ghost in a dark robe — slipped out of sight behind a building 's corner before he could even take in its size . |
| 6 | Given that he served in Cabinet for many years , I should have thought that he would be more objective and would not simply take as his evidence two cases from the front page of the News of the World . |
| 7 | Belinda Jones , ’ the owner of the name said simply , and waited while Dr Russell 's sister seemed to fully take in her presence for the first time . |