Example sentences of "go take the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Finally , behind schedule , he explains , so simply that I can understand , that he is going to take the Peter Brooke nomination , allow a little debate on the topic , then take an amendment to substitute ‘ Boothroyd ’ for ‘ Brooke ’ , take a vote on that and then see where we are .
2 Anyway , I really was going to take the spell off straight away , but of course you have to go hopping off and get caught and land us in this mess . ’
3 ‘ Are you going to take the word of a prisoner over mine ? ’ snarled Nicholson .
4 And he added : ‘ I 'm just going to take the ball off them at the back in Italy as I did in England .
5 ‘ If you put yourself in the position to be fashionable , then six months later everyone 's going to take the piss out of you .
6 Ian is obviously a deeply spiritual person and I for one am NOT going to take the piss out of him as he recounts to us his close encounter with ‘ them ’ .
7 ‘ I know you 're all going to take the piss out of me if I tell you what I honestly thought . ’
8 It was clearly intended as a question about her personal life , and , after a short hesitation , she decided that he had the right to an answer , if she really was going to take the job — and she now suspected gloomily that she was .
9 But I 'm just not going to take the risk . ’
10 If she ca n't hear the heart she may get frightened , but there 's a good chance , so I 'm going to take the risk .
11 I hoped so , and I was going to take the risk of finding out , but then Bill started talking about your once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel , and I thought about the fact that I 'm thirty-four and you 're twenty-two … ’
12 ‘ We want to go home in March , ’ he said , ‘ We 're not going to take the risk . ’
13 Marjorie was going to take the children to the fair in the afternoon , but Nick persuaded her to stay at home .
14 No I 'm going to take the children .
15 Central defenders have done a good job today for Leicester of course I 've put the curse on him saying that he knocks it straight out of play but er Gary Mills who 's missed half a dozen games through injury is going to come on now and he 's going to take the place of Neil Lewis .
16 ‘ Yes , one day we were all laughing and going to take the world by storm with our painting , our films , our crazy music .
17 ‘ I am going to take the tape from your mouth .
18 ‘ I 'm going to take the woman back with me , ’ he said .
19 How was he going to take the news of the hijacking of earthling bodies by extraterrestrial beings ?
20 If a company is going to take the trouble to computerise in other areas of the personnel function , it seems a waste of potential not to tackle recruitment as well .
21 He says ; I am going to take the matter up with the company to try to save the jobs for Worcester .
22 That means they 're going to take the matter , is that what he 's saying ?
23 It appeared that Lady Roscarrock was going to take the lead .
24 I am now going into and you 're going to take the chair for this .
25 ‘ I 'm going to take the lid off myself , ’ said Frobisher .
26 As these wheels are going to take the weight of the entire model , it is best to pin them for extra strength .
27 ‘ Oh , this morning I did the accounts , and later went to take the air . ’
28 So I went to take the call in some confusion — confusion made worse by haste when Alexander told me it was the Prime Minister .
29 Philippa got up from the chair she had brought into the kitchen , went to take the cloth from Lee 's lap , decided against it , and started to wipe up the insidious liquid with tissues .
30 And when she straightened up and went to take the key from the lock his hand was there before hers , and as he handed the key back to her , he said on a laugh , ‘ I see you do n't intend to be locked in from the outside . ’
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