Example sentences of "they [vb mod] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We , however , are required to crouch in the heather , and so the attention is drawn through necessity to the things sharing that heather with you , in case any of them might take a fancy to your bottom and jump into your pants . |
| 2 | They may take a week or so to work , but can kill most deep-rooted perennial weeds without being persistent . |
| 3 | They may take a toasted sandwich to eat outside . |
| 4 | Now , driven by cost issues , they may take a more active stance , based on business considerations , and propose rehabilitation or care packages in order to reduce their potential exposure . |
| 5 | So you 're talking a month yeah , but you see , they may take a hundred in one go and then leave it a month or so . |
| 6 | A great many opportunities to accumulate wealth or power are available to these institutions and individuals and they may take an unfair advantage of the situation . |
| 7 | Nicknames assumed ( and still assume ) many forms — they can be logical or illogical — some describing physical peculiarities , others mental or moral qualities ; they may take the form of animal names , being thus descriptive of appearance or disposition . |
| 8 | Elementals often appear as a moving light or a change in temperature , or they may take the form of an animal or bird and make it behave oddly for a period of time . |
| 9 | They may take the form of disrupted relationships or the more obvious one of problematic or bizarre sexual behaviour . |
| 10 | There as you probably know are various groups who feel that they , ought to erm , they ought to take a stand because they felt that Port Meadow actually the character of Port Meadow was changing and ultimately the Council I think agreed with them , that something should be done and this was the action that was taken . |
| 11 | They must take a realistic view and look objectively when deciding which movements will best describe individuality . |
| 12 | They wake with this sense of suffocation and must sit up and bend forward or else must rush to the open window ; they feel they must take a deep breath . |
| 13 | With slick efficiency successive Conservative administrations have used teacher unrest ( for which they must take a considerable share of responsibility ) as a justification for taking an even firmer control of the whole education service . |
| 14 | They must take a leading role in giving direction to families who have expressed interest in providing a home for a black child . |
| 15 | When they 'd heard that name , they knew they must take the place . |
| 16 | There were many paths leading west but they must take the one which was marked by a riven oak . |
| 17 | ‘ So here the plaintiffs left everything to the defendant 's husband ; … and they must take the consequences of his having obtained it without explaining to her or her understanding what she was signing . |
| 18 | But the Hintons , deluged with complaining phone calls and threts of legal action from customers say they must take the matter further |
| 19 | Maybe they should take a leaf out of horse racing 's book and introduce starting stalls. : - . |
| 20 | Inherent in some of the criticism made of ACAS conciliators … is the assumption that they should take a more positive , rights-enforcing , stance . |
| 21 | Even then , he believed there was hope and persuaded her that they should take a holiday together . |
| 22 | Instead of crying over the restrictions that are being ( thank goodness ) imposed , maybe they should take a good hard look at themselves and clean up their act , using aids like ‘ poop scoops ’ and long controlling leads . |
| 23 | So in my opinion , they should take a leaf out of the books of people in industry and pay both management and staff on results . |
| 24 | Dzerzhinsky stressed that local authorities should collaborate with them , but at the centre he was adamant that they should take no part in transport decisions that had any , political implications . |
| 25 | Councillors say while it appears the situation is a fait accompli , they feel they should take every opportunity to save the home . |
| 26 | They should take the opportunity to re-state ( without condemnation ) the Christian principle of permanence in married love , the possibilities of achieving it , with a firm indication of the social evils that issue from its abandonment . |
| 27 | When they reached the road which ran across the top of the village , the groom drew level and , with a nod of his head , indicated that they should take the righthand way which led to the river bridge . |
| 28 | The authority to issue cattle vouchers enhanced the power and status of a headman , but many of those assigned to this task could not see why they should take the trouble to inquire into the origins of the cattle concerned . |
| 29 | The bad normative applications of evolutionary theory to ethics which were made by Spencer and others also , of course , involved a lot of bad evolutionary theory : if normative lessons could be drawn from Darwinian theory , there is certainly no reason why they should take the form suggested by Social Darwinists . |
| 30 | Surely , if a Member of Parliament takes a G M B sponsorship they should take the whip that we give and follow our rules and not go against us by going by constituent . |