Example sentences of "they [vb mod] take a " 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | They must take a realistic view and look objectively when deciding which movements will best describe individuality . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They must take a leading role in giving direction to families who have expressed interest in providing a home for a black child . |
| 12 | Maybe they should take a leaf out of horse racing 's book and introduce starting stalls. : - . |
| 13 | Inherent in some of the criticism made of ACAS conciliators … is the assumption that they should take a more positive , rights-enforcing , stance . |
| 14 | Even then , he believed there was hope and persuaded her that they should take a holiday together . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Then they 'll take a 90-minute boat trip to Kanifinolhu , to spend 14 glorious nights . |
| 18 | ‘ The streets are n't icy ? ’ he asked , and , reassured that they were not — not in the city centre , anyway — he suggested that they might take a short stroll , just a short one , if that suited Erika . |
| 19 | Then they might take a bit more care instead of allowing young girls to roam the streets like common prostitutes ! |
| 20 | Clumps of sturdy weed grew wherever they could take a firm hold . |
| 21 | I do n't know which firm they were from , but as well as stopping people from hurting each other , they helped the more diminutive among the crowd on to the stage if they had problems getting free of the moshpit so that they could take a dive . |
| 22 | At the end of the promenade they could take a flight of steps down to rocks that were slippery with seaweed , and clamber over them until they reached the shingle . |
| 23 | I do n't know which firm they were from , but as well as stopping people from hurting each other , they helped the more diminutive among the crowd on to the stage if they had problems getting free of the moshpit so that they could take a dive . |
| 24 | they could take a week |
| 25 | If it 's done a thousand miles , you 'd get nine thousand five hundred and then cos of the mileage they 'd take off a thousand divided by ten , so they 'd take a hundred pounds off that . |
| 26 | they 'd take a piece with them and that was all they had to sustain them the whole day . |
| 27 | They 'd take a long time to dry would n't they , then , on the sticks and that |
| 28 | Perhaps they 'd take an excursion by brake to Pegwell Village this afternoon if the concert had to be cancelled because of rain . |
| 29 | ‘ They used to take an interest in the way they made corn-stacks in the old days . |
| 30 | A National Film Studio , combining the small companies into one strong conglomerate , had been proposed , but this idea made no more headway than a proposal to negotiate a reciprocity deal with the Americans , whereby they would take a certain number of British films into national distribution in return for free access to British screens . |