Example sentences of "take [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother was in , seated at her kitchen desk and gloomily going over the month 's bills — her Persian lamb coat made the Hudson 's Bay bill look enormous , and , at the rate she was paying it off , it would take until next Easter to clear it . |
| 2 | There is no problem or embarrassment about this as long as you do n't mind panic stricken knocks on door ( s ) to get clothes if the right things not previously taken for next day ! ! |
| 3 | Novell Inc chief financial officer James Tolonen says he is comfortable with analysts ' estimates that the Provo , Utah company will do between $1.00 to $1.05 a share on an operating basis in the fiscal year to October 31 compared with $0.81 a share last fiscal ; the acquisition of Unix System Laboratories Inc will require a one-time charge of between $0.30 and $0.60 a share , which will probably be taken against third quarter figures , and there is also expected to be a $0.02 a share amortisation charge . |
| 4 | The University generally welcomes applications from fifth year students and will make offers on the basis of Highers to be taken in fifth year . |
| 5 | Two and a half tons of fish taken in last year 's event . |
| 6 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 7 | Whilst students are encouraged to offer subjects at CSYS level , Highers taken in sixth year are also taken into account and should include at least one new subject and not more than two resits of existing Highers to improve grades . |
| 8 | This extract is taken from First Foal by Jane van Lennep published by J.A . |
| 9 | The 16 Dial/Comet recordings of ‘ Bird Symbols ’ , by the way , also have an enclosed ‘ bathtub ’ sound ( actually no worse than many discs taken from nth generation masters ) , although they are also cleaner and less distorted ( and with less surface noise ) on the whole than the French Savoy product . |
| 10 | Most of the shots in this collection , however , were taken at first light including those of which Nigel is most proud : ‘ If I have to choose a favourite it would be the photograph of Bryce Canyon in Utah . |
| 11 | Most of the shots in this collection , however , were taken at first light including those of which Nigel is most proud : ‘ If I have to choose a favourite it would be the photograph of Bryce Canyon in Utah . |
| 12 | As archbishop , his only quotations from Lanfranc 's collection of Canon Law seem to have been taken at second hand from a treatise of his friend Gilbert Crispin ; then too , as on the earlier occasion , his quotations were introduced only to reinforce a conclusion which he had already reached . |
| 13 | Trends apparent in measures taken by Third Republican governments in 1939 , but also by Vichy governments between 1940 and 1942 , were confirmed : the state monopoly of the airwaves and the integration of all existing radio stations within a state broadcasting corporation , Radiodiffusion Française ( RDF ) , a ‘ service exterieur ’ within the PTT . |
| 14 | The 119-page report is the result of a 10-month review led by the Press Council 's chairman , Mr Louis Blom-Cooper , who after meeting the full council yesterday said he expected it to take until next summer to reach final agreement on the recommendations . |