Example sentences of "take [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , all that — and the Rogan Josh , which I 'd took real sweat over right down to serving it with iced bottles of Kingfisher lager and quarters of lime and rice fried with egg and to hell with the risk of salmonella — was before Billy Tuckett dropped in . |
| 2 | We told them how our oldest member , 91-year-old Mr. Hunt , takes unfailing care of our security , and sits at the hub of the affair providing a whole intelligence service for us as well . |
| 3 | Does he agree that it is time we had a real clampdown on the possession of firearms throughout society , remembering that the problem will not be cured unless the Home Office takes strenuous action in relation to the legal as well as the illegal holding of firearms ? |
| 4 | This does not worry him , since he takes political Realism to be a limiting case whose usefulness has less to do with describing the actual conduct of foreign policy than with providing a way of explaining it . |
| 5 | It now looks a big mistake to have joined the ERM at all , at any exchange rate , without first having created political institutions capable of running monetary policy in a way that takes due consideration of the needs of all members of the European Community . |
| 6 | The defendant in a personal injuries action is likely to be represented by an insurance company , which takes complete control of and financial responsibility for the claim . |
| 7 | To deal with this , a steady traffic of lorries takes solid waste from the plant to the nearby Drigg dump . |
| 8 | Rather than store a bitmap of each character at every size it might be required , something that takes prodigious amounts of memory or disk storage , they used a single digital outline of the character and generated the required bitmap on demand . |
| 9 | The movement takes different forms across the world but its common understanding is built upon a social model of health ( 6 ) . |
| 10 | Do you think at the moment society in Britain , in Scotland takes proper account of that variety of options , or do you think undue stress is put on one er one or other ? |
| 11 | The Finance Committee takes detailed control of the Campaign 's income and expenditure and organised the buying of the Campaign 's head office in St Albans . |
| 12 | Bonington also takes repeated swipes at the 19th century climbing establishment as represented by the Alpine Club , glossing over in the process the AC 's extraordinary and valuable role in the exploration not only of the Alps but the greater ranges . |
| 13 | Under-fire England boss takes fresh heart from Brazil draw |
| 14 | Under-fire England boss takes fresh heart from Brazil draw |
| 15 | It belongs to St Anton , Austria 's most established resort , and provides an overnight sleeper service which takes British skiers into the centre of the resort . |
| 16 | A highly successful — not to mention wealthy — commercial director who , every Christmas takes unpaid leave for a month to go diving , risking life and limb to photograph some of the world 's most dangerous aquatic creatures . |
| 17 | The Emperor takes personal command of his army whenever possible , and has earned himself an impressive record of victories and conquest . |
| 18 | rise in traffic demand , is not it about time that his Department stopped being a Department only for roads and instead sought to introduce a proper , integrated transport system that takes real account of environmental considerations ? |
| 19 | Mr Peter Sutherland will end a 20-year teaching career when he takes early retirement from Tilery Primary School in the summer , at the same time as Mr James Burton retires from Bishopsgarth School after ten years in the profession . |
| 20 | In Billingham Mrs Ruby Beckwith takes early retirement from Ash Trees School next month after 25 years of teaching , and Mrs Margaret Llewellyn based at Billingham Campus retires later this year after 18 years in the profession . |
| 21 | OfficePower takes central stage in ICL 's overall strategy as combined hardware , software and services revenues associated with the environment in all of its guises now amounts to some £1,200m , according to Graham Taylor , ICL UK 's software business manager . |
| 22 | Jilted wife takes ram-raid revenge on husband 's Merc |
| 23 | A CHARITY which takes deprived children on camping trips has been helped by a Middlesbrough hotel . |
| 24 | However they might have trouble finding adjectives to do these performances justice : his breathtaking virtuosity , which takes appalling difficulties of the music in its stride , at times had me bogeared in admiration . |
| 25 | Radical , flippant and brash , the 1950s novel takes avid pride in its accuracy ; and in presenting the post-war world with a compelling image of itself , it can not plausibly omit the predominating drive of sex . |
| 26 | the organization of native pastimes and the promotion of athletic fitness as a means to create disciplined , self-reliant , national-minded manhood which takes conscious pride in its heritage of unrivalled pastimes and splendid cultural traditions as essential factors in the restoration of full and distinct nationhood . |
| 27 | Prince Charles has been deer stalking since he was a child and takes great pride in a clean kill . |
| 28 | Mr Topolski rightly takes great pride in his association with the Boat Race and regards the event as one of the major features of the sporting calendar . |
| 29 | A bachelor friend of mine takes great pride in culinary art which leaves him never short of admiring girlfriends . |
| 30 | Afterwards in the bar , Bender takes great delight in ribbing him over it . |