Example sentences of "take a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 All you know is you took a bearing from A and it could be anywhere along here , could be quite close to it or it could be miles up over here .
2 We 'll discuss that after you 've took a look at
3 So the bottom line is I took a cab into town and the driver said this was a real nice place …
4 yes , he 's took a photo of him sitting on the bike so you then he just had to pin it up on , on my thingy , and it 'd say , you know , you 'll never have this , it 'll give you something to , to go for .
5 I do n't think he 'd been ill-treated , but he 's took a lot of love and a lot of attention
6 Got a florist took a claim out January of eighty-nine , reasonably low premiums , fourteen pound , thirty-two a month .
7 Road maintenance now takes a quarter of the roads ' budget , compared with roughly 10 per cent as recently as the middle 1970s .
8 That takes a quarter of a million Earth years , or thereabouts , ’ Bernice explained .
9 takes a quarter of an hour
10 In the meantime , we are taken to inspect the treatment plant , where King takes a sample of the effluent .
11 There is no doctor free to see me , but a nurse takes a sample of urine .
12 G. takes a sample in the ditch , which shows clear signs of sewage fungus , with its tell-tale grey strands waving in the water .
13 From time to time , she too takes a sip of wine , gazing blankly at the bar , the barman and , beyond , the dance-floor , where sharp-featured Polish men and their pleasingly plump girlfriends boogie decorously to the strains of a bored rock trio .
14 Maggie takes a sip of beer to remind the others that that 's all she 's there for , and looks defiantly around .
15 Mr Norman Lamont takes a sip of his drink — rumoured to be whisky and water — after announcing there would be no rise in the duty on spirits .
16 She takes a sip of mineral water before launching into James Woods and his girlfriend , Sarah Owen : ‘ I 've a theory that James and his girlfriend had so many problems they had to turn it all on me . ’
17 An accident may happen — such as when a sufferer form alcoholism takes a sip of a drink that he or she was not aware contained alcohol — and this would not even be termed as a sip .
18 The animation is full of great touches : for example , a victorious knight removes his helmet and bows to his stricken foe , and the pirate takes a swig from his hip flask .
19 He takes a holiday in Bali , the spell intensifies , the practical issues clarify .
20 This means that he is always in control : he never takes a holiday from his responsibilities .
21 Cartoonist Russell Jones takes a ramble through Peter Neville 's files
22 CARTOONIST RUSSELL JONES TAKES A RAMBLE THROUGH PETER NEVILLE 'S FILES
23 CARTOONIST RUSSELL JONES TAKES A RAMBLE THROUGH PETER NEVILLE 'S FILES
24 It only takes a current of a few nanoamps to develop enough voltage to break down the insulation and make a hole in the silicon .
25 It takes a while for them to actually settle in , and they need quite a lot of support because we do work in teams and they 're quite well established teams with definite personalities .
26 Cos it takes a while for the steroids to like work down .
27 Bill Mckee takes a trip to the seaside .
28 CARRIED AWAY : Fergie takes a trip across the water on the shoulders of her ‘ adviser ’
29 Here , in words and pictures , she takes a journey across the great emptiness of the Nullarbor Plain .
30 IBM TAKES A HIT FROM NCR AT MEAD DATA CENTRAL
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