Example sentences of "he take [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Leicestershire , the man who wishes to forget income-tax , hydrogen bombs and the relentless onward march of science walks the field-paths , to which special maps and guides are provided ; in Devon he takes to the deep lanes between the farms . |
| 2 | I have my leather case , hardly bigger than the case he takes to the office every day . |
| 3 | WHEN beat bobby Bill Clapperton needs to escape the pressures of urban policing he takes to the hills . |
| 4 | A sixth-year pupil at Glasgow 's Kelvinside Academy , he takes to the air this summer after winning a Royal Air Force flying scholarship , which will give him 30 hours at the controls of a light aircraft and see him going solo during his course . |
| 5 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account he takes of the national interest in terms of the viability of businesses and the retention of jobs in deciding on the exercise of the functions of his Department in respect of Inland Revenue responsibilities . |
| 6 | The dignified pose struck by Chauntecleer in response to Pertelote 's unsympathetic reaction to his dream , in particular the understandable offence he takes at the embarrassing suggestion that what he really needs is a good laxative , would be comic in a human character ; that the character is a bird provides an opportunity for a greater bathetic and comic deflation when the character ends his monologue by flying down from the perch to peck , chuck and " tread " his favourite hens twenty times before dawn ( 3172 – 8 ) . |
| 7 | He looks first at purpose , which he takes as the basic means by which the subject abstracts itself from , and imposes itself upon , nature . |
| 8 | It is this which he takes as the key to an understanding of contemporary society , and of culture itself . |
| 9 | He takes off the SLEEPER 's crown , kisses it . |
| 10 | Thorn EMI also has a new DIY video-disc manual on car repairs , which will allow the viewer to skip sections he 's not interested in , freeze frames etc while he takes in the details . |
| 11 | Sacked three times from the county football manager post , McEniff can be forgiven the odd pinch of himself as he takes in the widespread adulation accorded to him now everywhere he goes . |
| 12 | Sheer mental power was the ability which Coleridge possessed which enabled him to accomplish this feat , as he does in ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , when , sitting in his cottage he takes in the ‘ Sea , hill , and wood This populous village ! … with all the numberless goings on of life . ’ |
| 13 | He has now fitted three rainwater barrels to use in the garden to reduce the amount of water he takes from the main . |
| 14 | There are poems to Rosa which he takes from the trash . |
| 15 | On his knees he took off the slipper , slid the white high-heeled sandal on to her foot . |
| 16 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 17 | Slowly , he took off the jacket and folded it neatly into a rectangle which he placed on his knee . |
| 18 | He took off the headset and stared at me with rage . |
| 19 | He took off the headset , shaking his head . |
| 20 | He took off the phoney glasses and tweed hat and threw them to one side . |
| 21 | Half an hour later he took off the dressing-gown and decided to go downstairs . |
| 22 | When he took off the covers next morning he was shocked to find it was not a ‘ small tub worth £100 or so ’ but a sophisticated sailing vessel . |
| 23 | Here he took off the pendulous wig , wiped his face on the yellowing lace handkerchief dripping out of the over-ornate and antique jacket and revealed himself as a young man . |
| 24 | He took off the lid and sniffed the contents , satisfied the liquid was drinkable . |
| 25 | When he felt brave enough he took off the old pullover and the tracksuit pants that he 'd been sleeping in and started to dress . |
| 26 | He took off the hired robe and lay down naked on the bench . |
| 27 | He took off the heavy overcoat he was wearing and laid it across the top of the filing cabinet . |
| 28 | Elbows on his knees , he took off the sunglasses and fixed the mocking grey gaze on her . |
| 29 | Realising the far greater financial potential of a life on the road , he took to the moor with resounding success . |
| 30 | Since further complaints against him would almost certainly have been recorded , it is a fair guess that he took to the open life . |