Example sentences of "and take to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally to be seen driving around in a funereal Daimler — dwarfing the island 's other cars ( including the BMW of Premier Sir John Swan ) — the Governor also dons his uniform and takes to the streets in a horse-drawn landau several times a year . |
| 2 | A man climbs into a machine and takes to the air and crosses the English Channel . |
| 3 | On this trip she hires a 12-gear , 48-foot long vehicle — twice the length of her own — and takes to the highways and interstates of southern California . |
| 4 | They took to each new form of transport enthusiastically , motoring across Europe and the States in the twenties and taking to the air in the thirties . |
| 5 | Flying was thrilling and romantic and taking to the air was for women of spirit while those who stayed on the ground had feet of clay . |
| 6 | Lydia skirted it and took to a mountain path which meandered nonchalantly between rowan and hazel trees before stopping to present the traveller with a view of the valley 's close . |
| 7 | Democratic contender Paul Tsongas added fitness to his campaign and took to the swimming pool to improve his image . |
| 8 | A few sprouted wings and took to the air , without bothering to become birds first . |
| 9 | In November 1983 , for example , Michael Hickey pulled on five jumpers , five pairs of trousers , four pairs of socks , several bin liners and a blanket , too a sheet on which he had written ‘ We are innocent ’ and took to the roof of Gartree maximum security prison . |
| 10 | They 'd already split their team to cover both the gym and some other place , and then split it again to follow you , so Blagg only got the leftovers , spotted them , and took to the hills . ’ |
| 11 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 12 | I joined the feathered legions and took to the air . |
| 13 | Er took it up the field and took to the school then we got at it and it and bath full of feathers . |
| 14 | In the Wintertime they had a boat they called the Redloch and she went to Stramness and took sillocks from Stramness and took to the gut factory here in the Wintertime . |
| 15 | Owen bellowed orders , and the bushes threshed as the Welsh circled their enemies and took to the thickest of the woodland on their way to the river valley . |
| 16 | The little deer was seen staggering in a distressed and bloated condition , captured with difficulty and taken to a vet who pumped fermented corn from the stomach — presumably the fawn had gorged herself on pheasant feed . |
| 17 | After three days , when scouring had stopped , she was tagged , put in a sack and taken to a field which a neighbour was certain her siblings frequented . |
| 18 | In the case of Olugboja ( 1981 ) two girls were picked up by two men and taken to a remote house . |
| 19 | Goleniewski was immediately flown to America , and taken to a CIA safe house called Ashford Farm in the heart of Talbot County , in Maryland . |
| 20 | During the course of the story Tottle is arrested for theft and taken to a sponging-house , from which he is rescued by Parsons . |
| 21 | The plan of action will be written and taken to a full meeting of the governing body for its agreement or amendment ; it will then be taken back to the staff . |
| 22 | For no apparent reason , the children and driver were herded into vans and taken to a remote rock quarry where they were sealed into an underground cavern . |
| 23 | In December 1987 two stray Rough Collies , a bitch of about 15 months old and a dog of about 18 months , were picked up and taken to a police station near Oxford . |
| 24 | His wife and children were released by immigration officials and taken to a secret hideaway . |
| 25 | He was quickly surrounded by police and taken to a neighbour 's house where they broke the tragic news that his four children — Sharon , aged five , and her brothers , Francis , four , Martin three , and Stefan , one — were dead . |
| 26 | ‘ She was dragged into a car and taken to a house . |
| 27 | During the visits of the programme monitors , the mothers would be asked to prepare some LGS , a sample of which was collected and taken to a laboratory where the concentration of sodium ions was measured . |
| 28 | She was finally discovered and taken to a concentration camp where she died . |
| 29 | He was handcuffed and taken to a locker room where he was chained to a metal grille by the arms and legs . |
| 30 | Each category had to be put in a different container and taken to a collection centre . |