Example sentences of "often take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even within the work environment you can often take a lift rather than use stairs . |
| 2 | This can be annoying sometimes because jobs that would only take a little while can often take a lot longer . |
| 3 | By night he kept himself from the usual evenings with Henry and Betty , thinking to leave them some space for a time , and he would often take a sleeping pill at eight , before dinner , because sleep had grown difficult . |
| 4 | Earls often took a share of the fines levied in the courts , and gained from their role in the royal exploitation of towns . |
| 5 | In the subsequent scramble for survival and enrichment which mounted towards the end of 1922 , it was not surprising that those who were slightly better off often took a kind of revenge in driving hard bargains with their poorer neighbours , as has been noted earlier . |
| 6 | Among the challengers , excellent boxers from the Army who were stationed nearby often took a chance to make an extra pound or two , although if caught , would be for the high jump , as this sort of contest was strictly against regulations . |
| 7 | He hated other people 's leaving him for bed , and when he saw a hard mood ahead he often took a sleeping pill at supper to stop himself from being clamorous , though at the same time he found his terror about the end of a day daft in a creature who was surely intended by build to signify immortal fun . |
| 8 | I 've often taken a board and gone sailing in Poole Harbour , the second largest natural harbour in the world . |
| 9 | The dual nature of disciplines , as bodies of knowledge and bodies of people , means that the difficulties of interdisciplinary work often take a concrete rather than abstract form ( Squires 1975 ; Levin and Lind 1985 ) Even when academics espouse ‘ construct ’ views of knowledge , they may find it difficult , in indefinable as well as definable ways , to work together in cross-disciplinary teams . |
| 10 | In the sixteen years since , it has sold 75,000 copies , and people are still finding it helpful , and I myself often take a chapter for meditation , when my own spirit feels low and dry . |