Example sentences of "took to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | YOUNGSTERS at Four Marks Primary School took to the cat walk last week to raise £208 for new playground equipment . |
| 2 | Well it 's got to be better than being stuck in a classroom … art students from Abingdon took to the Downs for their latest project … |
| 3 | They took to the boxes immediately . |
| 4 | First to go was a rather nervous Richard Crout with Jesse , a 1908 steam roller , belching out smoke he gingerly took to the roads . |
| 5 | He recovered in time to join , as a colonel , the staff of 400 that A. J. Balfour ( later first Earl of Balfour ) took to the Paris peace conference , where he watched politicians disputing over Levantine problems . |
| 6 | His hair took to the forming of dreadlocks . |
| 7 | The first one took to the water in 1959 . |
| 8 | With the arrival of Australian surfers in the late 1960s , the Balinese took to the water like the true temple dancers they are . |
| 9 | Keith Mills and Mike Timothy took to the water , made waves and generally splashed out for charity when they took part in the BT Swimathon in March . |
| 10 | With limbs beginning to tire only eight boats took to the water for the final two-lap race . |
| 11 | So together with the fire brigade , they took to the water to steer them onto safer land . |
| 12 | Hundreds of people took to the water over the weekend to recreate ancient and strange boat races . |
| 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 | From amongst those who stayed behind , bands of outlaws , known as hajduks , took to the woods and hills in order to harass the Turkish officials and landowners . |
| 15 | The reassuring love she had expected from the house she found in a different measure from the three little dogs , friendly , even worshipful , and proffering no accusations of her neglectful absence — their care and pleasures important to her , she leaned against the car and waited while they took to the woods and the wild . |
| 16 | It is seen in The Facts to belong to the times in which the writer lived when he wrote the novel , when opposition to the Vietnam War , and to a President Johnson perceived as monstrous , took to the street-wisdom of a farcical obscenity . |
| 17 | Just months after the P&O Golf Day , golf clubs were out in force again , as P&O people took to the green . |
| 18 | But all that had to change when the smart set took to the air . |
| 19 | The firebird dined exclusively upon golden apples and its powerful wings created strong winds when the bird took to the air ; as he flew , all the other birds would fall silent in awe at his grace . |
| 20 | Alter two long years of hard work , the Corsair took to the air once again on August 22 , 1976 as NX1337A. and , after the required air test schedule , it was repainted in its original ‘ 15F.22 ’ markings , complete with the black and yellow Suez stripes . |
| 21 | PLANES OF FAME East 's RP-63A Kingcobra 42–68864/NX163rp took to the air for the first time after restoration on October 2 , in the hands of Steve Hinton of Fighter Rebuilders , at Chino , California , reports John Harjo . |
| 22 | Although completed and ready to fly in October 1945 ( when short hops are reported to have been undertaken ) it did not officially fly until April 24 , 1946 on which date the other Soviet jet , the MiG–9 , also took to the air shortly before the Yak . |
| 23 | AFTER A LONG restoration programme , Bob Spence 's Fairey Swordfish II HS554/C–GEVS took to the air on August 17 , completing four test flights within five days . |
| 24 | A trio of Grumman ‘ Cats ( Hellcat , Tigercat and Bearcat ) took to the air , Bob Mitchell 's PT Flight brought the training theme to the fore and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight put on an exciting synchronised display with two Spitfire XIXs ( PS853 and PS915 ) before the Lancaster thundered through and filled the air with the sound of Merlins . |
| 25 | FIRST OF 25 Polish-built WSK–PZL Mielec TS–11 Iskra jet trainers recently took to the air in Tulsa , Oklahoma . |
| 26 | The XP–59A first took to the air on October 1 , 1942 . |
| 27 | The mortally wounded Aenarion clambered into the saddle of his dying dragon and they took to the air on their last flight . |
| 28 | Four wyverns from the Worlds Edge Mountains took to the air , swooping and marauding within the city while Goblin doom divers rained down causing panic and consternation . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , on April 30th Richard Branson 's latest project , Virgin 1215 , took to the air as Britain 's second national commercial radio channel . |
| 30 | Almost as soon as they took to the air , other invertebrates — the spiders — started setting traps for them . |