Example sentences of "a [noun sg] takes the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When an old woman on the mountain curtseys to Marco , when a priest takes the boys to the cave where loyalists have gathered and shows them a portrait of the historic Ivor , the story rises to a climax , but not to the final climax . |
| 2 | A chain takes the form shown in Fig. 6. 13 . |
| 3 | ‘ In fact I love it when a woman takes the initiative sexually . |
| 4 | A liquid takes the shape of its container as it finds it own level under the influence of gravity . |
| 5 | When a speaker takes the trouble to use a restrictive relative clause in a noun phrase equipped with a definite article but no attributive adjective , it will naturally be presumed that it is this clause which makes recognition possible ; there is no need for such an assumption when the clause is non-restrictive . |
| 6 | That is , a number takes the place of a letter . |
| 7 | When a doctor takes the temperature of a patient , the reading gives no more than one item of information . |
| 8 | I felt an incredible sense of relief and achievement , but as Richard quickly reminded me it 's not during the first free flights that a bird takes the opportunity to fly off , because it does n't fully realise what it means to be free . |
| 9 | Having a purpose takes the worry out of listening , and puts the ‘ language ’ firmly in its proper place — a means , not an end . |
| 10 | When an adjunct takes the form of a two-nucleus group with a subject and a finite verb , this " amplification " is called a clause and the sentence a compound sentence : When the authorities arrived , the ceremony began . |