Example sentences of "they take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They look quite dull and uninteresting when lying on the beaches around Whitby and Scarborough , but they take a brilliant polish and look wonderful when mounted as jewellery . |
| 2 | Beans , pulses and grains feature increasingly in a healthy diet , but they take a long time to cook , even using a microwave . |
| 3 | Although it may well be the right treatment , they take a long time to get over it . |
| 4 | I always make sure they take a long time to die . ’ |
| 5 | well my thoughts had cristalized that we would have to change the direction of er , we communicating with them as we 've done in the past , we could n't just use adverts that we might have used regional in a regional press , we had to pick out the point , in the , in the actual article so that four example there were six or seven points that had clearly been made , statements that had been made , I had to devise a scheme then , er , it was only a scheme in my thinking that actually , I had to devise a scheme that would pick up each of these points encounter them , now there was no way I could simply take an advert out and say , they said this , we say that because that would have had no credibility , so what I was thinking at that time is how we might be able to use some other form of being able to counter those six or seven points and I started to come up with an idea perhaps using a third party , because in our business , third party recommendation are very , very powerful and when selling to the elderly because they do not take , I 'm sorry , they take a long time to come to a decision , they mull over it and such like , they take a lot of influence from people , take advise from family , accountants , solicitors , bank managers and such like , so the idea of having a third party in a sense recommend then would have allowed us to get over those particular points , so that 's what was germinating in my mind at the time |
| 6 | Well , we can do that Saturday because they take a long time to get across . |
| 7 | If a German soldier is killed by the partisans or by civilians , they take a certain number of political prisoners out and shoot them . ’ |
| 8 | Every one is different , everyone has its own pattern of possible rat runs and they take a great deal of er er |
| 9 | There 's a lot of adrenalin flowing , and erm they realise that there are pink bodies on the line , and they take a great deal of care in preparing the outfit before they go . |
| 10 | He should insist that the correct wing is held , and direct the car or tractor driver so that they take a safe route which is clear of any hazard from dropping winch cables . |
| 11 | They take a cold meal . |
| 12 | However , they take a larger number of those lecture modules in which emphasis is placed on theoretical physics and associated mathematical principles and techniques . |
| 13 | ‘ Honestly , how they get away with such stuff — it 's bad enough they take a large commission , but to sit on the money as long as they do … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ What happens is that just as they are about to speak , they take a quick breath , ’ explains Angela Caine . |
| 15 | They take a dim view . |
| 16 | As they take a mad look at the madness , a curious sanity emerges through the laughter . |
| 17 | But when money starts to change hands , they take a harder line . |
| 18 | Apparent exceptions to this trend include sites like Chelmsford , with no known stone defences , and Thorpe-by-Newark , where they take a different alignment . |
| 19 | I asked that they take a different route each time , as far as possible , and to occasionally drive him there . |
| 20 | They take a different approach too when describing grand-parent/grandchildren relationships . |
| 21 | Allowed to remain in the cool waters of the pool , they take a considerable time to reappear and fulfil their role , and often fall prey to browsing water snails . |
| 22 | Each member of the group , based in Woodbridge , has an area in which they take a special interest . |
| 23 | Secondly are we going to cave in to French blackmail again and what will it cost us , and thirdly if we 're going to have even more people going to Strasbourg or to Brussels or to anywhere else , is n't it about time we tried to save the people of Britain who are getting more and more worried and concerned and perplexed about E C , particularly in places like Harrow where they take a special interest in public affairs . |
| 24 | They take a realistic approach — Jack says : |