Example sentences of "to take [adj] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was a prediction that was to take half a century to be fulfilled — with Leeds United . |
| 2 | The Revenue is centralising its cases on this point at claims branch and of course the value to the Revenue of fighting these cases is far greater than the value to individual taxpayers ; on the other hand , the financial risk for the individual taxpayer of being the first to take such a case before the Special Commissioners or higher , would be extremely high . |
| 3 | She looked at me unsmiling and I opened my mouth to protest that I was the last person in the world to take such a thing for granted , that I was the only person in the world who held a low opinion of sexual experience . |
| 4 | Make me understand why you 're willing to take such a risk for the sake of a story . ’ |
| 5 | Naturally she had not wanted to go out with him , but both her mother and father stressed how nice it was of him to take such an interest in the fact that she was going off to university and wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat . |
| 6 | He has been working well recently and looks sure to take all the beating in an uncompetitive contest . |
| 7 | Over the past few months we 've been advising you to take all the hype about the death of the 386 with a generous pinch of salt . |
| 8 | Glasgow and Birmingham are anxious to take all the work for Regional Railways . |
| 9 | It was wicked of her to take all the love without paying for it . |
| 10 | Nisbet , the 25-year-old full-back , refused to take all the credit on the strength of his contribution to the victory over the Belgians . |
| 11 | Now we used to clean the bottom up cos used to be a big boiler in the dredger and erm we used to close down every six weeks , which they used to call blow the boiler down , that mean that they open the valve and the heat used to take all the water into the river , so er , that used to be blown down Friday night , come Saturday morning we 'd start at six o'clock and chip all the fur off inside the boiler , cos the boiler was made with all and what we call the crown , that used to be the two furnaces , cos they 're double the big boiler were a double furnace and we had to chip all that fur off them , well it used to take us now from six o'clock in the morning or say seven when we got there had to go down the tug and er go down the tug and erm , then we go aboard and strip off . |
| 12 | We do n't wish to because it is not financially sensible for an organization which is cash rich to take all the money to the bank . |
| 13 | She had to take all the money in his wallet , she explained , because her ‘ business manager ’ would beat her up if she did n't turn in the profits . |
| 14 | This can take many forms , but the idea is that part of it is strapped around your backside ; this prevents the hook from riding up and allows you to take all the weight of the rig by sitting . |
| 15 | To take first the question of the traditional list , one finds that the neatly-dovetailed listing of Muftis developed by the authors of the later Turkish tradition conceals serious confusion amongst earlier authors in respect of the true facts . |