Example sentences of "to take [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interviewed by the Irish Independent , she said : ‘ Any man would be mad to take me on with all these children . |
| 2 | ‘ A number of invitations have been outstanding for some time , and people just chose to take them up at this stage , ’ one said . |
| 3 | However , delegates from the Black Consciousness Movement ( BCM ) failed to endorse the resolutions which had been hammered out in hours of debate and decided instead to take them back for further discussions by its supporters . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd like to take you up on that offer . ’ |
| 5 | The first I knew of this was when , seeing his bollard shape through the wrought-iron railings , my old humiliator Holland turned to me and said , placing predictably his malicious emphasis , ‘ There 's your ‘ guardian ’ , Wharton , come to take you off for some wanky-wanky , as usual . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd like to take you back to one or two more aspects of your actual work on the railways . |
| 7 | I was never able to take him up on this kindness , alas , since he and half the drugs squad were themselves arrested a few days later . |
| 8 | So much good did it do them to take him up to that heathen place in Naas . |
| 9 | He had never been with a man who wanted to take him out at three in morning and stand him up against a wall in a dark street and jerk him off , not because there was nowhere else to go , but for the pleasure of doing it like that ; he had never done it again and again with one body . |
| 10 | He was quick , she noticed , to take her up on any casual remark and supposed that his interest in other people 's affairs and their reactions had something to do with the novelist in him . |
| 11 | Now as soon as you 've got a minus X and you 're trying to take it over to one side , and you 're trying to bring the other one over , there 's a good chance that something 's going |
| 12 | Claudia stared at him blankly , unable to take it in for several minutes , and when she did she cried out and launched herself at him , her hands raised . |
| 13 | It has no right to be there and if you will take my advice you will tell Frank Coven to take it out of that window and back to the bank as fast as he can . ’ |
| 14 | Will he also introduce training schemes to put the United Kingdom back where it was before we had a Tory Government and to take it out of this recession ? |
| 15 | And when there is stress in other areas of life it is all too easy to take it out on those closest to you . |
| 16 | To take us up on this unusual opportunity , simply call us , toll free , at the number shown , or mail the reservation application below . |
| 17 | Instead , some crumbled , some caused fear and crime and many led to isolation hundreds of feet up above the rest of the town , But back in 1952 something needed to be done to take us out of Victorian and Edwardian accommodation and into the second half of the 20th century . |
| 18 | Given that the second Tory recession is set to cost 550,000 manufacturing jobs and 100,000 companies and is set to put the United Kingdom at the bottom of the European Community league table on under-investment and employment in 1992 , will the right hon. Gentleman now admit that urgent action is needed to boost employment in Britain to take us out of this situation ? |