Example sentences of "takes [adv prt] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eyes light up , the conversation becomes more intense , team spirit takes on all the zeal of an ideology , facts flow , and one ends up getting the impression of being a part of … a Great Dawn . |
| 2 | At the ‘ buying ’ stage the department takes on all the roles of the critical customer , including complaining loudly , if the quality is n't sufficiently high . |
| 3 | Takes over half the road , it does — the traffic gets held up . ’ |
| 4 | Defence now takes up half the frequency spectrum , with broadcasting and telecommunications using a large slice . |
| 5 | cos it , cos it like takes up half the tape anyway |
| 6 | That 's what you want , a decent endowment , it takes out all the fluctuations , and er the they 've big reserves , and of course the minute the endowment starts to look a bit poorer , it 's switch back to P E Ps , course I 've always said that P E Ps were a good idea , and the charges are much better now than they were , and I 'm just thinking of the poor chap that 's read the paper two years ago , over his tea and toast on a Sunday and thought mhm good idea , I 'll take an endowment , and two years later it 's the same person saying aha , no , pretty bad news an endowment . |