Example sentences of "[prep] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | After taking the cigarette ( an important prop in this speech ) Arthur changes tack . |
| 2 | Problems have arisen despite this year 's cash for the NHS appearing , when it was announced last November , to allow for real growth for the first time in years , even after taking into account inevitable pressures such as the rising number of elderly people . |
| 3 | Dilip Vengsarkar , who lost the captaincy after taking part in an unauthorised tour of North America , has also been included in the squad . |
| 4 | After taking on water and supplies , she returned to regular duties within 24 hours . |
| 5 | Bobby Robson received further encouragement when Stuart Pearce , the Nottingham Forest captain reported fit after taking part in the 3-3 Littlewoods draw at Huddersfield . |
| 6 | The domestic Burmese flight was hijacked shortly after taking off from Mergui in southern Burma , bound for Rangoon . |
| 7 | Woman died after taking ‘ ecstasy ’ at acid house party |
| 8 | AN ACID house fan died when she collapsed in a fit and suffered liver failure after taking a single ‘ ecstasy ’ tablet , an inquest was told yesterday . |
| 9 | Collette Margaret McCarthy , 21 , a receptionist , never recovered consciousness and , despite a liver transplant , died on 16 August , 16 days after taking the amphetamine-based hallucinogen , Southwark Coroner 's Court in south London was told . |
| 10 | Last March , an acid house partygoer in Surrey collapsed and died after taking two ecstasy tablets . |
| 11 | The costs of running the Welfare Homes , after taking into account accommodation fees and sundry receipts , were £622,478 for Sussexdown and £129,642 for Richard Peck . |
| 12 | In the very year when , after taking British citizenship and joining the Church of England , he wrote the famous ‘ Preface ’ to For Lancelot Andrewes ( dedicated to Eliot 's mother ) , Eliot was recalling his own childhood in his introductory remarks to This American World , and his days at Fishermen 's Corner in Gloucester . |
| 13 | A classic example was when he found himself at the centre of media and national attention after taking over the chairmanship of the troubled Westland Group in June 1985 . |
| 14 | Silver , a schoolmate of Hockney at Bradford grammar , sold the young artist 's paintings through the chain of clothes shops he established in the North after taking his A levels . |
| 15 | Derby v Manchester City Derby could do with a win after taking only one point from their last three League games . |
| 16 | Diego Maradona , the only player in Italy to earn more than Gullit , played in Napoli 's Uefa Cup third-round home leg against Werder Bremen yesterday after taking painkillers for a back injury , but was largely ineffective as his side lost 3-2 . |
| 17 | But after taking their patients to hospital , the six ambulancemen involved were all suspended without pay for refusing to work normally . |
| 18 | Girl , 16 , died after taking single tablet of Ecstasy . |
| 19 | A16-year-old girl became Britain 's first fatal victim of the drug Ecstasy after taking only one tablet of it in a night club , an inquest in Manchester heard yesterday . |
| 20 | Mr Andrew Lockley , head of the society 's legal practice directorate , said : ‘ The present text of the advertisements was settled after taking very careful advice . |
| 21 | Mr Prescott said yesterday that separate DoT assessments for new transport facilities in London had assumed increases — after taking account of inflation — in southern rail and Tube fares of more than 40 per cent in the next 10-15 years . |
| 22 | He stopped payments to the Fund shortly after taking office in 1985 , as part of a unilateral policy to restrict payments on Peru 's $18billion foreign debt , which stands at 10 per cent of export earnings . |
| 23 | In his ministerial programme submitted to parliament for the deputies ' vote of confidence on December 30 , Mr Badran said his government will study the legal and economic effects of martial law after taking steps to return suspended passports , restore the elected boards to the three Arabic dailies and abolish a previous martial law order to dissolve the Jordanian Writers Association . |
| 24 | After taking a degree in economics he joined the Sheffield Telegraph , moving to the Manchester Guardian in 1960 . |
| 25 | Last week , seven months after taking office , Mr Fujimori therefore reshuffled his cabinet . |
| 26 | The vice-president , Salvador Laurel , would love to take over from Mrs Aquino , with whom he fell out soon after taking office . |
| 27 | Willis had one of his inspired days and , after taking four wickets in the first innings , went one better this time , with 5 for 65 . |
| 28 | Shortly after taking up his post , he addressed a Parliamentary Labour Party fringe meeting on Northern Ireland at the 1987 conference in Brighton . |
| 29 | Specific weight was 68kg/hl off the combine , improving the 72kg/hl after taking out 1.5% screenings over a 2mm screen . |
| 30 | After taking over from Ken Brown in the winter of 1987 he guided the club to unexpected heights . |