Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] to take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concern about skin cancer and the pain caused by overexposure to the sun are reasons enough to take sensible precautions if sunbathing . |
| 2 | The central Asian khanates ( Khiva , Bukhara and Kokand ) did not trust the Russians enough to take their advice on trade routes . |
| 3 | Margaret had admitted Dickie liked him ; I now thought of him as part of the family ; Margaret herself had lowered her resistance enough to take his advice . |
| 4 | The solution to this problem was for Mrs Whitehouse personally to take a private prosecution of the play 's director , Michael Bogdanov . |
| 5 | And since many credit card issuers have introduced an annual charge of around £8 to £12 , it may not be worth getting a credit card just to take on holiday , although there are additional benefits such as travel insurance if you use the card to buy your ticket . |
| 6 | Two of the most famous cars ever to take part in the TT races , Kaye Don 's Lea Francis and Freddie Dixon 's Riley , will be among those taking part . |
| 7 | He stood up and bent his knees slightly to take out the stiffness . |
| 8 | They came months ago to take a picture . |
| 9 | Although the police say violent crime is no worse here than any other town of its size , Cheltenham residents find the escalation in violent crime hard to take . |
| 10 | Dorothea Gilberd had already asked Toby Freely to take over her class in English . |
| 11 | Averages , current form , even physical condition ( puff puff ) are irrelevant with ITB , who has the God-given capacity suddenly to take any game by the scruff of the neck and shape it to his own explosive ends . |
| 12 | However , I 'm leaving work soon to take up fostering teenagers , so this should leave me more time to devote to campaigning . |
| 13 | I had the advantage of working with a wonderful architect , Michael Braun , who contrived areas just to take individual groups , so that each subject was allocated its own space . |
| 14 | I turned round in the tent mouth and sat down with my feet outside to take off my boots . |
| 15 | I 'll ask Michael Colgan now to take us a bit further down a look at the costs . |
| 16 | They have coolers now to take the steam away from them . |
| 17 | We are also forcing the white people in the communities now to take a stand on the whole thing ; they 've always ignored us . |
| 18 | I would hope that by the time we come to the next assembly where there is going to be that there will be an opportunity for the churches , er , at home here to take part in preparing for the next assembly . |
| 19 | We did n't ask them to do Electric House because that would have meant that you 'd got ta have enough lines there to take a bus timing every half an hour because Witton , well every quarter of an hour really . |
| 20 | Such a right of re-entry , which is an express proviso in most legal leases and is implied into all equitable leases , gives the landlord the right literally to take possession of the land . |
| 21 | It 's followed 's Road most of the way but it 's it went different routes some places just to take away a steep . |
| 22 | Since it took so long for Dobson finally to take over in Macclesfield , it may be either that he returned to Stockport as Master from some period or that the Goldsmiths forgot that they had appointed Escolmbe , or that Escolmbe himself never took up his duties . |
| 23 | M&S is the first big retailer to move to Canary Wharf and its announcement yesterday to take space in the building is a boost of confidence for the 71-acre London Docklands project . |
| 24 | M&S is the first big retailer to move to Canary Wharf and its announcement yesterday to take space in the building is a boost of confidence for the 71-acre London Docklands project . |
| 25 | It is also worth noting that Corbridge was the site of what must be one of the earliest archaeological excavations ever to take place in Britain , directed by King John in 1201 when he was seeking treasure . |
| 26 | The many and varied attempts by governments both to take over foreign assets and to set up new state-owned businesses , have seldom been successful . |
| 27 | Despite a Labour Party circular of 12 January 1937 , warning against joint activities with the Communists , the Socialist League decided four years later to take part in a Unity Campaign with the Communist Party and the ILP . |
| 28 | ‘ They have had two years now to take people to court . |
| 29 | Despite these manifold advantages it is often hard to persuade the commercial community even to take an interest in proposals for harmonization affecting their sphere of business , still less to give the proposals their support . |
| 30 | Playwright Alan Ayckbourn will leave Scarborough today to take part in the launch of a revolution . |