Example sentences of "[verb] to take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first was a pang of sorrowing sympathy with the bereaved and weeping parents ; but this was quickly succeeded by a thrill of holy joy that the lovely flower , which was just permitted to take a glimpse of earth , was so soon removed from all earthly contamination ! |
| 2 | Metro Saverstrip — only for journeys in West Yorkshire ; Metro DayRover — you can get as far as Manchester with this if you 're elderly or disabled and are permitted to take a dog or other authorized companion . |
| 3 | In March 1986 outside firms were permitted to take a 100% stake in Stock Exchange member firms . |
| 4 | There are those , however , who find it objectionable that one person should ever be permitted to take the life of another . |
| 5 | The government was the first to do without an incomes policy , and the absence of ‘ norms ’ or ‘ targets ’ for incomes in nearly twenty years helped to take the issue of wages out of politics . |
| 6 | They are well-endowed with pockets : two zipped at the back ( giving double thickness to the seat ) , one of which has a side opening to take a map but too narrow for an OS map . |
| 7 | A CRAZED donkey nearly tore the arm off an eight-year-old boy as he stopped to take a holiday snap . |
| 8 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 9 | The critic necessarily has to take a manifesto into account . |
| 10 | The rewards are bigger than ever , which means that everyone — governing bodies , teachers , coaches , press and TV — has to take a positive anti-drug stance . |
| 11 | A person with impaired hearing has to take a lot more strain than people with normal hearing . |
| 12 | ‘ The public interest has to take a much wider view than that . ’ |
| 13 | If one has to take a view of the balance between the reinforce-and-stick-with-it , or the cut-your-loss schools , I think I tend to favour the cut-your-loss brigade . |
| 14 | To cope with this , the father has to take a very active part in housekeeping and child-rearing , violating traditional conceptions of gender roles . |
| 15 | It has to be extended on either side of the stream , so he has to take a note of the timber required . |
| 16 | However , he has to take a complete rest for the next few weeks . |
| 17 | John Thaw himself hates beer , so it 's a real performance when he has to take a pint . |
| 18 | well all other sport has to take a back seat this week … there 's only game to follow that 's racing … only one place to be Cheltenham … and Central South is here racing gold … |
| 19 | But she still has to take a daily cocktail of drugs . |
| 20 | She has to take a taxi everywhere . |
| 21 | ‘ Terry Yorath has to take a lot of credit . |
| 22 | ‘ Basically , someone has to take a stand now otherwise all the single-teacher schools in the Borders could go in a very short time , ’ declared the association chairman , Annmarie Crowe , of St Abbs , yesterday . |
| 23 | or someone has to take a , a bi a co company has to take a big lot off . |
| 24 | or someone has to take a , a bi a co company has to take a big lot off . |
| 25 | She wants companionship but , in order to achieve that , she has to take the risk of trusting someone else and take the risk of getting hurt . |
| 26 | It has to take the initiative in building up the collection , and not rely on librarians remembering to send new material . |
| 27 | Someone has to take the Ariadne home again , remember ? |
| 28 | The result is that , by and large , the fiscal has to take the case as the police have presented it ; he does not seize the opportunity to come into direct contact with the investigation and has little chance of finding out what the police have ignored . |
| 29 | Even then , such is Peter 's Jewish prejudice , the Holy Spirit has to take the initiative in falling upon Cornelius and his company before ever Peter had got round to making any appeal to repentance , faith and baptism ( 10:44f ) . |
| 30 | There are situations , like the operational one that the police find themselves in , where an individual has to take the lead . |