Example sentences of "take [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well there was no division between the , the , well if I might say so , when the there was a fire took place in Brothers in the early sixties and it was an awful unfortunate thing .
2 During this time , such services as there were took place behind locked doors .
3 Hm , hm , oh yeah , I , I could , erm , he 's , he 's a , they were , they were took hostage .
4 but I 've just took number five out and put it back in box , cos it tells you number five , number three
5 Yes , well the new act , in fact , extends the previous provisions up to the age of nineteen , and also takes provision back before erm school age .
6 Cho choosing words in if if you think of a parallel with blacksmith , a blacksmith takes base metal and sort of bends it and shapes it to the appropriate shape .
7 The poor boy , who resembles Philip Roth , tells the story in which he takes part , and does so in a manner that can be considered uncontroversial .
8 Television is the means through which the bulk of the public ‘ takes part ’ in sport .
9 On the porch a notice announces that the occupier takes part in the neighbourhood watch scheme , despite which Emecheta opens the door without checking , providing the first feeling of welcome in the slough of despond .
10 The most cynical argument , of course , for the soft approach is that if Mr Mann takes part in the election and triumphantly declares Punjab 's independence , the federal government can sack him and resume rule from New Delhi .
11 There must be a direct line of accountability from the man in the street , via his MP who is accountable to his constituents , to the minister who takes part in the Council of Ministers and the government , who are accountable to parliament .
12 She becomes drawn into the business dealings of the Countess , a New York cosmetics tycoon , in the course of which she travels to the Rubber Rose Ranch , a Dakota health spa , and takes part in a revolt by the cowgirls .
13 In 1984 , 59 takes part in a joint Circular Tour with a vintage Ribble bus , via Fleetwood , Knott End and Poulton .
14 For example , vitamin C takes part in the manufacture of corticosteroids from cholesterol .
15 ( i ) Environmental Studies in which the child learns more about his or her environment and actually takes part in activities such as gardening and home science which help to control it and make it productive .
16 He is an enthusiastic member of Chichester Water Ski Club , and regularly takes part in competitions .
17 Censorship is an unprofessional act , and anyone who deliberately calls for and takes part in censorship has no place in the profession .
18 No one takes part in offensive
19 Harriet works for a time in a ‘ gown-shop ’ and takes part in the rather gruesome beauty treatment of the other ‘ sales-ladies ’ .
20 Today she takes part in the only amateur contest of the week , The Young Showjumpers Award .
21 It also takes part in the ecumenical National Retreat Association which through its National Retreat Centre offers resources , information and an annual magazine called Vision which gives information about retreats and retreat houses .
22 Poststructuralism , which in its own way also takes part in that history of Western Marxism , differs only insofar as it foregrounds the implications of the theoretical difficulties involved rather than repressing them in pursuit of the unrealized ideal .
23 But at the same time he refuses Derrida 's equation of historicity with difference as such , instead reformulating his former thesis so that now history itself takes part in the epistemic shifts that he traces .
24 Each department takes part in a six monthly review of its teaching quality based on the diary records , and Dr Pearson thinks that eventually the school would be able to move teaching contracts to where the good teaching is .
25 WACC takes part in jury at Cannes
26 What is clear , however , is that any trial , whether or not Mr. Osman takes part , will be long and complex ; more so even than the Carrian trial .
27 This principle may be infringed when a member of a board takes part in the granting or the rejection of an application for a licence in which he has a personal interest .
28 They tend not to explore what difference it makes who takes part in the public-policy process , or else they assume that the beneficiaries of public policy can simply be " read-off " from information about group participation because of uncomplicated assumptions about all groups being able to participate in order to advance their own interest .
29 When a certain degree of proficiency has been reached , a student takes part in free fighting with a partner .
30 Takes part in
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