Example sentences of "[prep] take their " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after taking their patients to hospital , the six ambulancemen involved were all suspended without pay for refusing to work normally . |
| 2 | And a study of a large group of Scottish secondary school leavers , surveyed after taking their ‘ Highers ’ , found that ‘ the most common single method of study was ‘ exercises , worked examples , proses , translations ’ ( 73% ) followed by ‘ having notes dictated to you in class ’ ( 60% ) ' . |
| 3 | Visitors paid two shillings per week each to walk several circuits of these paths after taking their curative waters . |
| 4 | Nomura Securities , Nikko Securities , Daiwa Securities and Yamaichi Securities were accused by the national tax authorities of having attempted to conceal the fact that they had made compensation payments to certain large clients who had made losses after taking their investment advice . |
| 5 | After taking their bows the cast met Princess Margaret backstage . |
| 6 | Hardly anybody else about except the schoolteachers ever thought of taking their children to the sea . ’ |
| 7 | In Japan , the custom of taking their shoes off everywhere , sitting on the floor to eat , and having an elaborate tea ceremony at every port of call , finally cracked her up . |
| 8 | By the time students reach the stage of taking their final examinations , most of them know their subject pretty well . |
| 9 | Prison official David Seary , who is hoping to introduce the scheme next year at Birmingham 's Winson Green Jail , said : ‘ Young inmates can become depressed , even to the point of taking their own lives . |
| 10 | HUMORIST Dave Barry has just published a book which anyone thinking of taking their holidays in America might want to read . |
| 11 | This principle was extended to civil servants who had the alternative remedy of taking their complaints to an industrial tribunal . |
| 12 | For Isabella Beeton , a people 's ‘ way of taking their meals , as well as their way of treating women ’ were marks of civilization . |
| 13 | The securities scandal , which broke in June [ see p. 38292 ] , centred upon the discovery that the Nomura , Nikko , Daiwa and Yamaichi securities houses had made compensation payments to important clients who had suffered financial losses as a result of taking their investment advice . |
| 14 | Teesdale cattle farmers now face the more expensive journeys of taking their steers to Darlington , Bishop Auckland and Tow Law . |
| 15 | Eleven members of the Democratic Progressive party elected to the National Assembly have been barred from taking their seats because they will not take an oath of loyalty to the Republic of China ( the official name for Taiwan ) , only to the Republic of Taiwan . |
| 16 | Commenting upon the results of the survey , Richard Young , well known for his images of the Royals , commented : ‘ As long as the Royal subject is in full public view and the photographer is not doing anything he should n't , like trespassing , there is no reason at all why the press should be banned from taking their photograph . |
| 17 | So Hanson went ahead and brought in outside touring companies that offered simple sets , and a cast of up to ten people , who could stage a place that found its own level in front of people who did n't think twice about live theatre apart from taking their youngsters to the pantomime at Christmas . |
| 18 | In their early twenties , before taking their Finals , they were already worried about their pensions , and their wife 's pension . |
| 19 | All beginners are required to master the first kata before taking their first grading examination . |
| 20 | The chiefs of each detachment galloped up to the tent , dismounted and bowed to the ground before taking their places in the Empress 's circle , which grew larger every moment , a brilliant mass of gold and colour . |
| 21 | Over 95 per cent of graduates in agriculture obtain employment before the end of the year in which they graduate and most students have offers of jobs before taking their final exams . |
| 22 | Having said all of this my experience with patients is that very few of them persist in taking their LM remedy until they begin to prove it and who can blame them ! |
| 23 | Others have had difficulty in taking their departments with them . |
| 24 | ( By the way , in case they happen to be reading this , my apologies to Phillip , Mary , Harold and Henry for taking their names in vain ! ) |
| 25 | As a general rule , residents should be considered responsible for taking their own medicines , but some may be administered by care assistants under the supervision of senior staff . |
| 26 | The difference might be made up through charges to local councils for taking their rubbish away . |
| 27 | Nationalist , they blame Labour for that for taking their votes away , mm |
| 28 | On the other hand , my own feeling would be very much that schools have to prepare children for taking their life in the community and the community is mixed sex , it 's not single sex , so I have a slight aversion to single sex institutions . |
| 29 | ‘ We park on the road , which is convenient , and usually people are very good about taking their turn to get into an empty space . |
| 30 | Many parents are becoming increasingly uneasy about taking their children to see ‘ animals in cages ’ . |