Example sentences of "[vb base] take their " in BNC.
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1 | Here , briefly , I want to take their critique seriously as a way of identifying the issue of value , of resisting the more celebratory aspects of an accommodation to the logic of commodification and consumption , and of recovering some of the ground lost or forfeited by critique . |
2 | If people want to take their pets for walks then they must buy pack animals like dogs , for which group movement is the most natural thing on earth . |
3 | A lot of people who own Gibsons with humbuckers want to take their covers off . |
4 | The person who goes there and basically they want to take their home with them . |
5 | Some like to take their time with an invigorating massage while others opt for a quick once over in the shower . |
6 | Some publications like to take their own shots and others are not illustrated . |
7 | Once they 've , you 've got their clothing off they can probably stand in a shower , but remember to take their boots off or whatever or shoes of because if you do n't they 're going to stand in a , in a dilute solution of whatever it is that 's being absorbed by the skin . |
8 | Several were almost tharn — that is , in that state of staring , glazed paralysis that comes over terrified or exhausted rabbits , so that they sit and watch their enemies — weasels or humans — approach to take their lives . |
9 | The First Wives Club is a book about emasculation ( Goldsmith prefers the word ‘ empowerment ’ ) , a story of three wives , jilted by rich , powerful , selfish , conniving husbands , who decide to take their revenge . |
10 | That £30m bought some £130m of distribution business , and knocking that amount out of the UK market would leave a big hole if all the third party suppliers do take their toys away . |
11 | She believes Scottish schools do take their responsibilities seriously , but that all outdoor activities carry an element of risk , depending on the nature of the activity . |
12 | A full four-hander meant that two girls dressed as policewomen would go into the pub , locate the victim and intimidate him in front of his office cronies , then start taking their clothes off . |
13 | Private home owners in Cleveland have been given leave to take their local authority to court over the contracts . |
14 | The denial can be so strong that faced , for example , with diabetes , they fail to take their diet or their insulin . |
15 | It is clear that the architects intend to take their revenge for years of perceived slights by firmly nailing up the poor old builders . |
16 | ‘ Garry and Maeve intend to take their time in getting it over to him in a way he will understand , ’ said 72-year-old Luise , of Milton Keynes , Bucks , yesterday . |
17 | Then they 'll find we 've taken their money and their presents and left them their pain . |
18 | Since the Tenants Right to Buy was first introduced in 1980 it 's been constantly opposed by Labour and indeed the S L D who 've taken their fat away . |
19 | Yeah I can believe it , there , there , well she said , they 've taken their teeth |
20 | But you 're taking , you 're n you 're not immediately challenging the system but you 've taken their armed forces away |
21 | There are still those who prefer to take their chances in the profession without any formal training . |
22 | The French also like to stay at home and prefer to take their leisure in their own country . |
23 | Dealers who threaten to take their old firm to court sometimes get money due , as well as their P45 tax forms . |
24 | The orthodoxy of educational planning and aid policy is subject to spectacular changes as world politics change , as the advice so confidently given and taken in former years proves not to yield the promised fruit , as old gurus are discredited and new ones rise to take their place . |
25 | From his vantage point through a serving hatch , Auguste watched as the assemble took their seats after a brief prayer intoned by Sir Thomas . |
26 | The same applies to the small quadrant-shaped tiles used for finishing off the junction between baths and tiled walls still available , but in a limited range of colours these days ( sealants and plastic trims have taken their place ) . |
27 | The neutralist and anti-American feelings let loose during the prime ministership of David Lange in 1984–89 have taken their toll : nearly two-thirds of New Zealanders like this stand-offish attitude . |
28 | This is because of the theological stance of some that people who have taken their own lives can not go to heaven , but instead go to hell eternally because the sin is viewed as such a serious one . |
29 | Twenty years of Arthur , her doggedly dull hypochondriac husband , have taken their toll and , in the mood for a dramatic gesture , she books a room in the ghastly hotel where they spent their wedding night with the intention of committing suicide . |
30 | The residents of one housing estate in the north of England have taken their resident pipistrelle bats , several hundred of them , under their metaphorical wing ; holding street-parties ( or at least garage parties ) to pool data . |