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 .
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