Example sentences of "and takes [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With tyres yer pays yer money and takes yer choice . |
| 2 | Moving round the circle , the teacher faces each pupil in turn and takes their hand in a special handshake . |
| 3 | A monstrous box of pastel neon with two huge fountains playing outside the entrance , BCM cost some £5 million to build and takes its name from the owner 's initials — if the club failed , he said , he 'd be buried and it could be his mausoleum . |
| 4 | The acquisition of Martindale-Hubbell has cost the British publisher $303million ( £194million ) and takes its spending on magazines and directories this year to £847million . |
| 5 | Linguistics is the study of language in general , and takes its subject matter from a wide variety of languages . |
| 6 | It seems to me therefore that the free-thinker and the non-Christian can accept , without offence to his convictions , the fact that Christian morals are the basis of the criminal law and that he can recognize , also without taking offence , that without the support of the Churches the moral order , which has its origin in and takes its strength from , Christian beliefs , would collapse . |
| 7 | The unit plugs into the parallel printer port of a PC and takes its supply from the computer . |
| 8 | His character , Roddy Lambert , is involved in a love triangle with two cousins — but the older , plainer Charlotte gets jealous and takes her revenge . |
| 9 | Rainbow says this coolly , but grits her teeth and takes her feelings out on the gearbox . |
| 10 | And takes her troops away , to distract any curious onlookers with free caviare canapes and an armful of promotional leaflets . |
| 11 | She greets Crilly coolly and takes her place on the floor beside Perry . |
| 12 | Roz Scott Huxley at Manchester Computing Centre has also written a user note for SASPAC91 on the Manchester mainframe ; in addition to explaining commands relating to SASPAC91 , it also assumes the user is not familiar with CMS ( the Conversational Monitor System running on the mainframe ) and the XEDIT editor , and takes them step by step through creating a command file , running it interactively , offline or remotely , and collecting the output ( Scott Huxley 1993 ) . |
| 13 | and takes our hearts , our minds , our souls , |
| 14 | Cycling is excellent and takes our body weight off the feet . |
| 15 | So you pays your money and takes your choice ’ |
| 16 | You do n't have to enter in advance and your dog need n't be registered with the Kennel Club — you just turn up , pays your money and takes your chance ! |
| 17 | DLabel has no idea what kind of paper or labels is in your printer , and takes your word for it that the size you specify is correct . |
| 18 | He ends up doing surgery on himself and takes his heart out , listens to it like a clock and throws it to the audience . |
| 19 | WHEN Kevin Cole drives to work he leaves his new Metro GTi behind and takes his wife 's Peugeot 205 diesel . |
| 20 | The lovely Sinita glides by like a panther swathed in loin-cloth , boob tube and boots and takes his eyes with her . |