Example sentences of "he [is] taking [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He does not know he is taking part in a battle . |
2 | Denied the opportunity of supervising a major programme of construction in New York , where the Whitney Museum 's trustees have been unable to agree Michael Graves 's proposal for an extension , he is taking responsibility for the final stages of the conversion , now estimated to cost $35 million , of an ornamental warehouse located on Pittsburgh 's North Side , which will accommodate the museum . |
3 | We can restate Saussure 's argument by saying that he is taking colour terminology as paradigmatic for all language ; just as colour terms impose arbitrary divisions on the continuous spectrum of light waves , so all other words impose arbitrary divisions on the ‘ indefinite plane of jumbled ideas ’ which , without language , would constitute our mental experience . |
4 | At the time of going to press he is taking action but the action has yet to come to trial . |
5 | Yeah if he gets an interview for this job he 's taking day off to do it . |
6 | Now he says he 's taking court action for compensation . |
7 | It was taken from his hotel room in Reading last night , where he 's taking part in the Rothmans Grand Prix Championships . |
8 | They 're the thousand commanders he 's taking south when we go on campaign . |
9 | A charity worker says his social security payments are being stopped because he 's taking aid to Sarajevo . |
10 | Colin 's awa I think he 's , he 's taking kids away for camping and things all next week but I 'll , I 'll try |
11 | Oh , and he 's taking Tarzan for a walk ! |
12 | but did somebody else say to me that he 's taking action against the Scottish Office |
13 | So he 's taking people up on regular flights over the Gloucestershire countryside . |
14 | No , but he will do the preparatory work and he 's taking photographs now for us , that can be blown up for display purposes and he 's linking with marinas to find equipment so |