Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] to take [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you want me to take another look ? ’ |
| 2 | Well do you want me to take some straw in ? |
| 3 | I tried smaller hooks and baits ; lighter leads ; finer lines ; a lighter , or no bite indicator ; and opening the bale-arm of the reel and allowing them to take several yards of line before striking . |
| 4 | The University seeks to include in its courses activities which promote enterprising qualities in its students by encouraging them to take more responsibility for their own learning , setting their own goals and targets through personal assessment and career planning . |
| 5 | To enable them to take all client groups , accommodation standards will be higher than those set down in the registration criteria . |
| 6 | Then glancing at Agnes , she said , ‘ Aggie asked me to take some towels across to the house for the people coming in tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | As far as APEX is concerned they are OK up to a point but they just want to follow the legal procedures and we want them to take some kind of militant action . |
| 8 | If you do n't get a job , I will get a job for the time being and you want me to take some money off your bill , you can get rid of some of that rubbish out in that fucking shed , in the back of that van |
| 9 | Second , by pooling their financial resources , the merging companies may enjoy better creditworthiness and access to cheaper borrowing , enabling them to take more risks and finance larger research projects . |
| 10 | It also stated that ‘ 90 per cent of the respondents indicated that their experience in the programme had helped them to see more clearly the forces at work in their lives and had in fact helped them to take more control over their lives ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ I want you to take that money from Bella 's house . ’ |
| 12 | I want you to take another look at that new Carefree proposal — the duty-free airport shops . |
| 13 | I want you to take this neck and make it a neck-through-body Strat-style guitar . ’ |
| 14 | On 15 December , Fhimah made a note in his diary , reminding himself to take some Air Malta luggage tags from the airport . |
| 15 | So I told him to take these tablets and says if he felt no better he 'd better get to doctors , well he did n't even move out of bed , apart from summat to eat |
| 16 | He broke two of my teeth extracting them but he says they 're out clean , when I told him to take another X-ray of it . |
| 17 | They tell him to take another wife . |
| 18 | Erm , what I 've done is I 've asked for quotes from three companies er to see how much work , how much it 'll cost us to take this action . |
| 19 | And the way that the Government has reduced the provision it makes for higher education erm is that it is has so far erm kept us with the same amount of resources while expecting us to take more students . |
| 20 | In discussions with me , representatives of all the major brewing companies have admitted that the orders did not force them to take those actions against the tenants . |
| 21 | In a few areas local government agencies took some steps to tackle this problem , but real progress did not come until central government gave local authorities powers to act effectively , and also required them to take such action . |
| 22 | You may not be able to reconcile differences but you will have gained further insights into the perceptions that others have of the school and maintained the personal caring touch ; and the discussion may well encourage you to take another look at your policy for encouraging complaints . |
| 23 | Your religion allow you to take another wife without repudiating Empress Farah Diba . " |
| 24 | It seemed unlikely that the undertaker had troubled sufficiently about those who survived him to take such precautions , but no one could speak with confidence of what had passed through the mind of this man whose deepest preoccupations seemed to be represented by a few scored lines in a medical book and a little bundle of poems . |
| 25 | According to Eadmer , it was a small incident which opened Anselm 's eyes to the true state of affairs , and made him realize that the king would in no circumstances allow him to take any action beyond the routine of his episcopal duties . |
| 26 | Indeed , and to allow them to take that sort of action that they feel allows them , or enables them to express what they 're feelings are , but to assume that they can take the sort of action that we as adults have not been able to take , i.e. to find different ways and more mature ways of resolving conflicts is putting expectations on children that we as adults have n't been able to achieve ourselves . |
| 27 | We have to allow them to take some decisions within our decision , I think , but I 'm sure they 'll take your point anyway . |
| 28 | Er , and if your Lordship is happy to do that then I can open it now and indicate what the case is about and invite you to take some time . |
| 29 | And er they used to get them to take these pills they said and they used to drink a bottle of gin , keep drinking gin . |
| 30 | I 'm your mother and I forbid you to take that tone with me . |