Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] taking a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having stressed the problems , it is perhaps worth taking a look at the advantages . |
| 2 | It is perhaps worth taking a minute or two to invite the Secretary of State to answer those arguments in his reply and to explain how they have been overcome in the new council tax system . |
| 3 | He went down without taking a degree and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1770 . |
| 4 | Ultimately it must come down to taking a view of what effect it has had on the standard of living of her people . |
| 5 | So by taking a trip back nearly three hundred years we could say that we have covered the pre-modern world thoroughly enough . |
| 6 | Many practices are worried that only by taking a fund can they retain some independence from what they fear may be increasingly arbitrary or incomplete control by the family health services authority or its eventual successor . |
| 7 | Just by taking a test drive in any model from the award-winning Citroën BX range at your local Citroën dealer you can book yourself and your partner into one of over 300 superb hotels in England and France ( including the Riverside Country House Hotel in Ashford-in-the-Water , as featured ) for a 3-day break courtesy of Citroën . |
| 8 | The 23-year-old was on as early as the eighth minute when Andy Myers hobbled off after taking a knock . |
| 9 | But when the portents continued to gather that autumn , and ruling the kingdom grew further and further from the planned exercise it had been and more like taking a fleet out in freakish , untoward weather , there was a change in Thorfinn as well : the extra swiftness , the finer edge , the sharper zest created by danger . |
| 10 | Bleary-eyed actor David Threlfall had n't even time to shave yesterday before taking a bow with his screen princess , Serena Scott Thomas . |
| 11 | Every cat owner knows the moment when a pet approaches a new dish of food , sniffs it , and then stalks off without taking a bite . |
| 12 | Former US president Ronald Reagan followed the Queen 's lead yesterday by taking a train to London after speaking in Oxford . |
| 13 | It was hoped that people would not be made worse off by taking a job ( the unemployment trap ) , nor would they lose money when their gross pay rose ( the poverty trap ) , due to the loss of means-tested benefits in each case . |
| 14 | Hammond changed his status from professional to amateur partly through taking a directorship of a tyre company in 1938 — he liked to drive fast cars — and was then selected to captain England . |
| 15 | It 's also worth taking a look at French self-catering specialist Touralp 's brochure ( 071-602 1952 ) . |
| 16 | He was clad in a short towelling robe , and his hair was damp , and he was clearly on his way back from taking a shower when , on her way to carry out her own ablutions , she passed him in the sitting-room . |
| 17 | ‘ And when you came back from taking a party of tourists round Paris , it was to find it had been demolished , ’ he concluded quietly . |
| 18 | PLO LEADER Yasser Arafat 's mainstream Fatah movement ended its third meeting in three days early today without taking a decision on a self-rule accord with Israel , a senior PLO official said . |
| 19 | This could be by employing techniques such as ‘ auric control ’ , ‘ nature attunement ’ , or simply by taking a shower and a dose of Dr Bach 's Rescue Remedy ( see page 121 ) . |
| 20 | After some weeks , instead of taking a sleeping pill she decided to lie awake and feel what her body was telling her . |
| 21 | Instead of taking a Gadarene rush at this important matter of the reform of local government finance , the Government should have taken more time . |
| 22 | Instead of taking a detour , I decided it would be fun to pass through the flood , and drove towards it . |
| 23 | It consisted principally of taking a urine sample ( 54% , 163 ) , referral to a specialist ( 42% , 127 ) , and the prescribing of medication ( 36% , 109 ) . |
| 24 | Now Keith and his wife , Joan , are looking forward to taking a holiday in Devon and Cornwall . |
| 25 | She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap . |
| 26 | It might not happen , but it is never worth taking a chance . |