Example sentences of "[adv] take [noun pl] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This situation applies to everyone actually digging on a site , so as there may be anything between one and 100 people all constantly taking decisions in this way , there exists a large potential for error . |
| 2 | I would no longer take sides with any party … which is my position up to the present day ’ . |
| 3 | Elizabeth knew that George was right : she could not take chances with this pregnancy . |
| 4 | William Whitelaw and his Whips did not take sides in any outward way . |
| 5 | But it could also be used to their advantage in that how that erm absolute egalitarianism would speed up the process of land reform and eliminate feudalism whereas a moderate policy would just take ages for this to happen , so |
| 6 | I 'm not saying that 's right , but he took it upon himself to say ‘ You 're not taking liberties with any of our lads . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I could say without doubt that this lady would have been alive today if she had not taken drugs at that party . ’ |
| 8 | The Scheme had already taken steps in this direction for new employees but had no plans to equalize the NRAs of existing members . |
| 9 | In first and second years students normally take courses in both disciplines , together with an appropriate outside course such as Computer Science or Mathematics . |
| 10 | Other teachers and other girls were forever taking fancies to each other , but there was something strangely eccentric about Mrs Hill 's fancy , just as her whole position in the school was eccentric . |
| 11 | They usually take pupils from several ‘ feeder ’ comprehensives without sixth forms in the area . |
| 12 | We did n't even take fingerprints in those days . |
| 13 | Something is n't quite working : this body I 'm in wo n't take orders from this will of mine . |
| 14 | Neighbourhood police are supposed to spend as much time as possible per shift walking their beat , even taking tea-breaks at some appropriate place on the round , returning to the station only for their main meal break and when a criminal , such as a shoplifter , is apprehended , although this is rare . |
| 15 | Please take photocopies of this form before filling it in if you are going to collect lots of sponsors . |
| 16 | An interesting recent suggestion is that ITN and TV-AM ( currently non-ITN serviced ) should merge , or at least take stakes in each other . |
| 17 | There seemed nowhere to take discussions of these dilemmas except to the conferences ' lesbian workshops , where they took up almost all the time . |
| 18 | ‘ But we never takes things like this lightly , so everyone was taken off the aircraft so it could be searched , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ We never takes things like this lightly , so everyone was taken off the aircraft so it could be searched , ’ the airline spokesman said . |
| 20 | The thing is that we can design a string , try it out and decide we like it , but Norman can actually take pictures of that sound so we can file it , compare it with the results from other strings and start to understand why we like that particular one . |
| 21 | Nobody stopped us , our only witnesses were dozens of American tourists , all solemnly taking photos of this ethnic curiosity . |
| 22 | in fact the local paper actually took photographs on that basis , and they grouped them by |