Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [conj] take [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I even intended to gather up the sleeping bundle in my arms and take it away from this dreadful precipice . |
| 2 | Now what I want to do in this lecture is to finish off the er introductory part of my , of my remarks and take us up to the point where beginning at twelve o'clock the real part , the real er core of this course begins when we start to look at social theory . |
| 3 | It was on a Friday night and I had packed my suitcases and taken them around to Rachel 's house so her dad could stack them on top of the car . |
| 4 | She would grit her teeth and take everything he threw at her — for the time being . |
| 5 | Rainbow says this coolly , but grits her teeth and takes her feelings out on the gearbox . |
| 6 | ‘ The basic idea is that you jump towards them , scoop up their legs and take them down hard , ’ she explained . |
| 7 | This would involve a small bus ferrying disabled shoppers from their homes and taking them into the heart of the town before returning them direct to their front door . |
| 8 | Then she slung Griselda 's cat around her shoulders and took her broomstick from its place against the wall . |
| 9 | Bees collect it in great baskets on their thighs and take it back to their hives for immediate consumption or for turning into pollen bread which is an essential food for their developing young . |
| 10 | His firm prick forced her to open her lips and take him into her mouth . |
| 11 | In the pool of silence which fell between them Laura raised her eyes and took her first good , clear look at the man she had married , and whom she had n't seen for so many years . |
| 12 | Opo would ease between her legs and take her for rides . |
| 13 | It seems a couple of them came out here a time or two , asked a few questions , shrugged their shoulders and took themselves off . ’ |
| 14 | Conscious that it was operating in an extremely competitive market which faced the possible de-regulation of traditional milk marketing boards , this East-Kilbride-based family company opted in 1988 for a radical marketing strategy to change its fortunes and take it from a West of Scotland dairy company to a major force . |
| 15 | They will want to be sure that you are prepared to give your time to care for the children , that you will provide for all their needs and take them out regularly , and that you really do like small children ! |
| 16 | I filled up cardboard boxes with its contents and took them down to the local charity shop . |
| 17 | Terrified that Nick would say no , he was n't happy at all , and that their mother would get out of the train and go back to the house and pack their things and take them away . |
| 18 | They moved to cheaper hotels where they were not supposed to have food in their rooms but took it in turns to get breakfast and hide tiny stoves in the wardrobes while waving the cooking fumes out of the window . |
| 19 | One holistic therapist I know , always asks her patients when taking their history , ‘ And when did you decide to die ? ’ |
| 20 | Alan wrapped one of his cot blankets round his shoulders and took him to the kitchen to make a drink . |
| 21 | After opening the applicant should call his witnesses and take them through their evidence-in-chief ( but see Chapter 6 , 7 on the use of written statements ) . |
| 22 | By the mid-1930s such ‘ option ’ arrangements were characteristic of private sector provision also ; it was for the male breadwinner alone to decide whether he would so provide for his dependants or take his full pension on retirement . |
| 23 | Good passenger-carrying capacity is vital as far as Peaks is concerned because the Shogun is used to pick up some of his employees and take them to work . |
| 24 | Well , it would be kinda fun to suck your fingers and take me a mouth-walk on the planet of your palms … |
| 25 | We 'd go on our bikes and take our lunch . |
| 26 | We must grit our teeth and take what is handed out . |
| 27 | The mind can generate its own creative images and it will show us colours and visions that will bewilder our eyes and take us to regions beyond the schemata , where words no longer have meaning . |
| 28 | This form of prayer , then , gathers up all our experiences and takes them to the King of Kings , and we think about them in his presence — all the hurts , all the joys , all that stops us becoming the kind of persons we feel called to be . |
| 29 | It is incumbent upon all hill users to respect the environment in which we pursue our pastimes and to take our rubbish with us . |
| 30 | There were three soldiers for every nun ; they tied our hands and took us to a small room , two soldiers pushing each nun . |