Example sentences of "take [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went upstairs , had a wash then took my place at the dining table . |
| 2 | " Yes " He takes my hat from the ground and puts it on my head . |
| 3 | ‘ I usually travel with an assistant from my management company and she does the same so we look a fine pair , both of us sitting there with dozens of jars in front of us , but it does the trick ; it takes my mind off the fact that we are 30,000 feet in the air at the time . |
| 4 | Apart from anything else , that takes my mind off the wombat of Stoke Newington and his tufty little dormitory . |
| 5 | But a few hundred enthusiasts were all that was needed to make these dirty little flying mice a protected species , free to flit and , well , leave droppings , wherever it takes their fancy under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act . |
| 6 | Where the European issue is concerned , the weakness of this overly consensual approach is underlined by the fact that the Foreign Affairs committee ( which has a sub-committee on European affairs ) takes its instructions from the Foreign Ministry . |
| 7 | Bilek , Moravcik and Skuhravy look like giving their attack a cutting edge , they qualified without much difficulty and if the team takes its cue from the state of the country anything might happen . |
| 8 | It is therefore vital that there be some concept of inheritance , whereby a chunk takes its properties from the chunk that linked to it . |
| 9 | The ‘ Jay Yang ’ range takes its inspiration from the Far East with traditional floral designs with striking background colours creating the drama of the Eastern world . |
| 10 | THE scheme takes its inspiration from the new street furniture and public spaces in Barcelona and , more generally , from the Deconstructionist look fashionable in schools of architecture and design in recent years . |
| 11 | It takes its inspiration from the Eastern idea of nirvana , ‘ a few drops of serenity ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Every idea which is held in the mind takes its origin from the senses … [ it ] either comes through the senses , or is formed from those which come through the senses . ’ |
| 13 | The Wilder Kaiser is very comfortable gasthof , which takes its name from the magnificent mountain range that rises behind Scheffau . |
| 14 | Many of these are arranged through a voluntary organisation called Crossroads ( address on page 143 ) which takes its name from the television series because of the attention it focussed on the needs of disabled people . |
| 15 | It takes its name from the Norse word ‘ lax ’ meaning salmon , which once swam in the river . |
| 16 | Butts Lane takes its name from the medieval archers who practised their skills close by . |
| 17 | A monstrous box of pastel neon with two huge fountains playing outside the entrance , BCM cost some £5 million to build and takes its name from the owner 's initials — if the club failed , he said , he 'd be buried and it could be his mausoleum . |
| 18 | The Lakeside new station takes its name from the nearby lake , where a by-pass road scheme is under construction . |
| 19 | Just a few minutes from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre ( the car park is just 500 yards away ) , this typically Victorian house takes its name from the sequoia tree that graces the pretty lawned gardens . |
| 20 | This takes its name from the shift to the left of the curve relating the slope of the population e.p.s.p . |
| 21 | Originally a Roman colony , legend has it that it takes its name from the first lord of its castle Rufus , Marquis of Obertenghi , who had thick red hair , or , perhaps more romantically , that it is named after the sunset hues which turn the mountain here from a gentle rose to red each evening . |
| 22 | Takes its name from the Persian word for crab , but is probably based on either a floral or animal form . |
| 23 | Linthal takes its name from the river Linth which drains the beautiful transverse valley that largely makes up the canton of Glarus . |
| 24 | The valley takes its name from the Entlen torrent , a tributary of the Little Emme , which races down to join it from the slopes of the Glaubenberg mount which separates this valley from the parallel valley in which lie the Lungern and Sarnen Lakes ( and the road from Brunig Pass . ) |
| 25 | Fine Arts Brass Ensemble takes its name from the University 's Barber Institute of Fine Arts , where the group had its first rehearsal in 1980 . |
| 26 | The Old Forge Mews development in Arundel , Sussex takes its name from the old Grade 11 listed forge building on the original site . |
| 27 | The Country Club of Mount Dora takes its name from the quaint local town in which it is situated . |
| 28 | The development itself also takes its name from the St Mary 's lighthouse at Whitley Bay which , according to sales negotiator , Doreen xxxxxxx ‘ you can just about see from a top floor window . ’ |
| 29 | And once again there is a mood of optimism in the village which takes its name from the troop garrison established there by King William in 1681 . |
| 30 | The breed takes its name from the area of Barcelona where the Courtaulds factory is based , El Prat de Llobregat , or the meadow beside the river Llobregat . |