Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] take [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on the complexity of your operations this may only take a couple of man weeks and could be repeated at regular intervals to monitor progress . |
| 2 | If a teenager has been feeling acutely depressed for some time , then it may only take a trigger such as exams , to tip her over the edge ( suicide is the third most common cause of death among the under 25s , and the peak months are April to July ) . |
| 3 | If you are planning to have windows replaced anyway for maintenance purposes , you should obviously take the opportunity to have sealed-unit double glazing fitted as standard . |
| 4 | Those taking up job-release allowances must not take a job or set up in business on their own , and their employer must undertake to recruit as soon as possible a registered unemployed worker . |
| 5 | Minimum reporting standards require that valuation reports to be issued to clients or to the relevant authorities should normally take the form of a letter which would contain the following : |
| 6 | How strange that such an excellent king should not take the chance I was offering him ! |
| 7 | Whilst you are waiting for the expert help to arrive , there is no reason why you should not take the person 's case and find a remedy for him . |
| 8 | If he does , he should ask the helper simply to make sure that the cars stop for long enough to allow him to cross : the helper should not take the patient 's arm and hurry him across . |
| 9 | If we accept the internal validity of their study we should not take the findings beyond the limits they set down themselves . |
| 10 | They should not take the attitude that ‘ risk management is someone else 's business ’ ; rather , they should take the initiative . |
| 11 | There are , of course , objections to the proposal that the Government should not take the initiative in this matter . |
| 12 | They were apparently advised by people not named , that they should not take the petition round in their area , and they were also apparently reminded who they were employed by . |
| 13 | In any event , I chose this route and I must ever take the consequences . ’ |
| 14 | You should always take every opportunity to study fish , be they barbel or any other species , when you come upon them unawares in their natural environment . |
| 15 | Perhaps I should always take the case for his solution as being 20% stronger than it would otherwise appear to me to be . |
| 16 | Price-conscious runners should also take a look . |
| 17 | You should also take the candidate into account by arranging appointments so that waiting time is kept to a minimum . |
| 18 | But while in Schaffhausen , the visitor should really take a trip on the Untersee , the inner lake connecting Schaffhausen with the Bodensee . |
| 19 | But this does not stop Abse constructing an elaborate thesis based on Thatcher 's ‘ sphincter morality ’ , for which her mother , Beatrice , should really take the blame : ‘ Thatcher succeeded in initiating the electorate into a new form of gambling : her personal need to end the earlier constraints which she had endured , outlawing the joys of shitting and coprophilia , drove her to open the doors of the Stock Exchange , and end its exclusivity . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Somebody like [ the agency head ] is n't going to … lay down the rules of where you should take a stat , or where you should n't take a stat . |
| 21 | There 's no reason why you should n't take the photograph . ’ |
| 22 | Some of them turned out to be not as indifferent to my plight as I 'd feared they all would be , and a few murmured that if I did really feel strongly about the way I had been treated , I should indeed take the matter up with the Senate . |
| 23 | If parents want to leave a child in the garden with a dog , it 's their responsibility , but anywhere else , even down to the local shop , children should never take a dog out . |
| 24 | I should definitely take the paste down . |
| 25 | Although you may normally take the view that there is never a best time for spending money , retirement planning is different in that sooner or later you will need , or want , to make certain purchases — or pay off outstanding commitments , such as a mortgage . |
| 26 | Natural fibres such as silk and wool do n't retain perspiration smells , and are the best insulators , but they may not take the moisture away after exercise . |
| 27 | He may not take the law into his own hands . |
| 28 | ‘ Let's just take a look first and wait till we see what 's inside . ’ |
| 29 | Let's then just turn our attention to the facilities in this country , the sort of things you 've heard Stan saying here in the studio that there 's a lot to offer in this country , lot 's of different kinds of scenery , lot 's of different types of attractions , but let's just take a look at the sort of facilities that are available in this country . |
| 30 | well a number of things have come up so let's just take a couple of votes as er , from hearing from a few people and of which people have n't managed to speak so , first of all , er , er people talked about fear being larger than the incidence of assault , are you afraid to go out in the dark ? , button one for yes and button two for no do you find that your afraid to go out in the dark , and then this hundred and that 's a very , I mean that 's , that 's a very significant figure fifty seven out of this hundred women say yes that their afraid to go out in the dark from time to time , I mean that , that is not as it should be , let me ask you are you ever afraid in your own home ? , button one for yes and button two for no and that two is a very worrying figure , twenty nine of of this hundred say yes their afraid in their home , let me ask you this have you trained in self defence ? , button one for yes and button two for no , I mean its something that comes up from time to time and I do n't know what your view and whether or not its a good idea , well twelve of the hundred here have er , eighty eight say no , of those twelve would you recommend it ? , did it make you feel better ? , yes |