Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] taking " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( a ) and ( h ) preserve the additional period for consuming alcoholic liquor or taking away alcoholic liquor supplied in a closed vessel purchased during the permitted hours introduced by 5.3 of the 1962 Act . |
| 2 | Is it worth insuring your computer or taking out a separate contract with a third-party maintenance company ? |
| 3 | I 'm not asking for money or taking anything from you . |
| 4 | Most could be prevented by following simple safety rules or taking simple precautions . |
| 5 | Always , when dead-heading or taking flowers as cut bloom , observe the above principle of cutting or cleaning back to just above a node . |
| 6 | The consultant has explained that Tourette 's Syndrome is a rare and unfortunate condition , and he should fucking well know about those , he 's right off the Christmas tree , probably spent half his life sucking strange men 's cocks or taking it up the arsehole in a public loo in the Charing Cross Road . |
| 7 | For example , regular writing to missionaries or taking a stand against issues which are highlighted , such as human rights or ecological problems . |
| 8 | For example , regular writing to missionaries or taking a stand against issues which are highlighted , such as human rights or ecological problems . |
| 9 | Similarly , it the Insured considered the risk to the camera but decided that it would be safer in a locked car than taking it to where he was going he could demonstrate that precautions were taken even if they subsequently proved inadequate and the car was broken into and the camera stolen . |
| 10 | There is plenty of evidence in the Review that taking a professional stance of this kind helped sustain the discursive architecture of English studies in the interwar period , especially in taking the disputative and judgemental stance of Parliament and the Law and borrowing the language from those discourses . |
| 11 | I worked for a , for a like a , it 's a money brokers in , in London but exactly the same stockbroking , and it was exactly like the film , you know , they had this , they had this room , like they had one of those long rooms as well you know with all the desks and computers and stuff but they had this one enclosed off room where all the dealers sat round this massive like circular console type table , and like they were all under thirty but like overweight , all c driving Porsches and taking coke and shit like this and right they just , they got into the office at something like six in the morning like I 'd get in at nine and I 'd be , be wandering around they 'd just have their trousers open , shoes off , |
| 12 | She had tried to imagine Tommy Allen coming into the bedroom and taking Fred 's place , but it had made no difference . |
| 13 | He negotiated Malaya 's independence from the United Kingdom two years later and was the country 's first Prime Minister , overseeing the creation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 , and during the next two years withstanding the threat of " Confrontation " with Indonesia and taking the difficult decision that Singapore secede from the Federation . |
| 14 | When the beachmaster is angered by a serious challenge , he thunders across the sand , humping and heaving his huge body with surprising speed and taking no notice whatever of what lies in his way . |
| 15 | Previous convictions : several as a juvenile for theft and taking without consent : conditionally discharged on each occasion . |
| 16 | The term " theft " covers both theft and taking a conveyance ( s.12 ) . |
| 17 | Soon , the craft was making its way through the darkness over twenty-foot waves and taking on water . |
| 18 | And then Caspar , who had been narrowing his eyes and taking stock of everything and everyone , suddenly gripped Fenella 's arm and said , in a voice from which most of the breath had been driven , ‘ Fenella — over there . ’ |
| 19 | Officials from the highest to the lowest subsidized themselves by creaming off state revenue and taking bribes — a modern version of Muscovy 's ‘ feeding ’ system . |
| 20 | The same thing has happened at Newcastle now , where Keegan 's put together a good side full of players who all contribute in making goals and taking them — the kind of player he was himself . |
| 21 | Ken lost interest completely , For the moment he contented himself with pinning the notice to the inner door of the club and taking great delight in reading it to two young black guys who had arrived carrying saxophone cases . |
| 22 | In his maiden Test in 1972 , he top-scored in both innings and took five wickets , an all-round performance he was able to sustain for the whole of his Test career of 58 consecutive matches , scoring almost 3,600 runs with eight centuries and taking 141 wickets at 32 with fast-medium ( or , as in 1973–4 when he had an outstanding series , off-spin ) bowling . |
| 23 | She opened her long arms and let them fall gently to her sides again with another smile , gesturing to a couch and taking a seat herself nearby . |
| 24 | This might well involve getting to the bottom of disputes and taking disciplinary action if necessary , but never forget your real aim is to keep things running . |
| 25 | For the snorer he suggests : ‘ Losing excess weight and taking exercise is most important . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've had a number of opportunities and taking them , particularly in the oil industry , has sometimes been a desperate gamble . ’ |
| 27 | Rick felt that he knew very little about practical mathematics apart from ‘ making a scale drawing of the minibus and taking kids out to measure the rugby pitch ’ and even less about investigations and problem-solving . |
| 28 | Down the road , a third person may be driving a car and taking the dog for daily walks . |
| 29 | ‘ Nothing special , ’ I assured him , putting down my gear and taking my jacket off . |
| 30 | Some ministers devoted part of their time to local affairs : S. J. Smith , for example , was born in Bedford in 1822 and became a Congregational minister in Enfield after attending a denominational college and taking the London BA . |