Example sentences of "[noun] that take " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took part in the advance into Syria , they were part of the Brigade that took Damascus on 1 October 1918 , and were there 31 October , when the Armistice with Turkey was signed . |
| 2 | The complex series of financial switches , deceptions and double deals they concocted were far more extensive than any of the comparatively small scams that took place in the US . |
| 3 | And the 25-year-old defender , who moved to Boundary Park along with Neil Pointon in the deal that took Rick Holden to Maine Road admitted : ‘ I grew up with Manchester City but in the end I hated getting out of bed in the morning to go to work . ’ |
| 4 | He was also one of those who formed the force that took part in the famous Dr. Jamieson 's Raid that led to the outbreak of the Boer War , and after the war , was a farmer in Rhodesia for ten years before returning to Scotland , where he died in 1951 . |
| 5 | Sung , following her , held out his hand and for the first time she let him help her , gripping his hand with a force that took his breath , her fingers tightening convulsively with every little jolt she received . |
| 6 | Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny . |
| 7 | In a similar line of argument , Reynolds 's Newspaper ( 14 August 1898 ) viewed the Hooligan panic as an indictment of the hypocrisy of a civilisation that took ‘ so painful an interest about moral handkerchiefs and hymn books for the barbarians of the wild Soudan ’ while turning a blind eye towards ‘ the far wilder barbarians they may find within a few paces from their own street-doors ’ . |
| 8 | They swaggered to a classy , confident victory full of irresistible one-touch football that took the Magpies ever closer to Reading 's 1985 record of 13 wins in a row at the start of a season . |
| 9 | My right hon. Friend will be well aware of the great contest that takes place for funds in which the design museum and other bodies are involved . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , much of the investment that took place was never evaluated in this way because it was regarded as " inescapable " , that is , necessary to supply a satisfactory service level , rather than the level of service supplied being part of the decision-making procedure . |
| 11 | ‘ But there are a hundred referees that take panel games , and two thirds of those are assessed regularly . |
| 12 | It is the only emotion that takes time to heal . |
| 13 | TransTools ' latest product is MultiBase , an applications development tool for relational databases that took four years to develop . |
| 14 | " Next week I shall be writing about moorland walks and suggesting an itinerary that takes in the ever-attractive Tower Foin . " |
| 15 | All told , the Warwick researchers said that the compensation effects could increase employment by 420000 — more than cancelling out the destruction of jobs in factories or offices that take on board the new technologies . |
| 16 | THE Chicago Board of Trade , the world 's largest futures exchange , was slapped by the past this week when its chief regulator lodged its first serious complaint against the exchange , over an episode that took place three years ago . |
| 17 | Once you are up and going , you should select your course out through the waves aiming to jump on only one or two waves that take your fancy . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , no odder than any other murder that takes place on stage during the first night of a new play , when the leading actor is shot dead by his understudy . ’ |
| 19 | What has happened is that an alibi has been set up , for a wounded man " could not " have committed the murder that took place immediately afterwards some distance away . |
| 20 | Inside it was cool and there was a seat that took the weight off her swollen feet , and they watched as gleaming brass plates were trailed in front of their eyes with the regularity of a hypnotist 's charm , and she looked at Dan and he said no thanks and walked out . |
| 21 | They too can be helped to return to their former prowess by following a step-by-step programme that takes the patient from one simple goal , like talking to a partner without progressing to necking , to the next ( necking without petting ) , until he has the confidence and physical resources to achieve full and satisfactory penetration . |
| 22 | The water cycle is often depicted as a simple system of circulation that takes water from the sea as vapour , deposits it on land as rain or snow and returns it quickly to the sea by way of rivers . |
| 23 | It happens because , so far , each successive plan to dump or bury the stuff on the island has been scuppered by the opposition of those who live near the proposed site : opposition that takes , sometimes , splendidly Byzantine forms . |
| 24 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 25 | This may seem blindingly obvious to the newcomer to the discipline , but there were very good reasons for the disputes that took place . |
| 26 | However , it is a less expressive image , as it is a less expressive moment , for while he is so wrapped up in the action of taking the shot she can not reveal much more than that furtive concentration that takes over any face in the act of intensive looking . |
| 27 | We must recognise that we need both accurate descriptions of language that are related to situation , purpose and mode ( i.e. whether the language is spoken or written ) , and prescriptions that take account of context , appropriateness and the expression of meaning . |
| 28 | Years have passed over my head but I have never felt the worship , the love and yet the fear that took possession of my soul then . |
| 29 | parties that take about three , four percent of the vote but they have got far more sway over the government than their vote really . |
| 30 | This was a rather naïve reaction on the part of Bell ; as the senior presidential advisers knew only too well , there is always a danger that cabinet members will develop a relationship with their department that takes precedence over their loyalty to the president and his programme . |