Example sentences of "it [prep] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We use it for taking rock from the local quarries . ’ |
| 2 | But it does , so , she said she has n't got an up to date highway code knows anything about it about taking repair in narrow street . |
| 3 | Do n't think of it as taking away one thinking of it , think of it as minus one , a number . |
| 4 | ‘ If that thing 's dead , is n't it worth taking the risk to get away from here ? ’ |
| 5 | Since then , critics of commercial pig farming have charged it with taking somewhat Stalinist counter measures : but now , in the era of glasnost , a more liberated future beckons . |
| 6 | But I do because I combine it with taking her [ the child ] for a walk . |
| 7 | The firm is pushed to continue as long as it can without breaking the law — indeed Dista can claim CSM positively discouraged it from taking action , a situation which , some observers claim , shows that the British drugs watchdog has power without responsibility . |
| 8 | This was the 316th year of the society , but events such as wars with Napoleon , ‘ Kaiser Bill ’ and Hitler have occasionally prevented it from taking place . |
| 9 | Even if no mining had been carried out , the courts decided , the owners of the mineral rights still had a valid claim to the coal , and in seeking to deny them this , the government was violating the Fifth Amendment , which prohibits it from taking property without just compensation . |
| 10 | I had not seen it before taking a look at the February/March issue . |
| 11 | Sometimes I was so affected by a particular view or landscape that I 'd wait for the athletes to run into it before taking a photo . |
| 12 | Neil is reluctant to talk about the songs in any more detail : ‘ Like my good friend Bob says , a song is just a thought ; you ca n't really talk about a little part of it without taking the whole thing into consideration . ’ |
| 13 | It has also been suggested that people buy the book because they have read reviews of it or because it is on the best-seller list , but they do n't read it ; they just have it in the bookcase or on the coffee table , thereby getting credit for having it without taking the effort of having to understand it . |
| 14 | The Kilns venture was highly unusual , and the Lewis brothers knew that they could only afford it by taking the great risk of throwing in their lot together ; in the event the purchase price was lowered to £3,300 . |
| 15 | He was the spirit of Rangers ' resolution , defying Celtic and flaunting it by taking the ball for a walk into the distant corners of the Celtic defence whenever he could , destroying time , the Rangers ' enemy on the night . |
| 16 | If what we look like can influence how we feel about ourselves and influence other people 's attitudes , then let us cash in on it by taking an interest in appearance . |
| 17 | The council had heard about impending publication late on Saturday night , too , he said , and had tried to stop it by taking out an interdict against the newspaper concerned . |
| 18 | Lewis drove and hooked stylishly for an hour when opportunity offered , before Cairns showed the close fieldsmen how to do it by taking a superb diving catch at gully . |
| 19 | The Profitboss demonstrates it by taking his team totally into his confidence . |
| 20 | Vietnam 's withdrawal is the best opportunity he will have to lead his country once more , but he may botch it by taking one political twist too many . |
| 21 | And you can do it by taking one from t' other but more useful er , I would suggest , is to work out a planned performance or what I 've called a planned performance , er , this 'll be in your , in your notes as well , er which equals planned expenditure over planned er , income or allowance . |
| 22 | All our lot are well , though there is some parental concern that Ewan is not yet speaking fluently ( well , not at all , actually ) but he makes up for it by taking a keen interest in all musical instruments . |