Example sentences of "take [adv] and [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watering with a hose pipe does n't take long and weeding as a task hardly exists . |
| 2 | So if you 'd like to go down the stairs there there are some coats oh your coats and things and I will er go and come and join you and we 'll we 'll take off and look at the outside . |
| 3 | I know , I know Brian would n't at least three but , and this , and this was n't really big enough and they use two side by side , whenever they were late or away for a weekend I took over and see to the cats feed , they were sweet erm used to come on the porch and meow at me , it 's my dinner time , come on , just get not time yet , used to come to the porch , and tell me , they used to know when I was n't coming home , how do they do it ? |
| 4 | They managed to get it going , then took off and landed on a star . |
| 5 | ‘ It started as a short project for an article but the whole subject took off and turned into a major research field . ’ |
| 6 | She could describe weather conditions so realistically as to make her audience shiver or sweat , and children would find themselves taking off and putting on a garment in mid-tale . |
| 7 | If you were at Gatwick recently and wondered why all the planes were taking off and landing on the taxi-way , well it was all because of Rentokil Hygiene . |
| 8 | Instead she and Jennifer absent-mindedly watched aircraft taking off and landing on the company runway , then another thought suddenly struck her and she said , ‘ Do you know why he came back from Australia ? ’ |
| 9 | If you have become fairly proficient at the nose-in hover , you may find that this figure is easier to perform by standing with your back to the wind and taking off and landing in the nose-in position . |
| 10 | It 's just one I 'm taking out and lying on the floor . |
| 11 | After a year of arguments , Citrine finally relented and the EDA 's local work was taken on and expanded by the Area Boards , though its London headquarters , with a staff of 67 , survived as a formally separate organisation but with its £150000 annual budget financed principally by the industry . |
| 12 | Their involvement in those parts of the management plan in which they have not been previously interested will be taken on and driven by the possibly irresistible surge of the whole school 's development . |
| 13 | After the hearing Mr Rodmell , said : ‘ Great swathes of beach are being taken in and put under the banner of Sites of Special Scientific Interest , which makes things very difficult for us when we need bait . |
| 14 | That left two days of filming available before the sets had to be taken down and returned to the owners . |
| 15 | On 19 June 1841 the spire of St Michael 's was struck by lightning so severely that it had to be taken down and rebuilt at a cost of £84 , paid for by the Buxtons . |
| 16 | It was agreed that Cell-y-bedd should be taken down and rebuilt in the form of an apse on the foundations found in 1958 . |
| 17 | You may first come across this problem when a new baby arrives and suddenly the things she thought of as hers — like her cot — are taken away and given to the ‘ interloper ’ . |
| 18 | He was very apologetic , and looked as if he might be taken away and hanged for the delay . |
| 19 | They have taken over and breed in a pride which is not the one in which they were born . |
| 20 | Later it was taken over and paved by the Romans from a point north of Oxford to Sturdy 's Castle , where it met the east-west road of Akeman Street . |
| 21 | In theory they were writing a book on the actors , but long since the fascination of collection for its own sake had taken over and work on the collation of evidence ceased . |
| 22 | Before the wooden boat sank , however , her crew were taken off and treated with the utmost courtesy by Kapitän Leutnant F.K. Paul , who accepted the ML 's surrender : a tribute he paid to a gallant foe , and evidence if this is needed that chivalry is the prerogative of individuals , not nations . |
| 23 | A red biplane from Crowfield had taken off and gone into a loop when he came out of the loop he could n't pull the plane level and he crashed into a field . |
| 24 | For many this was the highlight of the day , once all had settled the singing would begin and this time all with full voice , songs like " One man went to mow " , " Ten green bottles " and " I 'm happy when I 'm hiking " would be taken up and echoed along the route , and arriving back in Halling we would be encouraged into one mighty effort to let all at home know that we were back , safe if somewhat tired , overfed and happy . |
| 25 | It was clear from the work done then that , even after a full year , major changes in unemployment , self-employment , and employment taken up and ended within the group , were still occurring at a high rate . |
| 26 | Draining peatbogs to plant trees releases more carbon dioxide than can ever be taken up and stored by the planted trees , according to a report by Friends of the Earth . |
| 27 | The concrete slabs were taken up and replaced with a crazy paving patio , and gradually they developed their plans , as money allowed . |
| 28 | Subjects not studied at school can be taken up and pursued to an advanced level . |
| 29 | Any autobiographical evidence needs to be taken cautiously and read as an interpretation , a perspective , rather than as literal fact . |
| 30 | Not new light bulbs , the ones that she 'd taken out and put into the plastic bag . |