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- The quickest way was by using the car. It was a risk but he decided it had to be taken.
- Take care of your clothes.
- He considered taking Mrs Burns to the pictures to see `Gone With The Wind'.
- He took off his glasses.
- Air raids were taking place every night.
- John took the book and opened it.
- If I think someone may take an overdose, I will spend hours talking to them.
- I will take it home with me.
- It is rare for Governments to take the initiative themselves.
- I'll take it down to the police station myself.
- They are doing everything possible to take care of you.
- Did you take this photograph or was it someone else's photograph?
- Take a good look and tell me if you see anything different.
- How long does it take on the train?
- ...the changes which are taking place at the moment.
- I took off my shoes.
- He took her by the arm and began drawing her firmly but gently away.
- Nancy suddenly took my arm.
- He took her by the arm.
- It took some years for Dan to realize the truth.
- It takes quite a long time to get a divorce.
- Much of the day was taken up with classes.
- A group of journalists gathered at the airport to watch us take off.
- He took another mouthful of whisky.
- Three miles is generally taken to be the boundary of a country's airspace.
- That's going to take hundreds of years.
- He took out a five-dollar bill.
- Quietly they took their seats in the first three rows.
- ...the subsequent career patterns of those taking degrees.
- You can take a fifth of your money out on demand.
- The journey is going to take three quarters of an hour.
- The images take thirty-six hours maximum.
- Every year we have approximately 40 pupils who take mathematics.
- It is a job that takes anything from two to five weeks.
- They march in columns so long they may take several hours to pass one spot.
- We gave, they took.
- He took a step towards Jack.
- Comis took a photograph of her.
- I might take a stroll.
- She took little ladylike sips of the cold drink.
- He took photographs of Vita in her summer house.
- That is a very foolish attitude to take.
- He had been out all day taking pictures of the fighting.
- ...kids taking turns to use a playground slide.
- She was prepared to take great risks.
- Mr Korwin takes a protectionist attitude towards women who, he claims, look for someone to take care of them.
- Davis took the lead in blaming the pilots.
- The Government fought against suggestions that it should take full blame for the affair.
- His work was to take photographs while flying over Germany.
- He was taking no chances.
- I took a bath, my second that day.
- Meadows took a bite of meat.
- She decided to take a stroll along the beach.
- `Let's take a walk,' he said.
- I took the bottle and offered it to Oakley.
- I took out the black box and handed it to her.
- I left my pack behind and took only a water bottle.
- A plane took off.
- Gretchen took off her coat.
- It won't take me a moment to clear away.
- Philip took back his glasses and looked at the smoke.
- I answered him back and took my chances.
- The scent of the hay took Ash back to long-ago evenings in Devon.
- I'll take you up on that generous invitation.
- Take the baby along if you can't find anyone to baby-sit.
- This is a very foolish attitude to take.
- There is a tendency for teachers to advise people to take their best school subjects at A Level.
- They called for action to be taken against the unions.
- How long will it take?
- Take, for instance, the new proposals for student loans.
- Let me take your coat.
- You take the bus up to the landing stage at twelve-thirty.
- He lost out by not taking a degree at another university.
- It took a vast amount of patience not to strangle him.
- It's been years since he has taken her to visit anyone but the children.
- Once in a while she'd give me some lilac to take home.
- You should not take her help for granted.
- Will you please take her to her cubicle?
- He might as well take the car.
- I couldn't take your last cigarette.
- I want to have this pellet taken out.
- It is essential that immediate action should be taken.
- He dare not take his eyes off his assailant.
- Andy Gray takes the ball upfield again, passes to McInally on the edge of the box. He turns, shoots*and a fine save from Grobbelaar.
- Are we about to be taken over by the machine?
- Evans knows lots of people. He's going to help me. He's going to take me there.
- In future she'll have to take sedentary work of some sort.
- If you were to go on holiday on the continent in wintertime what sport could you take part in?
- After much discussion, they had decided to take the coin to a jeweller.
- In the last month of her pregnancy, we took to going out almost every evening.
- He used to come and take them out every other Sunday.
- How long does it take on the train?
- What an expert can do in minutes may take you hours to accomplish.
- What once took a century now took only ten months.
- It took me a month to lose that feeling of being a spectator.
- What once took a century now took only ten months.
- They want to take on staff with two years' experience.
- He takes his job very seriously indeed.
- After much discussion, they had decided to take the coin to the jeweller.
- He took her to Edinburgh.
- The whole play takes place at a beach club.
- He took his hand off her arm.
- I had taken his drinking bowl from beneath the kitchen table.
- It took just one tug to pull them out.
- The woman took the gun and showed how the cylinder slotted into the barrel.
- She arranged with the principal of her school to take the necessary time off.
- My son has a car but he doesn't take me for a drive.
- Once environmental damage is done, it takes many years for the system to recover.
- If I frightened them, they might take off and I would never see them again.
- Whether I agreed or not, the search would take place.
- They had to take some of his land in order to extend the churchyard.
- Sam had consented to take an overcoat in case the wind rose.
- She treats her daughter the same as her younger boy except that she takes her several times a week to a special clinic.
- Most of the mothers have a job, which they take both for the money and the company.
- I did not feel terribly shocked, having expected him to take the easiest way out.
- He took her hands from her eyes and led her towards the house.
- New business on a small scale has been found to provide the great majority of new jobs. By their nature such businesses take risks.
- Others of the same period took an opposite view.
- The journalists were taken aback by the ferocity of the language.
- It takes an exceptional parent to cope with a child like that.
- It took many wounds to kill them.
- It takes an hour to get to Idlewild.
- It took me a year to save up for a new hat.
- It took some time for him to realize what was required.
- It takes a lot more guts for a woman to resign than for a man.
- That will take a long time and besides you'd get it wrong.
- We will continue to expand our economy. As for the US, we will ask that they take steps to reduce their budget deficit.
- Next week we shall be taking a look at education and in particular comprehensive schools.
- The simple fact is that if you get ill, you may be unable to take the examination.