9. take

  1.  The quickest way was by using the car. It was a risk but he decided it had to be taken.
  2. Take care of your clothes.
  3. He considered taking Mrs Burns to the pictures to see `Gone With The Wind'.
  4. He took off his glasses.
  5. Air raids were taking place every night.
  6. John took the book and opened it.
  7. If I think someone may take an overdose, I will spend hours talking to them.
  8. I will take it home with me.
  9. It is rare for Governments to take the initiative themselves.
  10. I'll take it down to the police station myself.
  11. They are doing everything possible to take care of you.
  12. Did you take this photograph or was it someone else's photograph?
  13. Take a good look and tell me if you see anything different.
  14. How long does it take on the train?
  15. ...the changes which are taking place at the moment.
  16. I took off my shoes.
  17. He took her by the arm and began drawing her firmly but gently away.
  18. Nancy suddenly took my arm.
  19. He took her by the arm.
  20. It took some years for Dan to realize the truth.
  21. It takes quite a long time to get a divorce.
  22. Much of the day was taken up with classes.
  23. A group of journalists gathered at the airport to watch us take off.
  24. He took another mouthful of whisky.
  25. Three miles is generally taken to be the boundary of a country's airspace.
  26. That's going to take hundreds of years.
  27. He took out a five-dollar bill.
  28. Quietly they took their seats in the first three rows.
  29. ...the subsequent career patterns of those taking degrees.
  30. You can take a fifth of your money out on demand.
  31. The journey is going to take three quarters of an hour.
  32. The images take thirty-six hours maximum.
  33. Every year we have approximately 40 pupils who take mathematics.
  34. It is a job that takes anything from two to five weeks.
  35. They march in columns so long they may take several hours to pass one spot.
  36. We gave, they took.
  37. He took a step towards Jack.
  38. Comis took a photograph of her.
  39. I might take a stroll.
  40. She took little ladylike sips of the cold drink.
  41. He took photographs of Vita in her summer house.
  42. That is a very foolish attitude to take.
  43. He had been out all day taking pictures of the fighting.
  44. ...kids taking turns to use a playground slide.
  45. She was prepared to take great risks.
  46. Mr Korwin takes a protectionist attitude towards women who, he claims, look for someone to take care of them.
  47. Davis took the lead in blaming the pilots.
  48. The Government fought against suggestions that it should take full blame for the affair.
  49. His work was to take photographs while flying over Germany.
  50. He was taking no chances.
  51. I took a bath, my second that day.
  52. Meadows took a bite of meat.
  53. She decided to take a stroll along the beach.
  54. `Let's take a walk,' he said.
  55. I took the bottle and offered it to Oakley.
  56. I took out the black box and handed it to her.
  57. I left my pack behind and took only a water bottle.
  58. A plane took off.
  59. Gretchen took off her coat.
  60. It won't take me a moment to clear away.
  61. Philip took back his glasses and looked at the smoke.
  62. I answered him back and took my chances.
  63. The scent of the hay took Ash back to long-ago evenings in Devon.
  64. I'll take you up on that generous invitation.
  65. Take the baby along if you can't find anyone to baby-sit.
  66. This is a very foolish attitude to take.
  67. There is a tendency for teachers to advise people to take their best school subjects at A Level.
  68. They called for action to be taken against the unions.
  69. How long will it take?
  70. Take, for instance, the new proposals for student loans.
  71. Let me take your coat.
  72. You take the bus up to the landing stage at twelve-thirty.
  73. He lost out by not taking a degree at another university.
  74. It took a vast amount of patience not to strangle him.
  75. It's been years since he has taken her to visit anyone but the children.
  76. Once in a while she'd give me some lilac to take home.
  77. You should not take her help for granted.
  78. Will you please take her to her cubicle?
  79. He might as well take the car.
  80. I couldn't take your last cigarette.
  81. I want to have this pellet taken out.
  82. It is essential that immediate action should be taken.
  83. He dare not take his eyes off his assailant.
  84. 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.
  85. Are we about to be taken over by the machine?
  86. Evans knows lots of people. He's going to help me. He's going to take me there.
  87. In future she'll have to take sedentary work of some sort.
  88. If you were to go on holiday on the continent in wintertime what sport could you take part in?
  89. After much discussion, they had decided to take the coin to a jeweller.
  90. In the last month of her pregnancy, we took to going out almost every evening.
  91. He used to come and take them out every other Sunday.
  92. How long does it take on the train?
  93. What an expert can do in minutes may take you hours to accomplish.
  94. What once took a century now took only ten months.
  95. It took me a month to lose that feeling of being a spectator.
  96. What once took a century now took only ten months.
  97. They want to take on staff with two years' experience.
  98. He takes his job very seriously indeed.
  99. After much discussion, they had decided to take the coin to the jeweller.
  100. He took her to Edinburgh.
  101. The whole play takes place at a beach club.
  102. He took his hand off her arm.
  103. I had taken his drinking bowl from beneath the kitchen table.
  104. It took just one tug to pull them out.
  105. The woman took the gun and showed how the cylinder slotted into the barrel.
  106. She arranged with the principal of her school to take the necessary time off.
  107. My son has a car but he doesn't take me for a drive.
  108. Once environmental damage is done, it takes many years for the system to recover.
  109. If I frightened them, they might take off and I would never see them again.
  110. Whether I agreed or not, the search would take place.
  111. They had to take some of his land in order to extend the churchyard.
  112. Sam had consented to take an overcoat in case the wind rose.
  113. She treats her daughter the same as her younger boy except that she takes her several times a week to a special clinic.
  114. Most of the mothers have a job, which they take both for the money and the company.
  115. I did not feel terribly shocked, having expected him to take the easiest way out.
  116. He took her hands from her eyes and led her towards the house.
  117. New business on a small scale has been found to provide the great majority of new jobs. By their nature such businesses take risks.
  118. Others of the same period took an opposite view.
  119. The journalists were taken aback by the ferocity of the language.
  120. It takes an exceptional parent to cope with a child like that.
  121. It took many wounds to kill them.
  122. It takes an hour to get to Idlewild.
  123. It took me a year to save up for a new hat.
  124. It took some time for him to realize what was required.
  125. It takes a lot more guts for a woman to resign than for a man.
  126. That will take a long time and besides you'd get it wrong.
  127. We will continue to expand our economy. As for the US, we will ask that they take steps to reduce their budget deficit.
  128. Next week we shall be taking a look at education and in particular comprehensive schools.
  129. The simple fact is that if you get ill, you may be unable to take the examination.
  130.