Sentence examples for taking a present from inspiring English sources

"The idea of having cameras gathering information from opposite ends of the world and transmitting them - he wasn't just taking a present technology and then looking to the next step, it was far beyond what anyone was saying at the time".

"Mammy says I shouldn't take a present off a man".

In your memory, birthday parties may have been an event to which you took a present.

"My friend's mother said, 'Why don't you take a present?' and my friend said, 'If I brought a present every time they put on a room, I'd be broke.' " Correction: October 6 , 2002 Sunday Picture and illustration credits were reversed in Long Island copies last Sunday with an article about meditation spaces at office buildings, and the illustration credit was incomplete.

Charlotte Dubenskij takes a present day Army first responder back in time, visiting a museum dedicated to probably WW1's most famous first-aider - the inventor of penicillin, Alexander Fleming.

Laura Bassett: I think "The Handmaid's Tale" is eminently watchable for the same reason a movie like "Get Out" had so much success ― because it takes a present-day situation to its logical extreme.

For a freelancer, actually taking a holiday presents a dilemma and something I struggle with.

This means being honest with yourself and really taking a look at your present life.

"They're taking a new approach to presenting it, it's very 'MTV' and focused on prospective students," he said.

Education in this country presents (taking a page from Clayton Christensen) an "innovator's dilemma".

I think it takes a rare presenting talent to make the opening of 22 boxes so gripping.