Sentence examples for takings in a from inspiring English sources

The girls discover that their mother has been swindling Gordon, stashing their takings in a money belt.

It's partly a quirk of the official chart, which includes preview takings in a film's opening weekend, thus potentially boosting its entry position, and partly down to the large number of mid-performing titles currently, but Mortal Instruments: City of Bones has dropped from fourth to 13th place in just one week.

The trio were the latest store groups to report "record" takings in a week that has already seen John Lewis and Next stun the City with better than expected holiday sales – albeit underpinned with caution that higher taxes will dampen consumer spending this year.

The crowd was a blend of Shania die-hards, cowboy princesses, taking-in-a-show curiosity seekers and two-drinks-in celebrators; all of them could have handled more pomp.

These two cycled between a gentle, unhurried, taking-in-the-scenery trot; a clipped, nervous, we'd-better-get-a-move-on canter; and a determined, loping gallop, exhibited only when capture seemed truly imminent.

Another features a hostage-taking in a hospital.

I LEARNED about risk-taking in a high school football game in Michigan.

Last night Mauritanian news website Sahara Media said Belmokhtar had claimed responsibility in the name of al Qa'ida for the hostage-taking in a video.

Goodwin has suffered neither fate, but had been sharply criticised for excessive risk-taking in a report prepared by the Financial Services Authority in November into the RBS collapse.

And he talked of the 2004 hostage-taking in a school in the southern Russian city of Beslan, where 331 people died, and asked for a moment of silence.

After first taking in a volume of his plays, she was prompted to ask: "Why is any other book needed?" At any rate, I was visited by an elemental desire to film Shakespeare.