Below you will find example sentences with "take action". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Take Action in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: action
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.7 words

Words in this phrase

take action

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • take can mean: To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. Very common word
  • action can mean: The effort of performing or doing something. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

corbyn to take action against the 1× department would take action against town 1× for appropriate take action as per 1× forced to take action by the 1× is to take action individual action 1× legislature to take action on the 1× need to take action when other 1× participants to take action in various 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a girl scout 1× argentina s action 1× boris johnson has 1× i pressed the 1× i think it 1× i want someone 1×

Common sentence endings:

a damning report 1× action individual action 1× action should assume 1× against tanker mafias 1× and civil action 1× and networking skills 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

pressure 4× government 3× corbyn 3× people 3× delhi 2× tanker 2× mafias 2× starmer 2× jeremy 2× union 2× arguing 2× taken 2×

Related phrases

take advantage climate action take care urgent action action movies class action strike action take steps collective action strict action

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around action:

action movies 13× class action 12×

Just before it in the phrase index:

taiwan strait taipei taiwan tag teams tag team tactical nuclear taco bell

Just after it in the phrase index:

take advantage take breaks take care take pictures take responsibility take steps

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

take advantage take care take steps take pictures take responsibility take breaks

Same ending:

climate action urgent action class action strike action collective action strict action

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "take action" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as corbyn to take action against the, department would take action against town, pressure, government and corbyn stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with take advantage, climate action, take care, action movies and class action, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with take action

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

We should take action, of course we should take action. (10 words)

One way to care is to take action, individual action. (10 words)

I want someone who wants to take action, or put people into office who can take action. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

It mentions how the “BMC chief has frankly admitted that there was immense pressure from the powerful persons to ‘not take action against certain officials’, and that there were people who were insistent that no action should be taken against them”. (41 words)

Starmer under pressure to take action against Corbyn after anti-Semitism reportSir Keir Starmer faces pressure to take action against Jeremy Corbyn after the former Labour leader refused to fully accept the conclusions of a damning report. (37 words)

We found a wide variety of claims, but the most common concerned the high cost of taking action and “whataboutism” (typically questioning the need to take action when other countries such as China were not doing enough). (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

The bench also said that if the Delhi government can’t take any action against tanker mafias, then it will ask Delhi Police to take action against tanker mafias.

Starmer under pressure to take action against Corbyn after anti-Semitism reportSir Keir Starmer faces pressure to take action against Jeremy Corbyn after the former Labour leader refused to fully accept the conclusions of a damning report.

We should take action, of course we should take action.

I want someone who wants to take action, or put people into office who can take action.

NAB would not take suo moto action against bank defaulters and will refer to Banking courts for appropriate take action as per law.

Primary teachers’ union Poed warned on Tuesday they would take legal action against pay cuts levied against them for striking last month, arguing they were forced to take action by the government.

I think it was a mistake not to have taken action previously, but now that we are together on this, we should take action to make sure that it does not continue,” Sall said.

Union members have committed to escalate their campaign of industrial action over coming weeks and months if UOW management does not start to take action.

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We found a wide variety of claims, but the most common concerned the high cost of taking action and “whataboutism” (typically questioning the need to take action when other countries such as China were not doing enough).

One way to care is to take action, individual action.

That means there's a lag in time between when people take action to slow the spread of the virus and when the effectiveness of that action is reflected in the data.

The town had received notification if it issued such permits, the health department would take action against town officials, including potential misdemeanor charges and civil action.

Boris Johnson has expressed concern about the fires raging in the Amazon and called for international action to protect rainforests, as his government came under pressure from Jeremy Corbyn to take action against the Brazilian president.

Kait Hinckley, a volunteer with the Utah branch of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, urged the Legislature to take action on the issue next year, arguing that gun violence is an issue that transcends political affiliation.

Themed “Inspire Action”, this year’s program is expected to motivate participants to take action in various aspects of their agribusinesses.

A Girl Scout’s Take Action project should be something that a girl can be passionate about – in thought, deed, and action that encompasses organizational, leadership, and networking skills.

Argentina’s action and Paraguay’s arrests show that both countries are willing to take action against Hezbollah’s local operation.

Instead, to preserve the existing broker/dealer business model, the SEC invests broker/dealers with broad discretion and flexibility to determine if and when they must take action, and the form that action should assume.

I pressed the president to take action against foreign steel imports that threatened our national security, and shortly afterwards, he took action.

It mentions how the “BMC chief has frankly admitted that there was immense pressure from the powerful persons to ‘not take action against certain officials’, and that there were people who were insistent that no action should be taken against them”.

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