Example sentences of "took [adv prt] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another , Thomas Wright , took on Rowley 's more routine business after 1715 , and became noted for his ‘ grand orreries ’ . |
| 2 | The new ruck-maul law , rather than resulting in quicker and cleaner ball , could end up with the sort of pile-up seen here when New South Wales took on Fiji in the recent Super Six Series as defending players desperately try to stop the ball coming out of the rucks or mauls . |
| 3 | The Soviets materialised out of nowhere and their sensational win against New Zealand , as well as the electric final , where Argentina took on New Zealand , gave student rugby credibility and kudos . |
| 4 | Took on Liverpool after with just 45 minutes ' first-team football . |
| 5 | The Pizza Eater took on Rachaela , gave her a red dress and a pale green apron , and asked her to put up her hair . |
| 6 | Today he took on Ian Hayden , a former British soldier , disabled when he was just eighteen . |
| 7 | But above all he is the man who took on Chanel , the greatest fashion legend of the twentieth century . |
| 8 | The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match . |
| 9 | In 1966 , when the Visual Effects Department finally took on Doctor Who , they too rebuilt the Daleks , enlarging the midriff sections to make them wider and taller after operators had complained of chaffed and scraped shoulders . |
| 10 | But try selling that argument to the counties who took on Mike Procter , Malcolm Marshall , Courtney Walsh , Waqar Younis , Allan Donald and a host of others who arrived as untried prospects . |
| 11 | Although ringsider Ruddock refused to join the attack on Lewis , he did say : ‘ I took on Mike Tyson not once but twice , I knocked out Mike Dokes , Greg Page and Bonecrusher Smith . |
| 12 | Only a week ago he was at his usual commentary position for Capital Radio when England took on San Marino in a qualifying match for the next World Cup . |
| 13 | Charles took on Diana 's mantle speaking on terminal illness , while she prepared to tread the world stage . |
| 14 | And he said , I 've got the photographs that they took on Friday , I said , oh already ? |
| 15 | Way back in 1955 , a buxom young Joan took on Cleopatra in the film Land of the Pharaohs ( left ) . |
| 16 | With the successful launch of Illustrator and its rapid acceptance by the professional market it became obvious that programs of this type were marketable and Aldus took on FreeHand . |
| 17 | John Wilman Ltd ( Coloroll ) , took on Harwood Personnel in September last year after agreeing special rules with its union . |
| 18 | She took on Richard Burton and it is impossible that she did not know — quite soon — that there were flaws : she knew about theatrical affairs and knew that most of them were no more than vessels bumping in the night or for the run of the play . |
| 19 | In the early Eighties , McLean , by now the champion of unlicensed boxing , took on Brian ‘ The Mad Gypsy ’ Bradshaw in a fight that was televised and seen by millions . |
| 20 | Having begun their Courage First Division programme with a 29-12 home win over Leicester , Wasps then lost direction and the match when they took on Harlequins at The Stoop . |
| 21 | Since that day Reid has scored in many major races including the Arc which he took on Tony Binn in 1988 and the Irish Derby which he won on Sir Harry Lewis in 1987 . |
| 22 | PAUL Frost 's luck was in when he took on Sue Kane , manager of Ladbrokes new Middlesbrough betting shop , in a penalty shoot-out . |
| 23 | Boswell loathed him so much that his first edition of the Tour to the Hebrides had to be amended on account of the unflattering position he took on Sir Alexander . |
| 24 | Leopardstown 's race has n't the charisma of last year when Dr Devious took on St Jovite , but then you ca n't have everything . |
| 25 | William Wybarn of Ticehurst ( goods £1 10 ) took on Bayham forge in 1525 , and Thomas Oxenbrege of Northiam ( £52 ) demised the Darfold Wood furnace in Mountfield and a forge at Etchingham in 1535 to a Thomas Walsh , who was perhaps the man taxed on £5 per annum in Danehill Sheffield hundred . |
| 26 | Cooper , knocked out by Floyd Patterson in his previous fight and looking for a gentle return to the ring , took on Boston Jacobs , an unknown New Yorker . |
| 27 | On impulse Peter crossed the room to the bookcase and took down Jung 's Memories , Dreams , Reflections . |
| 28 | After he had bowed himself out of the room , Cynthia remained behind and , taking pen and paper , took down Dorothy 's letter to ha dictation . |
| 29 | 9d. ; the stenographer who took down Parker 's sermons received £100 per annum ; the average annual wage for manual workers in 1896 was £64 while the highest yearly wage for agricultural workers in 1902 was £534s . |
| 30 | Adam took down Edward Moor 's Suffolk Words and Phrases , could n't find ‘ drift ’ but here was ‘ pytle ’ or ‘ pightle ’ , a small meadow . |