Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] take [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Link welcomes new Burstwick correspondent who has agreed to take up the post from previous correspondent . |
| 2 | ‘ We put patriotism and self-sacrifice into them , and there is no doubt that after they have learnt a certain amount of that , ’ he explained as he outlined his strategy to the National Defence Association , ‘ they will feel bound to take up the defence in one form or another , should it be necessary , when the time comes . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I bin asked to take over the choir like , for the concert , play the organ … . ’ |
| 4 | The restoration of the monarchy , he said , would bring back the communism and anarchy which had threatened to take over the country before the Civil War . |
| 5 | In the meantime various troubles had flared up throughout the world -America had become involved in Korea ; France was involved in both Algiers ( who were seeking independence ) and Indo-China ; whilst Britain became involved in retaliation against the Egyptian government which had threatened to take over the Suez Canal . |
| 6 | It was also reported that the Governor of Sokoto had decided to take up the issue with the federal authorities in Lagos . |
| 7 | The truth of the matter was that even before she had agreed to take over the club she had been plagued more and more by a feeling that she had done all she could do in the music business . |
| 8 | She had no idea how he knew Kattina was in police custody , or that she had agreed to take over the job . |
| 9 | Mick Houghton , who also works for the fashionable label Blast First , was asked why he had agreed to take on The Wedding Present . |
| 10 | All these activities suddenly came to an end when Chiang Kai-shek broke with the Communists after the USSR had tried to take over the KMT . |
| 11 | Despite an increasing amount of intermarriage , few Koreans have wished to take up the option of naturalization , difficult enough to achieve in itself . |
| 12 | But he is confident that some announcements will be made by year-end on those who have decided to take up the offer . |
| 13 | Sun — which admits its latest strategy is similar to the route trodden by MIPS Computer Systems Inc that now has half a dozen semiconductor companies selling its R series RISC designs — says it is just awaiting clearance to announce the names of several firms that have agreed to take on the Sparc . |
| 14 | He sees Ecstasy largely in terms of the market place : ‘ Professional criminals have realised there is money to be made and over two years they have managed to take over the market . |