Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] taken [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh McGill and Madeline Blakely have transferred to other posts within Hanover House and Anne Davidson has taken up a post of Head of Department of Service Industries at West Lothian College of Further Education . |
| 2 | Howell has taken up a job in Aberdeen and feels he may no longer be able to spare the time to travel back to Edinburgh each weekend . |
| 3 | He caught the glint of a smile from Fael-Inis at that , and felt a sudden delight , because the fire was surging up all about them , and Fael-Inis had taken up a stance at the fore of the Chariot , and he was gathering up silken reins between his hands , only the reins were of living colour and shifting light , and there were certainly spells within them as there had certainly been spells in the Chamber of the Looms … |
| 4 | There was no sign of Benny , but Ace assumed that the Professor had taken up a position on the other side of the stanchion . |
| 5 | It was surprising the battle was won , for cultural and social symbolism has taken rather a knock in our rootless ‘ can-do ’ free market society . |
| 6 | Tamati has taken on a lot but life from here should not be dull for Salford 's long-suffering support . |
| 7 | This did not mean their parents had happily shelled out the £2,000 for the trip — many had been sponsored by local firms and one girl had taken out a bank loan . |
| 8 | ‘ Companies have taken out a tier of management to save money , appointing financial controllers as directors designate , ’ warns Mr Austin . |
| 9 | As far as anyone knows this is the first time legal eagles have taken on a businessman as boss . |
| 10 | The agreement marks the first time Nato has taken on a mission beyond its borders since the alliance was founded in 1949 . |
| 11 | As a piece , although the overall process had taken almost a century to unfold and the measures were sometimes half-hearted in terms of their practical realisation , these changes signalled the arrival of a distinctively modern penal system which rested on the reformative and deterrent influence of the prison as its major instrument . |
| 12 | Many bands have taken on a style of clothes which they bought second-hand . |
| 13 | The contracts which western utilities signed in the 1970s and 1980s to reprocess their nuclear waste have taken on a life of their own . |
| 14 | Souness has taken over a club with financial difficulties . |
| 15 | Well again since the war and er probably since about the sixties , the garden centres have taken over a lot on that . |
| 16 | Gordon Brunt and his friends had taken away a wall without putting in the proper structural support , so the whole of the left side of Château Quigley had collapsed . |
| 17 | Just as he had been wont to do as a boy , so this morning after waking , he had lain and thought of the day ahead and what he had to do in it , and he was aware that life had taken on a tinge of colour . |
| 18 | For me , however , circumstances have changed somewhat since my first love affair with the States and my fascination has taken on a maturity that matches my years and experiences on the North American continent . |
| 19 | Stuart and Alice will be making their home in Reigate where Stuart had taken up a post at St. Mary 's . |
| 20 | A group of children have taken up a campaign for a footpath outside their school . |
| 21 | ACTOR Roy Barraclough has taken on a role that 's right up his street — as Sherlock Holmes ' bumbling sidekick Watson . |
| 22 | The England skipper has taken over a club founded by one of his predecessors , Nigel Melville . |
| 23 | The pain had taken on a form , which cried , and dribbled from every orifice . |
| 24 | ( This decree had in fact been proposed by the BSP in response to threats by opposition protesters to set fire to themselves if the symbols were not removed ; on the very day of its approval workmen had taken down a hammer and sickle crest adorning the facade of the BSP headquarters . ) |