Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] taken [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor has taken up the fight and is tackling small business worries over banks charges head . |
| 2 | A major chain of small grocery shops has taken on the might of the big wholesalers in a battle over the right to sell newspapers . |
| 3 | The organization of women in the controlled zones varies considerably depending on the region : either one of the women 's organizations has taken on the task or there may be a women 's committee of the Popular Power Council . |
| 4 | A factory in Northamptonshire has taken up the challenge to create the fish footwear . |
| 5 | After the execution of Xavier de Chavigny , the German High Command had taken over the house and gardens at St-Cloud and used the beautiful late-seventeenth-century mansion to quarter troops . |
| 6 | Pride events : Stokesley 's Pride In Our Town Association have taken over the town 's Mayday celebration , part of a series of events to promote and improve Stokesley . |
| 7 | Er much to everybody 's fear , really , because we , we , we were stepping into a new area , you can imagine from , from wires to something with no wires , and the risk of that failing , but , but it worked and er from thereon , of course most Fire Brigades have taken on the task and , and er are now on radio contact of this kind . |
| 8 | Birkenhead MP Frank Field has taken up the fight of Tranmere residents who feared they were in danger of becoming a ‘ forgotten area . ’ |
| 9 | By now , the household of The Kilns had taken on the shape which it was to maintain until well after the Second World War . |
| 10 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 11 | Golden Wonder have taken over the race sponsorship from Scottish and Newcastle Breweries , who backed the event for the past ten years . |
| 12 | Thus , over the years , many life assurance companies have taken on the management of pension funds on behalf of firms and other institutions . |
| 13 | SUPERMARKETS have taken over the consumer food role that farmers and market gardeners traditionally played in selling products direct to the public . |
| 14 | Shrewsbury and Borough Council have taken up the flagpole , have decided to spend a considerable amount of money on providing a visitor attraction in those buildings , around those buildings . |
| 15 | Fr Rice has taken over the running of a detoxification centre started some years ago by a Mill Hill priest who died recently . |
| 16 | The Serbs had taken over the park , one of Croatia 's main tourist attractions , several days earlier , and had proclaimed its incorporation into their " Autonomous Region " . |
| 17 | The bomb had taken out the café , and the two floors above it . |
| 18 | To cap it all , the Devil has taken over the church and sits impaled on the spire with a long snaky whip sorting out anyone who 's left . |
| 19 | However , since all readers of Update might reasonably be expected to have a keen interest in training issues , the Training and Development Lead Body ( TDLB ) has been chosen to illustrate how at least one such organisation has taken up the challenge to develop qualifications for its sector . |
| 20 | Since the Criminal Law Revision Committee produced its Working Paper , the Crown Prosecution Service has taken over the task of prosecuting from the police . |
| 21 | By the end of the 1970s , with Norman Lindop having taken over the chairmanship from 1974 , the Committee had established itself as a unit which functioned in parallel with those for science and technology , arts and sciences , and research . |
| 22 | President Boris Yeltsin had taken on the premiership in October [ see p. 38537 ] . |
| 23 | Deacon had taken over the head of the formation as the leader 's R/T was not working , and calling a warning to the other pilots , he swung into the attack on one Messerschmitt from the quarter position , breaking away to attack a second similarly , though in neither case did he observe any results . |
| 24 | Tweed had taken over the wheel from Paula . |
| 25 | In Reggio Calabria , where a government commissioner had taken over the city council following the arrest in July of 25 of its 50 members on corruption charges , a further 22 people including three parliamentary deputies were arrested on Sept. 7 . |
| 26 | In the 23 August 1968 issue of It the plug was provided , next to news that Knullar had taken over the It workers ' co-operative . |
| 27 | Once again the officers have taken over the ship by some nifty footwork , and the mutineers have been battened down in the fo'csle . |
| 28 | Executives from over 300 North West firms have taken up the Challenge this year |
| 29 | Argument about rival therapies has taken on the passion previously given to theological debate . |
| 30 | NEWLY-promoted Det Chief Inspector Mike Paddon has taken over the job and office of his retiring twin Terry at Exeter police HQ . |