Example sentences of "[noun] take [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Opinions on a whole range of theoretical issues were polarized in ways that can be related to positions taken up in the struggle for control of the social framework of science . |
| 2 | The briefing , however , mostly consisted of Mortimer 's dividing the force into groups and assigning them positions to take up in the scrub around the cemetery , which was illustrated by a simple chalk sketch Petion had done on a blackboard . |
| 3 | So that when they sit facing each other on either side of their fire-place , both grins take off in the direction of the mantelpiece , as if drawn by the draught . |
| 4 | Hoover , himself , certainly not a callous man , considered that it would be fatal for the Federal government to take over in the field of relief , which was properly the concern of state and local governments with help from private charity . |
| 5 | These fugitives that are Negroes go by the name of Maroon , whilst the renegades to the King 's laws are called by the common sailors red legs ( that being the colour our white skins take on in the heat of the sun in these regions ) . |
| 6 | The story taken up in the press was of the interminable controversies in which the Cambridge English faculty has been embroiled : Leavis , Steiner , Kermode , now Derrida . |
| 7 | Spending on current health needs is often constrained by the serving of financial commitments taken on in the past to secure basic health resources . |
| 8 | The first solo , tabbed last month , was in the key of E. This second solo takes off in the key of F , although the two-note pickup is played over the last beat of the final bar of E. |
| 9 | The symbol for our inner life is ‘ the heart ’ , a symbol taken up in the Bible . |
| 10 | As Bodie took off in the cab , he flicked on his R/T and contacted Monteith , on watch again from across the road . |
| 11 | RoboJay took over in the morning . |