Example sentences of "[noun] took [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day appointed , the aircraft took off with the first stick , all of whom landed successfully . |
| 2 | The coalition took over from the Vietnam-backed Hun Sen government which rescued Kampuchea after the demise of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in 1979 . |
| 3 | Before the property boom took off in the 1970s there were still cheap flats around in London . |
| 4 | In Europe the craze for motoring took off in the twenties and thirties , helped in 1931 by the launching of the first cross-Channel ferry specifically designed to carry cars and their passengers . |
| 5 | A young man in an immaculate dark blue suit took over from the young woman who had met them at the elevator and led them into a vast room , furnished with antiques . |
| 6 | In August 1953 Sir John Nott-Bower took over as the new Commissioner at Scotland Yard and was reported as saying that he would ‘ rip the covers off all London 's filth spots ’ . |
| 7 | But Valli then dropped back to third when club secretary and veteran runner Brian took over on the penultimate third stage . |
| 8 | President Bush took over from the 78-year-old Ronald Reagan at the age of 64 but within 11 days the rigours of office had taken their toll . |
| 9 | The 38 lenders are also thought to have been told that trading is worse than at any time since the current owner took over in the late 1980s . |
| 10 | ‘ See yah around , ’ Billy bawled over his shoulder and waved as the bike took off towards the main Bristol road . |
| 11 | Shute took over at the Northern League Second Division club in November , and together with assistant Peter Boddy has pulled the club out of any immediate danger . |
| 12 | The archosaurs took over from the mammal-like reptiles about two-thirds through the Triassic . |
| 13 | Middlesbrough substitute Jon Gittens took over from the injured Jamie Pollock with 12 minutes to go . |
| 14 | St-Germain-des Pres took over from the previous Parisian art centres in Montmartre and Montparnasse , and brought much of the old guard to the new cafes . |
| 15 | Couples took over as the American No 1 at the Bay Hill Invitational in March and stayed there , although he admits it was a struggle . |
| 16 | She nearly dropped the mug but her brain took over at the last instant . |
| 17 | It looks as if he was initially working not from a completed score but from a sketch , and simply making sure that enough space was left for the movement before the copyist took over for the next one . |
| 18 | The Presidents of Yugoslavia 's six constituent republics took over from the federal presidency the principal role in negotiating Yugoslavia 's future when they began on March 28 a series of weekly summit meetings . |
| 19 | Professor Breen has suggested that the American consumer market took off in the 1740s . |