Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] took [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Before people could generally read , learning was by word of mouth and much took place in the countryside along the paths , particular truths being imparted at certain places , which thereby took on special significance .
2 Porybny , a director of Florenc ( the party-owned and latterly state-owned company which published Rude Pravo ) , had founded a joint-stock company , Borgis , which then took over Rude Pravo .
3 She only took out three pages , so it ca n't be bad . ’
4 Mahmoud , of course , as a Moslem , did not drink alcohol , and Owen , who habitually took on protective colouring , fell into line without thinking .
5 It will be intriguing to see whether Romania 's rather conservative tactics will be altered under their new manager , Mircea Paraschiv , and new coach , Florin Popovici , who both took over last month .
6 He gradually took on full-time work in the same company , and gained three promotions within a year .
7 It also took over all aspects of the duty solicitor scheme .
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