Example sentences of "[pron] take [adv] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today I took on the world No 1 , and that 's not easy , and beat him from the back of the court . |
| 2 | Ever since I took over the tips section in the hallowed pages of ZZAP ! 64 , folks have whinged that most of the pokes are for Reset and Action Replay carts . |
| 3 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 4 | Editor , — In 1980 I took out a BMA-BUPA policy for myself , my wife , and my daughter . |
| 5 | So I took out an insurance policy against a possible breakdown in the production . |
| 6 | My kid I take on no call Monsoon . |
| 7 | The Italian government , which takes over the EC presidency from Ireland next summer , will use the three-stage Delors strategy for monetary union as the basis for considering changes to the Treaty of Rome . |
| 8 | COMEDY is set to be one of the strong suits of Meridian which takes over the TVS area and its 5.2 million viewers . |
| 9 | These surveys come in the week when Carlton Television , which takes over the Thames franchise in the new year , announced its schedule . |
| 10 | TV company Carlton Communications , which takes over the Thames franchise in January , is looking good with analysts forecasting a profits increase of up to 16% , at £103m . |
| 11 | As soon as Maastricht comes into force , the commission and Belgium , which takes on the EC presidency next month , intend to work however many hours a week it takes to push through the works-council directive . |
| 12 | He would himself take on the Finance portfolio , with Minister of Agriculture Madun Dulloo taking on Foreign Affairs and further appointments to follow . |
| 13 | It was the Press which took up the Andrew Morton book on Princess Diana and the state of her marriage . |
| 14 | Aberdeen , the league leaders , are at home to Dundee United and Alex Smith , their manager , is contemplating ‘ at least one change ’ after last week 's defeat by Celtic which took away the points advantage they held over Rangers . |
| 15 | Carlton which took over the London weekday franchise from Thames , already owns 20 per cent of Central . |
| 16 | Beecroft , however , stayed on as a partner in the firm of Dillon , Tennant & Co. , which took over the shore establishments . |
| 17 | How do you take apart a quality chair in order to refix loose joints ? |
| 18 | Catherine has sung before — she took over the lead role in the West End musical 42nd Street as a teenager . |
| 19 | She took out a cassette tape and pushed it into the car 's tape-deck . |
| 20 | She took out the tin box of letters and carried it back with her into the kitchen . |
| 21 | When she took out the leather writing case , the child turned and cried , ‘ That 's Mama 's ! |
| 22 | Chairman Peter Robins , who took over the Sky Blues last November , singled out Curtis 's earnings yesterday claiming : ‘ It is a staggering figure — a staggering sum of money in this day and age . ’ |
| 23 | Stapleton — who took over the Valley Parade hot seat in December — confirmed : ‘ Stuart is the manager when I 'm out playing . |
| 24 | The tall , blond player who had joined West Ham at the tender of age of 17 some four years earlier , had done more than choose the right moment to emerge , he 'd nicely anticipated the coming of the right man , Alf Ramsey , who took over the England management shortly afterwards and began to forge the national side which would win the World Cup in 1966 and in which Moore would play an anchor role . |
| 25 | DAVID FRENCH is the man who took over the Marriage Guidance Council , renamed it Relate and persuaded the Princess of Wales to become its patron , thus demonstrating that he was both tough and persuasive . |
| 26 | A group of eight armed civilians who took over the radio station in Antananarivo , the capital , on July 29 surrendered to the armed forces after they failed to win popular support . |
| 27 | It was she who took up the trays Anna would n't touch when she kept to her room and had sent for her trunks . |
| 28 | So , the sort of man who took on a mansus absus might have been an immigrant attracted by freedom from labour services ; or a son who feared that his patrimony , or his share of it , would not be big enough to support his family ; or a rich peasant with several adult sons and labour to spare . |
| 29 | John Bowley , or Bowyer , a shot maker who took on the Hartfield steel forge in 1525 , might have been related to either Valentine or Nicholas Bowyer ( land £2 and £3 respectively ) . |
| 30 | Du Plessis , who took on the Finance portfolio in 1984 and was regarded as heir-apparent to de Klerk , said that he was retiring because he was " exhausted " . |