Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] take [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Describing Gloucester 's subsequent attack on the Woodvilles , More continues : ‘ [ Gloucester and Buckingham ] said that the lord marquis had entered into the Tower of London and thence taken out the king 's treasure and sent men to the sea . |
| 2 | Describing Gloucester 's subsequent attack on the Woodvilles , More continues : ‘ [ Gloucester and Buckingham ] said that the lord marquis had entered into the Tower of London and thence taken out the king 's treasure and sent men to the sea . |
| 3 | One species of beetle in Brazil , when alarmed , immediately folds up its legs and flattens itself sideways , exposing its white underside and so takes on the appearance of a bird dropping . |
| 4 | If the forecasts are believed , they will affect the actions of agents and so take on the role of expectations . |
| 5 | For the diminutive Andy — people often wonder how he hauls around the pro bags that stand as high as him — the triumphs he has shared with Nick Faldo are something of a fulfilment of his own ambition of winning the titles himself : he started as a tournament professional with dreams of a major championship before realizing he would not make the grade as a pro , and so took up the bag instead of the club . |
| 6 | Late in 1939 Jack Radford was moved back to Toronto and he was sorely missed ; he was succeeded by Peter Aylen who proved a most satisfactory station manager for a year until he also was transferred back east and shortly took over the post as Director of Radio for the United Nations Organization in New York . |
| 7 | Besides which , butler 's argument really moves at the level of phenomenology only , as an account of the conscious character of desire , and hardly takes on the idea of someone like Spinoza that all activity at a deeper level is a manifestation of the organism 's disposition to preserve and enhance its own being . |
| 8 | During subsequent interrogation it was revealed that Ann Lynn had made a rendezvous during the night with a Dutch cargo vessel , had stowed the contraband below for later disposal , and calmly taken out the anglers for a day 's fishing before unloading the loot . |
| 9 | With a strength Isabel had not known she possessed she had beaten back panic and calmly taken down the rushlight , dividing the rushes into smaller bundles to conserve the light . |
| 10 | Non-European countries were more and more to take up the methods and manners of Europe . |
| 11 | Sometimes a family crisis such as the wife 's admission to hospital for an operation , or confinement , when mother-in-law comes to the rescue and willingly takes over the housekeeping , will draw them together , and help them to value each other as people for the first time ; but more often it is a gradual process , the slow demolition of long-held prejudices . |
| 12 | This was undoubtedly his eldest son , who served his engraving apprenticeship under his father from 1802 and later took over the business c .1821 in partnership with his brother John , although their father probably remained a partner until his death . |
| 13 | On Dec. 17 Gaidar was made presidential economic adviser and also took up the directorship of the Institute for the Problems of the Transition Period . |
| 14 | Lee remained secretary-general of the ruling People 's Action Party ( PAP ) , which he had founded , and also took on the post of Senior Minister in the new Cabinet . |
| 15 | If you are waiting for post-feminists to hasten to your rescue , girding their loins and hairy-leggedly taking on the Viz comics and Dennis Potters of this world on your behalf , I would suggest that you do n't hold your breath . |
| 16 | If the function is seen as the delivery of a service to carers and hence taking on the role of respite care rather than that of aiming for functional improvement then this could have import for the type of staff , ie specifically trained , ratio of staff and the drawing of expertise from other fields , ie occupational therapists . |
| 17 | Yeltsin issued a decree on March 16 creating a Russian Federation Defence Ministry , and temporarily took on the portfolio himself . |
| 18 | The firm organized catering at the Glasgow exhibition , the 1889 Paris exhibition , and then took over the catering at Olympia and the Crystal Palace . |
| 19 | Vincent would enter houses and tell exhausted women to go and rest , and then take over the family wash . |
| 20 | In 1797 , Robert Owen ( q.v. ) met Dale 's daughter , Anne Caroline Dale , whom he later married , and subsequently took over the New Lanark Mills , which employed a thousand people . |
| 21 | Far from protecting the English clergy from royal demands , Boniface VIII and Clement V added their authority to royal exactions and incidentally took on the odium as well . |
| 22 | This can be done very simply in a freshwater aquarium by using a nitrate absorbing resin which rapidly and safely takes up the nitrate . |
| 23 | They have had a mortgage with the Abbey National for four years and recently took up the offer of a fixed rate of 10.99% until 1999 . |