Example sentences of "[be] take [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 've also got a lot of equipment I 'm taking out on the road to be able to write and play , improvise to tapes and so on .
2 ‘ They seem to be taking longer at the moment .
3 Should another globe-trotting adventure arise , we know what notebook computer we 'll be taking along for the ride .
4 Haram , 23 , was one of just two artists from across the country to be taken on by the charity which promotes ‘ young musicians of exceptional quality ’ .
5 Furthermore , they were less likely to have applied to be taken on by the firm 's main competitor , which took over its order book , or to look for another job before leaving the firm .
6 David Wheatley , 28 , lived in a fantasy after failing to be taken on by the Force .
7 All this sort of responsibility will be taken on by the reception centre .
8 The last residents moved out towards the end of 1940 , leaving Barham House to be taken over by the army .
9 An RAF base which was due to close down will now be taken over by the Army .
10 An RAF base which had been due to close next year as part of the Government 's defence cuts is stay open and be taken over by the army .
11 I hope that this debate will be about the valuable contribution that Britain can make to the European community , rather than a sterile argument about whether the king 's prerogatives will be taken over by the Government and given away in the face of the people .
12 Are we about to be taken over by the machine ?
13 It recommends that it should be taken over by the academy because of its focus on basic research and that it should at the same time establish links with a university .
14 The distribution of land , all land under of production confiscate with the exception of those to be nationalized to be taken over by the Peasant Association , the unified
15 No provision is to be made for liabilities to pay interest [ on loans not to be taken over by the purchaser ] ( v ) Full provision will be made for future rentals and other property costs on the Scottish warehouse lease
16 January 15 is the date by which the inhabitants of Florida 's Vero Beach will know if their most famous local employer is to be taken over by the French .
17 In that event the players ' registrations would be taken over by the League and transfer fees payable to Lytham .
18 THREE historic sites in Colchester now run by English Heritage may be taken over by the borough council .
19 The colonic epithelial cell is probably the major site of metabolism of 5-ASA and because the N-acetyltransferase enzyme is cytosolic , 5-ASA must be taken up into the cell before acetylation .
20 A final problem is that these substances may be taken up into the blood supply as it passes through the brain and carried to other parts of the body where they may have toxic effects that confound their effects on the nervous system .
21 Thanks to his hobby some splendid pictures of his son and daughter 's early life were preserved — on their tricycles , walking through the local park , playing with their cousins , skating and skiing , and some more imposing ones of them with the grown-ups — getting into the car while Kerry the chauffeur holds the door open ; looking very serious with the uncles and aunts , their mother appearing to be taken up with the idea of not being photographed with them !
22 This of course harks back to the much older debate about whether memories can be localized — something I 'll come back to later , ; much of the next two chapters will be taken up with the question of the localization of memory in space and time .
23 Doctors who are aware of such appointments in their hospitals ( or plans for them ) should notify the JCC 's secretariat of the circumstances so that they may be taken up with the department without delay .
24 In any case most of the time required will be taken up at the beginning , in the planning and drawing out of the plan on paper , in choosing the plants , and in soil preparation and planting .
25 This means that salad crops are excellent subjects for catch cropping in space that will later be taken up as the autumn and winter crops grow to their mature sizes .
26 Once you have decided to see an applicant , any references given in the application form ( or c.v. ) , including telephone references , should be taken up before the interview .
27 True enough , but to be incorporated into the protein the radioactive amino acid has first to be taken up from the bloodstream into the neurons .
28 Quite a bit of space will be taken up by the timing mechanism and , of course , it will have to be weighted to give it negative buoyancy . ’
29 Something that came up yesterday was interview you had , and Graham to make the comment , and he , he was trying to make the point that he , what he said , what he recommended , would have to be taken up by the council , and actually by the council when it happened .
30 I put a trimmed log in its place , to be taken up by the stair .
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