Example sentences of "[verb] to take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Annual General Meetings are attended by several thousand employee shareholders and ( in contrast to the normally sedate company AGM in some discreet City hall ) NFC has to take over the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham or the Winter Gardens at Blackpool . |
| 2 | When the tow-rope breaks in a storm and the Arno is separated from the Langdale , Cam has to take over the duty of navigating in difficult circumstances , advised by the wounded mate , and he proves equal to the challenge . |
| 3 | Before the ‘ competent authority ’ sanctions any release into the environment it should stipulate that the releaser has to take out an insurance policy that will cover it for any consequential damage to the environment and necessary clean-up operations . |
| 4 | Schladming , just to the east , which tried to take on the World Cup commitment , has suffered similarly . |
| 5 | Unions tried to take over the country . |
| 6 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 7 | The society tried to take over the Dunblane to Callendar line , then the Longniddry to Haddington branch and , finally , the Alloa and Dollar line . |
| 8 | According to an Army spokesman , rebel soldiers " tried to take over the airport and [ Omdurman ] radio station in a rather pathetic way " , before being overpowered by loyalist troops . |
| 9 | Also on May 2 another Croatian policeman was killed in the mainly Croatian coastal village of Polaca when Serbian police tried to take over the Croatian-manned police station ; and a helicopter carrying among others the Vice-President of the Croatian Federal Assembly , Vladimir Seks , was fired on and forced to make an emergency landing after it took off from Kijevo . |
| 10 | In the capital , Caracas , the rebels tried to take over the government palace and the presidential residence , La Carlota airport , the Ministry of Defence , Navy and National Guard buildings and the national television station . |
| 11 | John McEnroe tried to take out a copyright on it , Becker 's got more than a bit and Lendl 's goes missing when he most needs it . |
| 12 | When a floorboard is difficult to lift or when you only want to take up a short piece , a floorboard saw is helpful . |
| 13 | Yeah I think it just depends whether the local group want to take up the option or not . |
| 14 | Thinking about going abroad or just want to take up an exciting new pastime ? |
| 15 | But for the moment , it seems he is n't the luxury most women want to take on a desert island with them . |
| 16 | And beware of those who want to take over the organiser 's job . |
| 17 | Might I just add to that that er I have heard that they also want to take over the Pembroke Hall . |
| 18 | The couple , who run a private nursing home near Richmond , want to take over the running of Hollyhurst home in Woodland Road . |
| 19 | You 've got to get Boris 's agreement before anyone can press the trigger or is this actually much more dangerous than it sounds , is he saying we want to take over the nuclear weapons . |
| 20 | To pick up David 's point now , if this is the client who 's already running the house , the mortgage , it 's , you know , a few years old , they want to take out a further advance , for some house improvements , or something , then obviously they now need more , so it might be at this stage we then want a P S P for the remaining , you know , ten years , eleven years , twelve years , or whatever , because they 've borrowed some more money from the building society . |
| 21 | Indeed , even your narration will need to take on a more direct tone . |
| 22 | You may have to commit yourself to buying a new home before you have sold your existing one , in which case you may need to take out a bridging loan to tide you over until you sell . |
| 23 | Because there is so little drag on crossing two stitches every four rows this is one time when you will not need to take down a stitch to either side of the cable . |
| 24 | As the eldest son of a wealthy sake and soy-sauce producer in conservative Nagoya , he was expected to take over the family business — and perhaps become the 15th generation of Morita Mayors in the local community . |
| 25 | Indonesia , which was expected to take over the chair of the movement from Yugoslavia in September 1992 , was elected by the Larnaca meeting as de facto chair with immediate effect . |
| 26 | The word Resident normally implied , at least officially , a preponderance of diplomatic over administrative duties , but it was clear from the beginning that a Lugardian Resident was expected to take on a large number of purely administrative tasks . |
| 27 | As time passes the new bride is expected to take on the identity of her new family , making her subjugation complete . |
| 28 | With contracting , hospital doctors will be the agents of the provider , not the purchasing authority , and again can not be expected to take on the gatekeeper role . |
| 29 | The banks are expected to take up an investment stance which is not their true role . |
| 30 | At least two , the Statesman and the Indian Express , were expected to take up the story in their issues today . |