Example sentences of "[was/were] take [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very few moments later , Mala and I had firm hold of the contract for the job and were taking our leave of a decidedly miffed Emissary . |
| 2 | The clay tile and its descendant , the plastic pipe , were to take their place alongside the plough and the axe as among the major agents in the settlement of England . |
| 3 | She too was taking her degree in the social sciences . |
| 4 | ‘ If only I had some money put by , ’ he told Rosie , as he was taking her home to the pub one evening . |
| 5 | It was 1963 and as David started his new job , ‘ Mersey Mania ’ was taking its stranglehold on the charts with The Beatles , Gerry and the Pacemakers , Freddie and The Dreamers ; everything with a Liverpudlian accent tasted success . |
| 6 | ‘ Not only was he doing all that , but at the same time he was taking his firm into the merger with Peats . |
| 7 | It too , however , would soon make way to allow the changes necessary if the brewery was to take its place in the modern world . |