Example sentences of "he [vb mod] take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be , and often is , that when the child reaches adolescence , his interest for drawing and painting may diminish , and he may take up some other form of self expression , but his early adventures in Painting will colour the whole of his later life . |
| 2 | Graham says that if the set-up is a success — and it certainly looks as if it 's going to be — he may take on more charity tanks in the future . |
| 3 | He convinced himself that speaking Italian to Franco presented a good opportunity to learn and therefore he should take up the challenge . |
| 4 | And so I was extremely surprised when no more than weeks later Émile telephoned Jean-Claude and proposed to him the idea that he should take up an appointment as composer-in-residence at an American university . |
| 5 | Burke unequivocally rejected any idea of a " mandate " or " instructions " from his constituents as to how he should vote or what line he should take on any particular issue as " things utterly unknown to the laws of this land " , reflecting a misconception of " the whole order and tenor of our constitution " . |
| 6 | Or rather , when he should take over according to a scenario worked out when the Ferrasse-Fabre coalition was born . |
| 7 | The eldest son of a prosperous producer of soya oil and saki , in Nagoya , the parents of Morita expected that he should take over the control of the family business . |
| 8 | It was his decision as to when he should take out the target . |
| 9 | Anyone who wishes to be a follower of mine must leave self behind ; he must take up his cross , and come with me ( Mark 8:34 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll persuade him to sell it and return to Hastings , where he 'll take up his old life as an accountant . ’ |
| 11 | John Major has said he 'll take up their case when he visits Tokyo next week . |
| 12 | Bets that he 'll take over as president of Novell may not take into account the short life span of any of Novell 's prior heirs apparent . |
| 13 | ‘ When our father retires , he 'll take over his business , too . |
| 14 | Mr Adams scotched speculation that he might take up his Belfast West parliamentary seat , and use parliamentary privilege to overcome the broadcasting ban against Sinn Fein . |
| 15 | He never developed a major following there — even , as far as can be seen , in the early 1470s when there was still a possibility that he might take on a political role . |
| 16 | He never developed a major following there — even , as far as can be seen , in the early 1470s when there was still a possibility that he might take on a political role . |
| 17 | That lightness of his , each step as though he might take off altogether ! — and then , how he stood there , at the foot of the stairs , straight and slender ; you 'd think he was from another world , he was so pale and fine , with his glistening cropped hair … but he was scowling most horribly . |
| 18 | WHEN A CLUB as great as Cardiff fall on times as hard as they are now it is easy to understand why they ask New Zealand 's John Hart if he could take over as coaching director and why they have asked Australia 's Alec Evans the same question . |
| 19 | He could take over the Ariadne at any moment and you would n't notice the difference . ’ |
| 20 | The petition , which was presented both to the king and the College of Physicians and referred to the archbishop of Canterbury , alleged that Chamberlen had pecuniary interests in keeping midwives ignorant so that he could take on their difficult cases . |
| 21 | I had watched Quintin under pressure during the Suez crisis where he had shown admirable calm at the Admiralty in testing circumstances ; and while I had some misgivings about his famous ‘ judgement ’ I felt that he could take on the leadership and the job of Prime Minister , and make a success of it . |
| 22 | It was doubtful whether he could take on mountain tribes . |
| 23 | He could take up organic farming and selling nurture as nature intended to a consumer market now seriously worried about E numbers and Alar . |
| 24 | He could take up agroforestry ; he could convert to timber ; he could take up government agency schemes and grow winter grass mixtures for wild geese to graze upon , or engineer his fields to be a home for the stone curlew . |
| 25 | He could take up agroforestry ; he could convert to timber ; he could take up government agency schemes and grow winter grass mixtures for wild geese to graze upon , or engineer his fields to be a home for the stone curlew . |
| 26 | To this end he reintroduced a school of industrial design , sacked the Professor of Painting , Gilbert Spencer , who had advised students not to visit the 1945–6 Picasso and Matisse exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum , appointed the former fashion editor of Vogue , Madge Garland , as the first ever Professor of Fashion and invited Allan Walton , who died before he could take up the post , to head the textile department . |
| 27 | She shrieked when he went near her with the scissors , and had to be held down by the nurse so that he could take off about twelve inches of her golden curls . |
| 28 | All he could take in was the muzzle of the gun the silent terror of the girl next to him and the Woman 's stony face . |
| 29 | But he 'd take on someone like Glenda Grower , who 's a much tougher customer . |
| 30 | Mum and Dad are no doubt just wishing he 'd take up an indoor sport instead . |