Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [adv] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I took up the cups of coffee , five cups , and they give me only four straws , not five , ’ he explained carefully . |
| 2 | I took up the tin-whistle in earnest |
| 3 | I took up the tin with the matches in it and lit the candles ; they burned yellowly and I knelt , clenching my fists and thinking . |
| 4 | I took on the management for Scullion and it was not an enjoyable experience . |
| 5 | But , now that , I mean I 'm in the second year of being a student , and I took on the position of women 's officer for the we , for the west of Scotland area |
| 6 | But I took on the idea of transcendence only at a personal level . |
| 7 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 8 | Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ? |
| 9 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 10 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 11 | I took out the piece of parchment I had found on the corpse . |
| 12 | I took out the key to the padlock and opened the door . |
| 13 | She took on the alias in a bid to avoid publicity when dealing with her solicitor Paul Butner . |
| 14 | With an unusual daring for a Tiller she took on the life of a Broadway dancer , the men flocked to her and she basked in their admiration . |
| 15 | But she 's not really complaining : Mozart launched her international career at the 1982 Aix Festival when at short notice , and at only 25 , she took on the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute . |
| 16 | She took up the pastime after impressing friends and family when she made an engagement cake for her brother-in-law . |
| 17 | She took up the handles of the hand-cart and began to push it , and now there was room only for the child to walk by the side of it . |
| 18 | In 1885 she took over the management of the embroidery section of Morris & Company , her father 's firm . |
| 19 | She took over the premises behind the bus station in Middlesbrough ( opposite the car park and along from Macdonalds ) and has hardly looked back . |
| 20 | She took over the phone in a vain attempt to replace Dana , only to admit defeat late on Thursday evening when she was forced , reluctantly , to agree to Myra 's insistence that she wear the wedding gown herself . |
| 21 | But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research . |
| 22 | But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 . |
| 23 | She took over the serving of the tea and cakes and Jenna had the opportunity to study her surreptitiously . |
| 24 | When her brothers joined up in 1914 she took over the running of the Ferry assisted by some local boys who enjoyed the good food that Mrs Stevens provided . |
| 25 | After that she took out the contents of the red velvet box Marc had pressed into her hand that morning and put on the pearl earrings that had once belonged to her beloved 's grandmother , knowing that now she had a right to them . |
| 26 | It is also important to look at why you took up the job in the first instance , even if 20 years have elapsed in the meantime . |
| 27 | It was then that we took on the giants of the Premier Division , Clutton Town , in the FA Cup . |
| 28 | We took out the 1-iron on the tee . |
| 29 | In fact , in a lot of cases where they took away the rights for |
| 30 | From the Canadian premises they took away the consuls of Canada , Ireland , the USA and Australia , but subsequently released them . |