Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aussie half-back star Greg Mackey switches to No 7 with Kiwi Test star Kelly Shelford taking the stand-off role . |
| 2 | Kiwi manager Ian Taylor took the unprecedented step of telling the world what had happened because he wanted the ICC to investigate Pakistan . |
| 3 | The six Hong Kong members of the BLDC subcommittee took the unprecedented step of publicly announcing their disapproval of the subcommittee 's proposals . |
| 4 | There was no one about except Miss Lofthouse taking the dead heads off the daffodils in the churchyard by the War Memorial . |
| 5 | The triumph of Fidel Castro 's 26 July Movement took the Soviet Union completely by surprise . |
| 6 | In all known surviving lists of such subscriptions in the 1750s and 1760s ( 1757 , 1759 , 1767 ) , the Van Neck firm took the largest share . |
| 7 | Alan Bates took the leading role . |
| 8 | Another RBAI player Ross McMillan takes the fourth cadet boy place to join Dominic McGreevy , Robert Robinson and Robert Fisher , but Ulster hopes will rest on the three girls sides for Gold medals with Leinster and Munster favourite to win the boys categories . |
| 9 | The England star takes the first step towards his long-awaited comeback in an A-team game this afternoon , five months after suffering a career-threatening Achilles injury . |
| 10 | Animal lover Ray Mackinlay took the cuddly pet in after he was discovered in the town 's Geneva Road area . |
| 11 | Zara Wolseley took the first set of her Under-18 match with Jo Ward 6-4 but at the end of a hard encounter saw Ward claim the next two sets 6-3 6-2 for victory . |
| 12 | After these , Dr Rogers took the assembled company completely by surprise by peeling off his false beard and revealing himself as Alan Abel , hoaxer extraordinary . |
| 13 | Unless Sir Robert Armstrong takes the unprecedented step of issuing a statement , this will have to remain one of what he has called ‘ the marvels and mysteries of Cabinet government ’ . |
| 14 | Alaw Bennett Humphreys and her husband , Gareth , and Huw Alun Roberts take the leading roles in a Welsh adaptation of a Ray Cooney play , Allan o Drefn ( Out of Order ) . |
| 15 | Gloucestershire trainer Chris Broad saddled the first winner … and Wantage jockey Graham McCourt took the second race … |
| 16 | Wayne Williams took the top scorer 's award and David Flinn was the chosen as the best young player . |
| 17 | Sir Bryan took the square instrument , put a finger in his left ear . |
| 18 | The French inventor Louis Daguerre took the first photograph of the Moon in 1839 or slightly earlier , and since then literally thousands of detailed pictures have been acquired , including those transmitted back-to Earth by the Moon-probes of the late 1950s and the 1960s . |
| 19 | Mr Sloan took the Social Work Department 's line , and the Panel were expected to follow it too . |
| 20 | At the same time President Bush took the unusual step of sending a message of condolence not only to the families of the seven labourers killed at Rishon Le Zion , but also to the families of those killed in the rioting afterwards . |
| 21 | Mr Dowling took the young Morrison under his wing as a ‘ kind of PA ’ , giving him the benefit of his own wide experience in all aspects of the profession — ‘ something that would just not be practical nowadays ’ . |
| 22 | Holywood Players and Lifford Players took the main awards , with Holywood 's ‘ 84 Charing Cross Road ’ winning the overall title of Ulster champions . |
| 23 | Princess Diana took the top position of children 's favourite royals , and the Corgis polled tenth overall , while Prince Philip did n't even get a mention . |
| 24 | That afternoon Sam Somerville took the regular flight from Heathrow to Washington , landing just after dark . |
| 25 | Dundalk clinched the double with victory over Derry in the 1988 FAI Cup Final and the following season the Brandywell club took the first step towards a unique treble with a stunning 4–0 win in the League Cup final at Oriel Park . |
| 26 | On the 6th S/L W M Kynock took the veteran Lancaster to Ijmuiden in Holland , but owing to cloud cover over the target , the Master Bomber turned back Sugar and the rest of the Lancaster force and no attack was made . |
| 27 | The East Lothian man took the third set 7-1 , came from 1-4 down to take the next 7-4 and then opened the decider with three singles . |
| 28 | Ralph Fiennes takes the hunky Heathcliff role in a story of love , passion and vengeance set in the wilds of Yorkshire . |
| 29 | In a profile in the latest issue of New York 's Vanity Fair magazine , Mrs Clinton takes the astonishing step of naming Mr Bush 's alleged former mistress . |
| 30 | Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown took the unusual step of holding a news conference on Budget Day and declared : ‘ This Budget means tax increases this year , tax increases next year and tax increases the year after — a massive betrayal of the election promises that were the centrepiece of the Conservative 1992 election campaign . ’ |