Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] take [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After she completed her degree course , they moved to the United States , where she took up an appointment as an instructor in English at Smith College . |
| 2 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 3 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 4 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
| 5 | He wanted someone to help him with his horses , so I took on the job . |
| 6 | ‘ He suggested it could have died another way , ’ Small recalls , ‘ so I took out a knife , skinned it on his desk , and showed him where the fox 's teeth had punctured the flesh . ’ |
| 7 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 8 | You do n't want that to happen , so you take out an inn-sewer-ants-polly-sea . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Mona was quiet , hardworking and extremely stubborn , anxious to be agreeable ; but once she took up a position — or got caught in one — she was obstinately immovable and this had often brought her into conflict with Moran . |
| 11 | No , once you take over a job you take over a job . |
| 12 | These new plants could regenerate quickly , so they took over the ecosystem . |
| 13 | In 1908 the Standard was not printing photographs and , although it took up the art form in the 1920 's and it is a curiosity to learn that the first photograph it published to do with the Club was in fact of the Opening Match , but 50 years after the event . |
| 14 | That was actually quite a productive meeting , although it took quite a time to get through it , I think we did the right thing on the continuous procedures . |
| 15 | If I take on an artist , for example , I need to think they will have a future . |
| 16 | If I take away the minus twenty well I 'm taking it from the same thing are n't I ? |
| 17 | If I take out a chunk , you can do |
| 18 | A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities . |
| 19 | If you take away the image all that 's left is a bunch of exceptionally pretty boys making some very ordinary music . |
| 20 | If you take over a farm with poor fences , you will probably feel obliged to stock it before your fencing programme is anywhere near complete . |
| 21 | If you take on a project , you take it on and put everything into it . ’ |
| 22 | This can be one of the greatest difficulties to overcome if you take on an adult dog which has had several previous homes , and has gained a reputation for snappy behaviour . |
| 23 | Keeping informed of the latest international research and developments in the field is easy if you take out a subscription to Applied Linguistics . |
| 24 | And if you take out a policy now you can choose one of three books or an exercise video as a free gift . |
| 25 | So , if you take out an endowment mortgage which is described as joint payable in the event of the first death , this means that if either of you dies , the policy will repay the mortgage linked to that policy . |
| 26 | If you take out the idea of the aesthetic , you 're just left with communication . |
| 27 | ‘ If we take off the khat … ’ said the air hostess , drawing her finger across her throat . |
| 28 | If we take seriously the idea of valuing individuals as citizens , then instead of using bridging capital from the sale of hospital sites to purchase large houses and hostels outright , a means could perhaps be found of lending capital to individuals as an initial down-payment on a property or a share in a property . |
| 29 | If we take seriously the notion of ‘ unlimited number ’ , there must be , for any lexical form , potential senses which have never been realised in use : equally , every lexical form has at least one relatively well-utilised sense . |
| 30 | Another question : could one be bothered maintaining the fantasy league for the year if one took on the responsibility ? |