Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] took [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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | These new plants could regenerate quickly , so they took over the ecosystem . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities . |
| 14 | Another question : could one be bothered maintaining the fantasy league for the year if one took on the responsibility ? |
| 15 | The following year he registered for study in philosophy and theology at the University of Leyden and , apart from a brief return to Rostock , remained in The Netherlands until he took up a post at the University of Copenhagen in June 1648 . |
| 16 | Hanover officials said the plane was allowed to leave because they took seriously the hijacker 's threat to shoot passengers . |
| 17 | He must have decided to do so because he took on an apprentice the day after he was freed . |
| 18 | I was carried ignominiously between two colleagues back to the car and greeted my wife with the sheepish grin she had been dreading ever since I took up the sport . |
| 19 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 20 | ‘ About everything that 's happened since you took over the club . |
| 21 | But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 . |
| 22 | Since he took up the position in 1987 , closures of geriatric hospitals , partnership with the private sector , nurse regradings , NHS trusts and a review of maternity and acute services , which will cut over 1,000 hospital beds and possibly lead to a closure of a number of hospitals , are among the controversies which have raged . |
| 23 | Pipe has achieved ever-increasing tallies in each of the 14 years since he took out a licence . |
| 24 | It has sold another £28m of assets and has now pulled in £70m from disposals since it took over the Brookmount property group in August . |
| 25 | The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship . |
| 26 | Neither will they cover , what they call a ‘ pre-condition ’ , that is , some illness or disability that existed before you took out the policy . |
| 27 | Because people who 've been in the press for quite a long time were using this before we took over the telephone system . |
| 28 | Ooh now that started before we took out the mortgage , about a couple of years before I think . |
| 29 | But only days after he took over the job , he 'd got the fright of his life . |
| 30 | The Elves of Nagarythe were numerous and well-versed in sorcery , being descendants of those grim Elves who had followed Aenarion after he took up the Sword of Khaine . |