Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the job " in BNC.

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1 So for a lot of the time , their father takes on the job .
2 Michael Howard takes on the job of Home Secretary ,
3 Since it was the only nationwide law enforcement agency when McKinley got killed in 1901- making three presidential assassinations in forty years — it was the only group that could easily take on the job of bodyguarding future presidents .
4 Cheap and accessible computer packages have unburdened the splitters of much donkey work ; the computer can take over the job of interpretation too .
5 However , Botha later insisted that while the government welcomed fact-finding missions from all over the world , the Security Council " could not take over the job of the government " .
6 I says , I 'll go next week This was after three weeks , I says , I 'll go on next week and I 'll take over the job of yard foreman , and I 'll do it the way I want it done , not the way that .
7 IF Frank Chamberlain , chairman elect of the Test and County Cricket Board , had any qualms about taking on the job next October , they will have been magnified by his introduction to the massed press at Lord 's yesterday , writes Mike Selvey .
8 IF Frank Chamberlain , chairman elect of the Test and County Cricket Board , had any qualms about taking on the job next October , they will have been magnified by his introduction to the massed press at Lord 's yesterday , writes Mike Selvey .
9 Many thanks to them from all our branch members for taking on the job of producing our newsletter which is such a vital link and source of information for the membership .
10 And he had , after all , his own private reason for taking on the job .
11 Charles took on the job of improving Diana 's geography and also of teaching her the tricks of the trade — how to handle the different sorts of engagements , how to remember names and avoid missing or offending anyone , how to pace herself , how to address people , what sort of questions to ask and how to steer clear of banana skins .
12 WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline .
13 Steve Lewis , who won a Welsh Schools cap from Albertillery GS at scrum-half and went on to gain an Oxford Blue in 1973 and play for Ebbw Vale and Bath , was approached and took on the job last summer .
14 Mr Morrison says that he took on the job ‘ because they said that it would be difficult but it had to be done and that 's what appealed to me ’ .
15 Beeren took on the job from Edy de Wilde in 1985 , before which he had been Director of the Museum Boymans van Beuningen in Rotterdam .
16 In January 1990 , Boohaker introduced Coleman to the Esseffs in California , and at Joe Esseff 's suggestion , Coleman took on the job of freelance public relations adviser and lobbyist for the CLAO .
17 I also note that the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) — who said , when he took on the job that there would be ’ no more phoney shadow Cabinet Budgets ’ — has now promised that there will be a phoney shadow Cabinet Budget .
18 Since she did n't seem willing to read the translation , Robert took on the job himself .
19 Sharif-Emami took on the job twice , the second time in 1978 ; Mansur was assassinated in 1965 , like Razmara in 1951 ; Amir Abbas Hoveyda , who replaced Mansur , had a long run but was eased out in 1977 to give way to Amuzegar , a successful OPEC hawk as previous oil minister .
20 A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities .
21 He wanted someone to help him with his horses , so I took on the job .
22 But only days after he took over the job , he 'd got the fright of his life .
23 Bill took over the job 25 years ago .
24 It was at this point that Venturous took over the job completely and we holed up discreetly just round the corner in Helford River to await news of the suspect 's departure , to be signalled to us by our Investigation colleagues ashore .
25 Chester City Council then took over the job .
26 What did I think of the prospect of an up-and-coming Minister of State called Norman Tebbit taking over the job ?
27 Social services director Terry Sullivan recently announced his retirement from Gwent less than two years after taking over the job .
28 The national coach has been forced to treat withdrawals as a way of life since taking over the job six-and-a-half years ago .
29 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 .
30 On taking up the job , the applicant will be granted provisional membership of Equity .
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