Example sentences of "up to take the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When The Fall played Leeds , part of their rider was to play a football match so all these young lads from the area turned up to take the piss . |
| 2 | City 's leaders caused Steve Hudsbeth whose tally of goals kept pace with their beaten run , stepped up to take the kick , only to see his effort go outside . |
| 3 | ‘ Off with their heads ! ’ she shouted , and soldiers hurried up to take the gardeners away . |
| 4 | The latter are legislative committees set up to take the committee stage of a bill and they have to reflect the division of party strength that exists on the floor of the House . |
| 5 | In Get Richie Quick ! , the hero 's ex-wife Lola asks him to find some missing family documents and turns out to be setting him up to take the blame for a series of axe murders she 's been committing since she was six years old . |
| 6 | Then they move up to take the Cross , and you drop back to the end of the file . |
| 7 | Penry got up to take the trays . |
| 8 | An audible ripple of laughter went round the court room as Brown denied vehemently that he had been ‘ set up to take the rap for the footballer ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Why set Michael up to take the rap then kill him ? |
| 10 | He was born in abject poverty with a family history of madness , yet grew up to take the world by storm . |
| 11 | He leapt up to take the mug from her shaking hand . |
| 12 | And what I mean by help out is that one of the documents that we leave er when we sign them up to take the product is a list that so that looks something like this . |
| 13 | Boxall and Tierney came back strongly in the second game , but the Blackmoor pair pulled away at 7–5 up to take the game 15–7 . |
| 14 | ‘ He gently lifted my body up to take the weight off my wing and then freed me from the trap . |