Example sentences of "the [noun sg] took [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Board took over the legal aid scheme 's administrative structure and most of the staff . |
| 2 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 3 | Her impression of a bleak , high-ceilinged room was confirmed when she entered : the hall took up the top two storeys of the three-storey building . |
| 4 | The teacher took up the remaining bangle and , throwing it into the water , said , ‘ It is there . ’ ’ |
| 5 | They were invited to Hollywood parties together and they left together : when one broke into song , the other took up the harmonising line . |
| 6 | Soon after the company was established , the trio took over the run-down Bertram House Hotel in Harthill . |
| 7 | From 1466 the company took over the financial management of the garrison , with the mayor of the Staple becoming de facto royal treasurer of the town . |
| 8 | When the trust took over the four-storey building in 1987 it was virtually derelict . |
| 9 | By degrees , the middle-class took over the political parties . ’ |