Example sentences of "and take [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And takes on a surprising amount of colour : RED , naturally . |
| 2 | That is expensive and takes up a good part of our income . ’ |
| 3 | Nigel Carr is back in the Ulster fold and takes up a new responsibility as a selector |
| 4 | COMMANDER George Ness , head of Scotland Yard 's Flying Squad and tactical firearms unit , retires next week and takes up a new post with Securicor — whose cash delivery vans have been the target of the armed robbers his detectives risk their lives hunting down . |
| 5 | Robyn opens a drawer in her desk and takes out the appropriate chit . |
| 6 | It is the private world of the student 's mind that is at issue , a world that should expand and take on a rich array of colours , within the course of studies . |
| 7 | This change will allow the Gallery to set itself up permanently on a proper funding basis , with the possibility of a number of options : it could move into public ownership , either national or local ; alternatively , a private sponsor might come forward and take on the entire enterprise . |
| 8 | The disease causes its victims to waste away and take on the sharp outlines of a statue with the shiny , sickly pallid hue of marble as the disease destroys them . |
| 9 | Banishing an old life and taking on a new life and character when the time seemed ripe was a very Indian thing to do . |
| 10 | In other cases he remains cut off , although he may then recover well enough physically and mentally to start a new life , perhaps even setting up home with someone else and taking on a new job . |
| 11 | Austerity was Britain 's peculiar reward for surviving World War II unbeaten at the cost of selling her foreign assets and taking on a crippling load of debt to the United States . |
| 12 | A younger person marrying and taking on a teenage family may know very little about adolescents . |
| 13 | Wolfgang took the advice of his Mannheim friends — who professed themselves as disappointed as he on his lack of success — and decided to stay on until the spring , moving to cheaper lodgings and taking on a few pupils to earn money . |
| 14 | However , Victoria 's weekly bath was a ritual , a ceremonial , absorbing all Aunt Margaret 's attention and taking up a great deal of time , and Melanie was by herself in the kitchen , which was warm and smug and complacent since its work was finished for the day . |
| 15 | Floorboards tend to be fitted in long lengths and taking up a whole length is an unnecessary bore . |
| 16 | The test for this comes when someone , or some group , is offered a pay rise ( in real terms ) and the choice either of working the same number of hours and taking home the extra money or of maintaining their real income but reducing the hours worked . |
| 17 | Russell , who is again captain of the touring squad , again travelled to New Zealand to play for Mount Maunganui and while the team did not fare too well , the Stirling County professional was pleased with his form , averaging over 40 and taking quite a few wickets . |
| 18 | I did n't explain why and took instead a tartan scarf — to be Rob Roy , I said , but actually to conceal my lack of proper neckwear . |
| 19 | As The Maniacs Came Killing I rolled three more into the trusty Smith and West Point and took up a manly pose . |
| 20 | His wife seemed to recognise some signal and took up the conversational baton for the next lap . |
| 21 | ‘ We listened to Joe Lewis , In The Mood , that sort of thing and took up the whole floor for dancing — they hardly move around now . |
| 22 | Her face became twisted and not so pretty , and as her voice grew louder it lost its cultured tones and took on a snarling harshness . |
| 23 | Twenty-five years ago , the line built by George Stephenson in 1836 was saved from closure and took on a new lease of life as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway . |
| 24 | It changed as the Dornier accelerated away from them , and took on a rhythmic throbbing as it left the ground . |
| 25 | Immediately the smug features reassembled themselves in his imagination and took on the friendly demeanour of an irrelevant sibling . |
| 26 | Determined to honour the family tradition of social responsibility , she forgot her various ailments , put aside her various unfinished manuscripts , and took on the onerous commitment of managing one of the most important zinc factories in the United Kingdom at a time when women were virtually excluded from the boardrooms of business and commerce . |
| 27 | After the Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England in 1603 , and because the country now had an absent sovereign , the symbols of majesty became a substitute and took on an extra significance . |
| 28 | COLCHESTER sent the largest contingent of athletes to the Essex 10-miles race-walking championships at Ilford , and took home a small share of the medals . |
| 29 | He reached into his tunic and took out a golden disc on a short chain . |
| 30 | Edward turned to the jewel box beside him , opened it and took out a small gold ring with a precious ruby winking in the centre . |