Example sentences of "take [adv] from the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The archosaurs took over from the mammal-like reptiles about two-thirds through the Triassic . |
| 2 | They may also come to contract for the community health and care services their patients need , taking over from the social services departments or competing with them . |
| 3 | Erm and that how that but through land reform it meant that how that you had erm credit difficulties and that how that landlords who prev previously provided the credit were no longer there and so that meant that how that erm that exasperated problems of increasing productivity and also there was a severe shortage of farm implements and animals cos they were n't redistributed , there was only the surplus that was taken away from the rich peasants and landlords , it meant that how that the , the rich peasants erm you know , got back er they sort of were a self-perpetuating elite in that how the poor peasants just did n't have the means to improving their production . |
| 4 | On the day before the April 18 announcement , the President of the Serbian state presidency , Slobodan Milosevic , had declared that Serbia 's own internal affairs secretariat had now taken over from the federal authorities in administering public security in the province . |
| 5 | The Beatles had taken over from the Rolling Stones , but Gabriel , used to pop boiling over all around her , did not notice . |
| 6 | After a year or so the rope was taken up from the lower floors and wound on to a cleat on the top storey . |
| 7 | The duvet , I 'd just taken back from the dry cleaners ! |
| 8 | There are so many historical sights to take in from the ancient temples , the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank to the High Dam at Aswan . |
| 9 | The group around Harry Pollitt and Palme Dutt was able to take over from the older leaders , Inkpin , Bell , and MacManus and to commit the Party to the new tactic of the " United Front from Below " . |