Example sentences of "take [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final axe is expected to come after Birt takes over as the new director general in March . |
| 2 | Programming might have started out as an ancillary task in a student 's special subject of physics chemistry or psychology but soon takes over as the dominating interest . |
| 3 | A dedication to career goals of autonomy or power or recognition ( or some combination of these ) takes over from the parental concern for comfort , structure and relationships . |
| 4 | Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island . |
| 5 | It is the day when Jean Fabre , the president-in-waiting , takes over from the long-serving incumbent Albert Ferrasse . |
| 6 | There it will take over from the defective gene and form the right combination to allow fluids to leave the cells normally instead of collecting into a mucous . |
| 7 | Langdon went on to outline a scheme whereby Kim Ku could set up a governing commission , which would subsequently take over from the military government . |
| 8 | She nearly dropped the mug but her brain took over at the last instant . |
| 9 | Shute took over at the Northern League Second Division club in November , and together with assistant Peter Boddy has pulled the club out of any immediate danger . |
| 10 | In August 1953 Sir John Nott-Bower took over as the new Commissioner at Scotland Yard and was reported as saying that he would ‘ rip the covers off all London 's filth spots ’ . |
| 11 | This white turkey virtually took over as the sole breed ; and , by the Christmas of 1959 , there was hardly any demand for the bronze bird . |
| 12 | Couples took over as the American No 1 at the Bay Hill Invitational in March and stayed there , although he admits it was a struggle . |
| 13 | Replacing the highly popular Mr Dubcek was no easy task , but on the grounds that Janos Kadar salvaged something in Hungary when he took over after the popular uprising of 1956 , Mr Husak might have achieved something . |
| 14 | Ridden by Peter Scudamore , Nigel Twiston-Davies 's seven-year-old took over from the ill-fated Combermere at the 13th of the 27 fences and , staying on strongly approaching the last , drew clear of the top-weight Dalkey Sound to record an impressive eight-length victory . |
| 15 | The SPA unanimously elected Kaysone Phomvihane , as the country 's new President , replacing Phoumi Vongvichit , who had served as President in an acting capacity since 1986 when he effectively took over from the ailing Souphanouvong [ see p. 35005 ] . |
| 16 | A young man in an immaculate dark blue suit took over from the young woman who had met them at the elevator and led them into a vast room , furnished with antiques . |
| 17 | The Presidents of Yugoslavia 's six constituent republics took over from the federal presidency the principal role in negotiating Yugoslavia 's future when they began on March 28 a series of weekly summit meetings . |
| 18 | His younger brother , Scott , took over in the second period with a series of his extra-special , last-gasp tackles which reminded one of Victorian melodrama . |
| 19 | I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies . |
| 20 | An American military advisory group should be established formally , taking over from the provisional group already in existence . |
| 21 | Masklin grabbed the Thing and took off across the polished surface . |
| 22 | Three or four dropped into the darkness and choc ice wrappers , dead ; a few fluttered aimlessly to rest around us ; some took off into the vast space above . |
| 23 | Similar doubts were expressed about the study of the environment , which took off about the same time , but this seems to have gained a much firmer academic foothold , despite the fact that such courses range from the physical to the social with , as one CRAC Degree Course Guide put it , almost nothing in common between these two extremes . |
| 24 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
| 25 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
| 26 | On the day appointed , the aircraft took off with the first stick , all of whom landed successfully . |
| 27 | We took off on the last leg for Tromsø . |
| 28 | I took off at the first light and made the rendezvous as planned and found the fighters had just become airborne . |
| 29 | Artemis 's horse whipped round twice , plunged and bucked , and then with Artemis , much to its apparent displeasure , still well on board , took off after the leading group . |
| 30 | They took off from the amphibious assault ship U S S Okinowa on a routine patrol , but a short while later , all voice and radar contact was suddenly lost . |