Example sentences of "had take [adv] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitler had taken on the mysterious Soviets , but why had he chosen to invade Russia and not the British Isles ? |
| 2 | Humans were still doing these jobs : the robots had taken over the skilled elements of the task . |
| 3 | Most of the city was aflame , and bitter fighting had taken over the downtown suburbs . |
| 4 | The explosions were now occurring in the area they had just evacuated , probably inflicting casualties on the British troops who had taken over the German trenches . |
| 5 | There was the young woman and her baby who had moved into the space above the coach-house , and there was the noisy couple from Luton who had taken over the empty servants ' quarters up the back stairs . |