Example sentences of "took [adv] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Belgian authorities immediately commenced an investigation with the active participation of the UK accredited representative , Geoffrey Wilkinson ( who happened to be top of the list at the time ) , and his team of advisers comprising Geoffrey Feltham , who subsequently took over as head of the AIB engineering section , Jimmy Lett and the RAF consultant pathologists who normally worked with AIB . |
| 2 | She found her mother recovering from her illness , and took over as head of the household . |
| 3 | Oscar Santamaría left his post as Justice Minister on Jan. 24 and took over as Minister for the Presidency on Jan. 28 . |
| 4 | Gen. Juan Rebollo [ not Rebonio , as given on p. 38720 ] took over as C.-in-C. of the Uruguayan army on Feb. 1 . |
| 5 | Here is a summary of the service we receive from your bank at present , based on an agreement reached with the manager shortly after I took over as clerk to the Parish Council : |
| 6 | On Oct. 1 Gen. Klaus Naumann took over as Inspector-General of the Armed Forces ( Bundeswehr ) in succession to Adml. |
| 7 | The Gulf War may have been responsible for the postponement of the finals of the Head/Isrotel/Tennis World tournament , which were due to be staged at the end of 1990 , for one year , but it certainly did n't dampen the enjoyment of the 12 regional winners who eventually took off for Eliat at the end of November 1991 . |
| 8 | I took off at speed with the flimsy boards flexing and bouncing at each stride . |
| 9 | The entire class took off in pursuit of the frog as it sprang nimbly from bench to bench . |
| 10 | The solution had been in the back of Curtis 's mind from the moment he took off in pursuit of the crazed murderer . |
| 11 | Birds took off in alarm from the rooftops . |
| 12 | All through this period the parliamentary liaison officer supplied papers and amendments from the committee stages of the Social Security Bill and took back to parliament from the IPG problem areas suitable for Parliamentary questions and issues for MPs to follow up in other ways . |