Example sentences of "took [adv] [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have made it my business to go after lost Leonardos now , ’ says Dr Pedretti , who worked closely with Kenneth Clark and took over his mantle as the world 's leading Leonardo expert . |
| 2 | He has been chairman of Northants since 1985 , the year Subba Row took over his role at the TCCB , and has served on the board 's finance comittee . |
| 3 | He has been chairman of Northants since 1985 , the year Subba Row took over his role at the TCCB , and has served on the board 's finance committee . |
| 4 | He was shocked when I took off my shirt in the street to get some damn sun on my tits . |
| 5 | Before LGCM took up its office in the tower of St Botolph 's , Malcolm Johnson should have applied for a faculty . |
| 6 | Clare took up her position on the abbey side of the line . |
| 7 | On Sue Davies ' retirement in April , Sue Grayson Ford took up her post as the new director of the Photographers ' Gallery |
| 8 | On Sue Davies ' retirement in April , Sue Grayson Ford took up her post as the new director of the The Photographers ' Gallery . |
| 9 | Whilst the ladies sat in the pavilion and the knights and their squires stood at their stations I took up my position at the serving table . |
| 10 | In the first I shall review activity within the Engineering Branch before I took up my post within the MOD . |
| 11 | Dandelion took up his cue with the same plucky readiness that he had shown in the wood . |
| 12 | Jinkwa took up his position at the console . |
| 13 | In July the king finally moved north , took up his residence in the abbey of Lilleshall , and made it his headquarters while he reviewed the defences of the Welsh border . |
| 14 | In fact he was due to become President when he took up his post with the SCU . |
| 15 | Botham took out his frustration on the Leicestershire bowlers the following day , recording Durham 's first County Championship century . |
| 16 | When I took out my mortgage with the Halifax , I plumped for a fixed rate . |
| 17 | In a society which took seriously its responsibility for the economic and social welfare of all its members this might not happen . |