Example sentences of "took [adv] [noun sg] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Banking involvement in the MBO scene has contracted sharply as a whole tier of European and Far Eastern banks , which took on MBO debt in the eighties because of the lucrative margins available , melted away and left the field to a handful of long-standing domestic participants such as NatWest , Barclays and Bank of Scotland .
2 Where he took on Hulk Hogan for the championship round ?
3 THE FLOOD of refugees fleeing the escalating conflict in Bosnia-Hercegovina took on crisis proportions at the weekend .
4 Government took over field supervision of the project with eager help from the USAID .
5 The Ayresome Park club took out insurance policies at the start of the season against the possibility of being promoted , which would mean having to pay out large players ' bonuses and salaries .
  Next page