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