Example sentences of "took [noun] for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Smith asked her to outline the Government 's plans for the community charge and whether she took responsibility for the effects of the tax : |
| 2 | The teacher tutors took responsibility for the development of all the work of the classes concerned ( fourth and fifth year ) . |
| 3 | The colleges took responsibility for the delivery of the new courses while SCOTVEC was the guardian of national standards . |
| 4 | He began to grow tobacco , raising some capital from Abraham Burrell , but Henry Somerscales was his main partner , for Somerscales had learned in Holland how to cultivate tobacco , and took responsibility for the sale of the matured crop . |
| 5 | In the brief civil war that followed he took Worcester for the rebels in January 1322 , but was captured by the king 's forces at Tutbury , Derbyshire , on 11 March . |
| 6 | Bush also took credit for the end of the Cold War and for pursuing a successful foreign policy , whilst blaming the obstruction of the Democrat-controlled Congress for the failure to realize much of his domestic agenda . |
| 7 | On occasion he took measures for the safety of the king 's subjects travelling through the forest . |