Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I took over the family . |
| 32 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 33 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 34 | Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ? |
| 35 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |
| 36 | I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table . |
| 37 | I opened the desk and slowly I took out the box and opened it . |
| 38 | I took out the piece of parchment I had found on the corpse . |
| 39 | I took out the key to the padlock and opened the door . |
| 40 | I took down the curtains , the pretty curtains that she had made , because they hid my window and made the earth smaller . |
| 41 | I took down the battered , broken-spined A-Z I keep taped to the driver 's sun visor and pretended to be looking something up . |
| 42 | To watch them pretending not to know all the things about me which I take not the least trouble to conceal . |
| 43 | ‘ I take over the wheel and we lose them , the whole shooting match . ’ |
| 44 | Because he did n't think his player was coming over , Orville Moody 's caddie had taken Tom Weiskopf 's bag , but when he suddenly heard Orville was flying over , he ditched Tom and suggested I take over the bag . |
| 45 | If you had any idea how much I 've got to do before I take over the shop — ’ |
| 46 | If I take away the minus twenty well I 'm taking it from the same thing are n't I ? |
| 47 | I take on the role of the mayor to ask — " What on earth has been causing all this damage ? " |
| 48 | Then I take back the paper . |
| 49 | ‘ Now will you wait for me here in the dark till I take back the keys , and not imagine I 've locked you in to starve ? |
| 50 | I take out the photos of me and Marie and look at them . |
| 51 | ‘ That should do now until I take out the stitches . ’ |
| 52 | I take off the jacket of my pale grey summer suit . |
| 53 | In some cultures the mother proceeds to the status of a matriarch , when she takes on the authority of mother to the whole extended family or tribe . |
| 54 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
| 55 | Why wo n't she take up the offer of just a fortnight 's short-stay ? |
| 56 | Why do n't you take up the offer ? |
| 57 | Could you take on the Raid Gauloises ? |
| 58 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
| 59 | Our link up with adidas has certainly provided a boost to membership , with many of you taking up the option to join and receive a free headband or wristband for their trouble . |
| 60 | But she 's not really complaining : Mozart launched her international career at the 1982 Aix Festival when at short notice , and at only 25 , she took on the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute . |