Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Stewart moved to take the place of Patrick Gordon Walker , Wilson 's choice as Foreign Secretary , who had twice failed to secure the necessary seat in the House of Commons . |
| 2 | Few people in Polruan knew much about what went on behind the big iron gates that guarded the entrance to Roscarrock Hall , because Sir Gregory had taken the prudent step of making his household almost self-sufficient , and traders were seldom required to call . |
| 3 | The United States had taken the initiative in this development , since it appeared the only means by which the Americans could disengage gradually from Korea with some hope that the UN could produce a solution that would sustain south Korea for at least a limited period . |
| 4 | No one should get the impression from this that Rotherham had taken the gay community to its bosom . |
| 5 | Nenna felt that she could have made a better hand at answering Louise if only Edward had taken the trouble to return her purse . |
| 6 | Mexico had taken the initiative for this round of talks and had indicated that it would like to see an agreement signed within a year , although ministers were careful not to commit themselves to deadlines . |
| 7 | I had to , Richard had taken the car , he takes it in the morning , but |
| 8 | When Peter Green left , Kirwan and Spencer remained to take the mantle , neither of whom really possessed the ability or motivation to do justice to their new-found roles . |
| 9 | Most importantly , Barnes decided to take the inquiry across to the other side of the Bristol Channel . |
| 10 | But Nigel did take the time to explain that b that basically this was the , the , the view that the new directive would take place keeping it simple . |
| 11 | It had received an influx of lawyers from Rome when the Normans had taken the city in 1084 . |
| 12 | By then Jeanne had taken the extraordinarily courageous step of leaving her comfortable home to live openly with Modigliani in a seedy hotel room . |
| 13 | The Sergeant could not but have noted how Lexandro had taken the lead … |
| 14 | Mrs. Hammond had taken the document out to California for Mr. Steed to execute . |
| 15 | Burnley had taken the lead in the 13th minute when Adrian Heath capitalised on a dreadful clearance by Town keeper Tom Clarke , slipping the ball past Clarke before slotting into the empty net . |
| 16 | Arthur Leopold of County Cork had taken the picture , and the first time Ellie had tiptoed into the bedroom she had stood for a long time staring at the photograph , because it was the first time she had ever seen the likeness of her dead mother . |
| 17 | And this after Blackburn had taken the lead in the first half with a goal from Mike who 's since reduced the arrears to three two with a second goal from the penalty spot . |
| 18 | Matthew planned to take the Government to the European Court of Human rights after his family 's civil action against the school failed . |
| 19 | For the first month of her life Mrs MacDonagh had taken the baby into her own house , along with Eleanor 's eighteen-month-old brother Patrick , and she had bottle fed the baby and kept an eye on her brother amidst the debris of her own life and the squalor of her enormous family . |
| 20 | In the move between the last position and this , a number of the Jocks had taken the opportunity to make a hot drink , and as the chill of early morning crept into them , the sweet tea lifted their morale . |
| 21 | Rehearsals started on 27 July , and Martin Browne had taken the precaution of advising the cast not to ask the author to elucidate any of the dialogue ; one actress disregarded the advice and asked Eliot what one of her lines meant . |
| 22 | In early November Coleridge and the Wordsworths , whose deep and intuitive friendship had begun by now to exclude not only Sara but even Tom Poole , set out on the road to Porlock which Coleridge had taken the previous month . |
| 23 | When one of his blackboards fell onto his foot because Endill had taken the screws from it , he refused to let the class leave until he had discovered the culprit . |
| 24 | Dolly had taken the young gipsy girl to her heart once it was established she would not be marrying Seb . |
| 25 | a ) Heres that book you asked me to bring ( The fact that you asked me to bring it is not new. ) b ) Ive got to take the dog for a walk ( ‘ For a walk ’ is by far the most probable thing to follow ‘ I 've got to take the dog ’ ; if the sentence ended with ‘ to the vet ’ the tonic syllable would probably be ‘ vet ’ . ) |
| 26 | a ) Ive got to take the dog for a walk b ) Ive got to take the dog to the vet |
| 27 | a ) Ive got to take the dog for a walk b ) Ive got to take the dog to the vet |
| 28 | Sweden tried to take the first initiative only two days after the ending of the Maudling negotiations , inviting other states to send representatives to Stockholm to discuss how their trade policies might be better coordinated . |
| 29 | Anna twisted to take the phone back , and replaced it on its base . |
| 30 | This position put its schools in the forefront and made it the leading school of Europe from the 1140s , until Paris began to take the lead in theology and philosophy ( but never in law ) in the 1180s . |