Example sentences of "[verb] to take [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the tow-rope breaks in a storm and the Arno is separated from the Langdale , Cam has to take over the duty of navigating in difficult circumstances , advised by the wounded mate , and he proves equal to the challenge . |
| 2 | David saw the effect his words had had on her and quickly tried to take away the sting . |
| 3 | While Carradine slept , I tried to take away the taste of defeat and Kelly 's coffee with a shot or fourteen . |
| 4 | Schladming , just to the east , which tried to take on the World Cup commitment , has suffered similarly . |
| 5 | In the capital , Caracas , the rebels tried to take over the government palace and the presidential residence , La Carlota airport , the Ministry of Defence , Navy and National Guard buildings and the national television station . |
| 6 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 7 | Unions tried to take over the country . |
| 8 | According to an Army spokesman , rebel soldiers " tried to take over the airport and [ Omdurman ] radio station in a rather pathetic way " , before being overpowered by loyalist troops . |
| 9 | Yeah I think it just depends whether the local group want to take up the option or not . |
| 10 | And beware of those who want to take over the organiser 's job . |
| 11 | The couple , who run a private nursing home near Richmond , want to take over the running of Hollyhurst home in Woodland Road . |
| 12 | I want to take seriously the suggestion that the sort of inquiry that Quine has in mind could be the heir to traditional epistemology — although I shall not restrict the concerns of the latter to studying the relation of evidence to theory . |
| 13 | As the eldest son of a wealthy sake and soy-sauce producer in conservative Nagoya , he was expected to take over the family business — and perhaps become the 15th generation of Morita Mayors in the local community . |
| 14 | Indonesia , which was expected to take over the chair of the movement from Yugoslavia in September 1992 , was elected by the Larnaca meeting as de facto chair with immediate effect . |
| 15 | As time passes the new bride is expected to take on the identity of her new family , making her subjugation complete . |
| 16 | With contracting , hospital doctors will be the agents of the provider , not the purchasing authority , and again can not be expected to take on the gatekeeper role . |
| 17 | Between now and Easter , thousands are expected to take up the invitation . |
| 18 | At least two , the Statesman and the Indian Express , were expected to take up the story in their issues today . |
| 19 | Ministers are expected to take up the fight in the next few days and urge the banks that , at a time of national economic crisis , they must do their bit . |
| 20 | St James 's University Hospital in Leeds , where the TV series is filmed , is expected to take up the proposal for self-governing trusts in NHS hospitals which was given the go-ahead in the Queen 's Speech . |
| 21 | Many parties were expected to take up the offer , although Fernando Belaúnde Terry , a former President and leader of the Popular Action ( AP ) party , stated that unless the holding municipal elections was restored to the current year [ see below ] , the AP would not participate in any talks . |
| 22 | A Computing Support Officer has been appointed , and is expected to take up the post on 1st July . |
| 23 | Despite an increasing amount of intermarriage , few Koreans have wished to take up the option of naturalization , difficult enough to achieve in itself . |
| 24 | As The Beatles rose inexorably , so did Smith and by the time ‘ his mates ’ were splitting up in 1970 , he was approached to take over the editorship of NME . |
| 25 | Bolstered by his landslide electoral victory in 1972 , the President moved to take on the legislature . |
| 26 | How wonderful , I thought , if today 's humans could find themselves on the shores of England seeing and getting mixed up with Caesar 's army in 54 BC , landing to take over the country ; be in burning Rome as Nero fiddled ; get involved in Europe 's tragic thirty years war , etc. , etc . |
| 27 | If , for any reason , one of my colleagues needs to take over the file at any stage , you will be consulted . |
| 28 | On the positive side , parental support helps when it is in co-ordination with respect and belief in the coach who really needs to take over the job . |
| 29 | Ridley had stated in an interview with the right-wing Spectator magazine which had appeared two days previously that European economic and monetary union was " a German racket designed to take over the whole of Europe " and must be " thwarted " . |
| 30 | MAS specialists do not seek to take over the work of an existing client service team . |