Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My breath rasped in my throat , and a slight light-headedness I had started to feel owing to hyperoxygenating earlier waned as my muscles took up the slack of the extra power in my blood . |
| 2 | ‘ I am on my way to take up a situation as companion and had to put up here to catch the cross stage tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | Q. Can my partner take out a DOUBLE PAYMENT PLAN — and is it worth it ? |
| 4 | As our century draws towards its close , the lives of the men and women of distinction whose careers have spanned its course take on a special significance and interest . |
| 5 | Their skin taking on the pallor of death , is the same colour as the linen sheets . |
| 6 | Her jaw took on a mutinous slant . |
| 7 | She smiles apologetically , as though one might find fault , and looks anxious : clearly , she 's dying for her sister to take over the conversation . |
| 8 | With its horn blaring and its lights flashing , the bus had left its route to take up the chase . |
| 9 | Insurance market 's ‘ momentous ’ decision will spark head-on confrontation with leading corporate rivals Lloyd 's of London rewrites its rules to take on the European competition . |
| 10 | Insurance market 's ‘ momentous ’ decision will spark head-on confrontation with leading corporate rivals Lloyd 's of London rewrites its rules to take on the European competition . |
| 11 | Indeed , one of the main sources of growth of the small SLF union following its foundation in 1981 was its willingness to take up the individual grievances of the workforce , very much in the tradition of the vertical union of the Franco era . |
| 12 | In 1971 the CNAA gave evidence to the James Committee expressing its willingness to take on the validation of the Teachers Certificate if there was a need for it to do so . |
| 13 | Her heart took up a sickening thud . |
| 14 | If it was planned and wanted , it would be rated differently to the unplanned birth to an older woman which dashed her plans to take up a job which would enable the family to move to a more satisfactory house . |
| 15 | I remember my mother cried towards the end , opening her handbag to take out an embroidered handkerchief so I caught a whiff of ‘ Evening in Paris ’ , whose blue bottle stood on her dressing table at home , its silver trademark of the Eiffel Tower reflected in triplicate . |
| 16 | Glancing over the line as it arced over the lake , her eyes took on a faintly emerald glow . |
| 17 | For some weeks their lives took on a settled pattern of difference . |
| 18 | Peasants had shown themselves fully capable of organizing resistance around their traditional village institutions , and their determination to take over the nobility 's land was their own . |
| 19 | One of the problems with the dominant Fabianism of UK social policy is its failure to take up the epistemological implications of this commitment to change . |
| 20 | Her smile took on a strange quality as she surveyed the bracelet at arm 's length . |
| 21 | So for a lot of the time , their father takes on the job . |
| 22 | The members simply have not the time at their disposal to take on the continuous pressure needed to effectively construct a platform for alternative or opposing views . |
| 23 | We learnt later that they had also advised her neighbours to take out a summons against her for noise nuisance . |
| 24 | As Ashley gazed out at the little boy , her chin took on a stubborn slant . |
| 25 | No that 's right really , I mean if you do n't know the area you do n't know which road to take on the islands . |
| 26 | When the police raided the manse of fellow-minister , Morris Mackenzie , in South Ronaldsay on Wednesday 27 February , their concern took on a very personal edge , |
| 27 | His mother sighed , her voice taking on a nostalgic tone . |
| 28 | ‘ Margaret , ’ called my mother , and ‘ Margaret ’ again , her voice taking on the faint exasperation that had flavoured her tone as she used my name for many years now . |
| 29 | And her voice took on a keener edge . |
| 30 | Then her voice took on a tone of mild suspiciousness . |