Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I forgot to say take out the bay leaf before it sets . |
| 2 | He thrust his hands deep into his pockets , hunching his shoulders as he continued , ‘ I met her at the party I threw to celebrate taking over control of the company . |
| 3 | ‘ This , ’ Woods was saying several minutes later , ‘ I suspect has taken over from Hell as the most famous bunker in the world . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I bin asked to take over the choir like , for the concert , play the organ … . ’ |
| 5 | And I 've decided to take up riding again . |
| 6 | I 've got to take up a new attitude with him . |
| 7 | Erm yes , er erm er another bit of paper to dish out to have a look at er for those that er are not too familiar with the motorway project which has has taken up erm quite a lot of my time . |
| 8 | Nobody seems to have taken on JTR 's corruption , however . |
| 9 | The new pseudo-science of ‘ counselling ’ , which seems to have taken over from the greater absurdity of analysis , may not be as destructive as its predecessor but it , too , has many of the characteristics of an enclosed cult like the Plymouth Brethren or the Moonies . |
| 10 | In these circumstances they are more able to realise their true ideological potential , which seems to mean taking on the characteristics of the most rapacious forms of capitalist entrepreneurship . |
| 11 | In the meantime various troubles had flared up throughout the world -America had become involved in Korea ; France was involved in both Algiers ( who were seeking independence ) and Indo-China ; whilst Britain became involved in retaliation against the Egyptian government which had threatened to take over the Suez Canal . |
| 12 | The restoration of the monarchy , he said , would bring back the communism and anarchy which had threatened to take over the country before the Civil War . |
| 13 | The enterprise which had begun to take off in Napoleonic Paris had undoubtedly made enormous progress ; far more was known about the world than had been a generation or two earlier . |
| 14 | Section 7.4 reviews some quantitative studies which have attempted to take over directly from phonology the notion of the semantically neutral variable , and in subsequent sections analyses of variation which explicitly take into account semantic and discourse factors are discussed . |
| 15 | It is therefore hardly surprising that there are firms which have chosen to take out what is effectively ‘ protective authorisation ’ ; in other words , while they have no intention of conducting any investment business , they regard authorisation as a sensible precaution in case they inadvertently slip into it . |
| 16 | Link welcomes new Burstwick correspondent who has agreed to take up the post from previous correspondent . |
| 17 | Last night he was planning to contact Newton Aycliffe Coun Tony Moore , who has offered to take up his case , and officials of Sedgefield Council 's housing department . |
| 18 | They both came under the orders of the elderly Lambert , who seemed to have taken over the running of the stable almost entirely from his master . |
| 19 | Now she was visible again , she 'd had to take off her shoes in order to walk on the glass floor without slipping , and she could n't feel her feet . |
| 20 | We only caught her because she 'd forgotten to take off one of the tags . ’ |
| 21 | She had no idea how he knew Kattina was in police custody , or that she had agreed to take over the job . |
| 22 | The truth of the matter was that even before she had agreed to take over the club she had been plagued more and more by a feeling that she had done all she could do in the music business . |
| 23 | Sometimes I would hear conversations about the war when some of the older men in the dale came to chat and have a cup of tea in the kitchen with Uncle Tommy , who had come to take over Low Birk Hatt after Father died . |
| 24 | But he is confident that some announcements will be made by year-end on those who have decided to take up the offer . |
| 25 | A section at the end looks at relocation allowances offered to new recruits who have to move to take up an appointment . |
| 26 | This was necessary to me as part of my approach to socialism , for before you can be sure whether you are genuinely in favour of socialism , you have got to decide whether things at present are tolerable or not tolerable , and you have got to take up a definite attitude on the terribly difficult question of class … |
| 27 | Simon Bond of NYNEX explained : ‘ When we won the cable television franchise , we were given the right to provide a telephone service , which we have decided to take up . |
| 28 | Proudly , they maintained peace with the white men for seventy years , until finally they became forced to take up arms , the reluctant tormentors of the US Army . |
| 29 | If you heard that someone had taken an amethyst to bed with them , you 'd probably think that they 'd forgotten to take off their jewellery . |
| 30 | They seem to have taken over from the large black dogs with glowing red eyes to be found in most local folklore collections . |