Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone has taken out a PP which is contracted out of SERPS , the widow 's pension under SERPS or under the occupational pension scheme to which she belonged previously will be replaced by an annuity bought out of the fund of contributions built up so far . |
| 2 | So far nobody has taken up the suggestion that since goalkeepers have become bigger , scoring would be made easier if the goals themselves were enlarged . |
| 3 | You know , nobody wants to take on a girl ! |
| 4 | This is because all possible fictions of scientific progress are virtual in present-day technology which has taken over the function of ‘ productive ’ simulation . |
| 5 | The minster leads into the largely undisturbed Georgian town centre , which has taken on a new lease of life under the guidance of the local Civic Society . |
| 6 | Hi-Tech and more sleekly designed kitchens look good with white tiled floors whether ceramic or vinyl , but again you could use cork and vinyl , or composition tiles or even linoleum which has taken on a new lease of life now that people have realised how well it can look inlaid with other colours . |
| 7 | The multitude of Madonnas for Italian worship in the Renaissance made this a fruitful theme for connoisseurship which has taken on the task of distinguishing authentic works from those by followers or copyists . |
| 8 | Again , the frequency of masturbation is perhaps highest among older males recently defeated by a newcomer male who has taken over the sexual role in his harem . |
| 9 | His absence has given a rare opportunity to his deputy and political rival , Zhu Rongji , who has taken over the reins of government . |
| 10 | The sprightly priest , who has taken over the parish of St Paulinus in St Helen Auckland in County Durham , said : ‘ As long as I am fit as the way I am now I will continue to serve the community . ’ |
| 11 | If some kind person could send us a copy I have some very keen would-be knitters who would be extremely grateful , not least myself who has taken on the task of teaching them . |
| 12 | All four are , for example , victimised in different ways by the taboo of illegitimacy and the play focuses on Rose , who has been kept from the knowledge that Jackie is her mother by grandmother Margaret who has taken on the maternal role . |
| 13 | ‘ The father may have been violent , the woman might be involved with someone else who has taken on the role of father . |
| 14 | Sixty-two years later Charles Black , Adam 's grandson and current chairman , has been sent the same manuscript ( which incidentally has survived a direct hit by a flying bomb in the Second World War ) by a descendant of the colonel who has taken up the search for a publisher . |
| 15 | Ironically , the only Hibs player who appeared to have any kind of conviction going forward was Pat McGinlay , who has taken up the attention of Celtic 's manager , Liam Brady , and will be the object of a move from that quarter when his contract expires in the summer . |
| 16 | It envisages those visits being as varied as the need — from the person wanting a four-month placement to work with elderly people in Poland or an adoption agency in Jamaica , to someone who is planning a two-week holiday in California who wants to take off a couple of days to spend them visiting the local branch of the US National Association of Social Workers . |
| 17 | With no qualifications and precious little experience , she has taken on the job of Princess of Wales and is turning it into a significant career — and at the same time has brought up two small boys . |
| 18 | She has taken on the sophisticated royal machine and beaten it at its own game . |
| 19 | Now with the release of her new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ she prepares to take on the world again , with music of an almost other-wordly beauty . |
| 20 | Anyone who fancies taking up the challenge should contact Jim McCartney at Precision Studios . |
| 21 | Sally the lass who 's taken over the buying for precision bearings , is a great lass got on great with her , and Richard . |
| 22 | He has taken up the challenge to lead . |
| 23 | In fact , Mr Shiratori has been one of Japan 's representative 's on the IASC since 1984 and is well versed in all the issues ; he is also well aware that he has taken up the reins of office at a critical time for the IASC . |
| 24 | ‘ He has taken up the priestly tasks of his father , ’ she says . |
| 25 | America is his favourite way of talking about the undiscovered country , and it shows that as well as suicide and blanket boredom he has taken over the flavour of Raskolnikov 's joke about getting used to family life . |
| 26 | He has taken on a personality , like those crackpots who claim to have been reincarnated , from another culture . |
| 27 | To prove his point he has taken on the legal profession and , with no legal training whatsoever , tied judges in such knots they have overruled each other . |
| 28 | By the halfway stage he has taken on the slightly desperate , bloodshot aspect of the tragic hero about to be engulfed by the forces he has unleashed : ‘ I shall resolutely ignore everything but the skeletal essentials of my theme , ’ he declares ( ‘ Off , off you lendings ! ’ ) . |
| 29 | In his day he has taken on the big guns of industry , commercialised culture and of whole countries ( who can easily forget his devastating portrait of Mrs Thatcher and the fawning Saatchi brothers ? ) . |
| 30 | At first Minton felt he was too involved with things to get away : ‘ As for Dimbulb Verrico , ’ he told Hunt , ‘ he has taken out a licence to marry his motorbicycle , and I have not seen him since you left … |