Example sentences of "[pron] take [adv prt] the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 The Italian government , which takes over the EC presidency from Ireland next summer , will use the three-stage Delors strategy for monetary union as the basis for considering changes to the Treaty of Rome .
2 COMEDY is set to be one of the strong suits of Meridian which takes over the TVS area and its 5.2 million viewers .
3 These surveys come in the week when Carlton Television , which takes over the Thames franchise in the new year , announced its schedule .
4 TV company Carlton Communications , which takes over the Thames franchise in January , is looking good with analysts forecasting a profits increase of up to 16% , at £103m .
5 As soon as Maastricht comes into force , the commission and Belgium , which takes on the EC presidency next month , intend to work however many hours a week it takes to push through the works-council directive .
6 It was the Press which took up the Andrew Morton book on Princess Diana and the state of her marriage .
7 Carlton which took over the London weekday franchise from Thames , already owns 20 per cent of Central .
8 The tall , blond player who had joined West Ham at the tender of age of 17 some four years earlier , had done more than choose the right moment to emerge , he 'd nicely anticipated the coming of the right man , Alf Ramsey , who took over the England management shortly afterwards and began to forge the national side which would win the World Cup in 1966 and in which Moore would play an anchor role .
9 John Bowley , or Bowyer , a shot maker who took on the Hartfield steel forge in 1525 , might have been related to either Valentine or Nicholas Bowyer ( land £2 and £3 respectively ) .
10 The first was only 18 months ago when we took on the New Zealand Emerging Players XI .
11 We took out the Magellan global navigation system , borrowed ADF radio , life-raft and vests and packed our bags .
12 As more cars came , they took over the Fleetwood service , until on 10 March 1953 , there was a complete service by Coronations between Starr Gate and Fleetwood for the first time .
13 This is a delight that the creme-de-la-creme of the SNCF catering staff will find out about when they take over the London-Leeds line kitchens in October .
14 The Swindon Robins are facing Black Thursday next week when they take on the Oxford Cheetahs at Blunsdon .
15 The Manchester United striker , who will tonight win his 51st cap for his country when they take on the RCS in a vital World Cup qualifier in Cardiff , believes this is one of the best Welsh teams for years .
16 BILL CLINTON has given a chilling warning that Britain 's cosy relationship with the United States is heading for the big freeze when he takes over the White House .
17 Should he take over the Barrington mantle , a small part of the credit will go to the ‘ old master ’ , admits Marshall .
18 Later in his career , when his delicate health forced him to give up racing , he took over the Danebury stables from John Day , and became renowned as a trainer of steeplechasers as well as flat racers .
19 He built his first car by the time he was 18. in 1909 he took over the Molsheim factory near Strasbourg and set about developing the greatest racing car in the world .
20 Hong Kong 's achievement in Catania has been Simpkin 's first success since he took over the Hong Kong representative side .
21 Archbishop Romero , although thought to be a moderate when he took up the Archbishopric , proved himself to be a zealous proponent of Liberation Theology , broadcasting his masses , which included political messages , to the people throughout the country , by radio .
22 Cupid , which is moving its head office from Accrington to Blackburn , Lancashire , said it needed the cash to reduce borrowings which had increased since it took over the Youngs formal wear business last year .
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