Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] take [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liverpool will probably want around £750,000 for the player who Tranmere tried to take on loan earlier this season . |
| 2 | Kev Knowles has signed from local Jehovah 's Witness side Armageddon Wanderers and at his own expense has taken over match programme production , re-naming it the ‘ Whaddon Watchtower ’ . |
| 3 | As it was , however , the administration had taken over responsibility for this war ; and it had to work with what it had , making a just cause as best it could . |
| 4 | Whether Branson had taken over Virgin Atlantic or it had overtaken him was difficult to tell . |
| 5 | Well yes , because in the schools now they 've started erm some of the schools have taken up celebration , Divali which is coming up in November and erm they celebrate some of the other festivals as well . |
| 6 | The TEC have taken over responsibility for the service in keeping with their aim to encourage commitment to training . |
| 7 | This , together with his proposed union treaty , which opponents saw as a breakup of the Soviet Union , drove conservatives to try to take over control from him by declaring a state of emergency — in effect , a coup d'état . |
| 8 | The shoal has taken up residence in one particular area of the canal and are congregating in a 6ft deep hole a yard from the far bank reed bed at Plex Lane . |
| 9 | At their recent meeting Nether Wyresdale Parish Council decided to take out membership of CPRE as a local organisation . |
| 10 | Out of the former PNI , Sukarno had taken up partindo , and within one year its membership soared to 20000 . |
| 11 | The Ayresome Park season ticket holder says bluntly : ‘ I think greed has taken over football . |
| 12 | The first group had taken up position in all the key intersections so that they could control anyone who attempted to pass . |
| 13 | ( Martin had taken up residence there by 1667 , following his marriage , and Jean by 1668 , the year his eldest son died ( Arch . |
| 14 | My television harangued me to buy endless varieties of insecticide and creature-killer , whereas in Bali it is taboo to move into a new home before the geckos and house-spiders have taken up residence first . |
| 15 | 30–4 " The court met to take up consideration of Archibald Currie 's case . |
| 16 | IN THE wake of his suspension , French prop GREGOIRE LASCUBE has taken up refereeing in the hope that his six months ' ban will be reduced . |
| 17 | Chairman John Reeve said Severfield has taken out credit insurance to offset future bad debt problems . |
| 18 | A huge illuminated whale has taken up residence just off Piccadilly — ’ Moby Dick ’ is in town . |
| 19 | Seven or eight thousand figures had taken up position kneeling on prayer carpets , so that as you walked in through the great red-stone gate you were confronted by rank upon rank of white-clad backs topped with brightly coloured turbans or embroidered mosque-caps . |
| 20 | ANGRY teachers were last night set to take on Education Secretary John Patten over plans to mobilise a ‘ Mum 's Army ’ to teach young children . |
| 21 | But the point is that if , if musicians go to service , they know there 's enough readers and if the musicians decide to take on part of that reading one service , surely it 's only courtesy for the musicians to say to the readers , whose lists are published months in advance , terribly sorry but we 're gon na do this this time , and do you mind stepping down ? |
| 22 | The evil god Dameron has taken over Earth , and is making mincemeat outta the good guys . |
| 23 | For the Christian who is living in the shadow of Advent , this life is no longer a ‘ cul-de-sac ’ but a road of hope , because God has taken up residence here . |
| 24 | Even a woman wanting to take on help with child-care may have to consider whether or not she will make the decision herself or whether her husband or even the child itself will become involved . |
| 25 | Secretary Meretta Griffiths said : ‘ With so much work having gone into preparing the 50th anniversary show and with many exhibitors having taken up position we decided that the show should go on . ’ |
| 26 | As far as I could gather , Nour 's father had taken on responsibility for all his sisters , married or not , and for their offspring , and since his death Marie Claire had assumed the burden . |
| 27 | Your father had taken out insurance to cover the mortgage , so after his death your mother owned it absolutely . ’ |
| 28 | Jay had taken up situationist sculpture , and eased herself half upright to look at yesterday evening 's achievement . |
| 29 | Since 1983 , over 3 million young people have taken up Youth Training places . |
| 30 | Under the deal , mortgage holders have to take out house insurance with approved council agents . |