Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] take [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should be grateful if you would let me know what action you take on the above matters . |
| 2 | Sylvie could barely remember the woman who had drowned herself , but through his words she took on the grand status of a tormented romantic . |
| 3 | When the virus takes over a cell it takes over the master-plan or system of instruction of that cell and the cell is thereafter directed to reproduce itself with the virus already in command . |
| 4 | Whether nationalization improves the efficiency of resource allocation , or whether we would do better to privatize existing public corporations , is an issue we take up the next chapter . |
| 5 | A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities . |
| 6 | At this point we take up the experience of those who returned to their former jobs . |
| 7 | With an unusual daring for a Tiller she took on the life of a Broadway dancer , the men flocked to her and she basked in their admiration . |
| 8 | The following day we took up the problem again . |
| 9 | Despite the opposition of his father he took up the study of medicine , first at Leipzig University and then in Vienna , where his funds ran out , forcing him to take employment for a time with the Governor of Transylvania until he had accumulated sufficient money to continue his studies . |
| 10 | As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say . |
| 11 | In their progress they took up the whole width of the footpath . |
| 12 | It is clear that the premium is equivalent as far as factor prices are concerned to a tax on labour in the X sector ( for simplicity we take on the demand side the effects are also equivalent with the simplifying assumptions being made here . |
| 13 | The ‘ sloshed ’ friend broke his ankle so as a good turn he took over the driving . |
| 14 | The last time Gloucester went to Tyneside to play in the cup they took on the old Gosforth team … the score that day … 26-15 to the Cherry and whites … that was almost three years ago … |
| 15 | Having lost the Conservative party leadership contest to John Major he took up the position of President of the Board of Trade after the last election … |
| 16 | Carrots curled into roses and golden hedgehog potatoes sneered : Make this the year you take on the challenge of making your vegetables more interesting . |
| 17 | I 'd never heard such oratory , admiring the way he took on the hecklers . |
| 18 | That application form put him on the ladder , not only to the top of the Japanese profession , but to international recognition — on 1 January this year he took over the chairmanship of the International Accounting Standards Committee . |
| 19 | I often used to read it when we were in action and , believe it or not , every time I took up the book it opened at page 92 , although I have never deliberately read that page , as far as I can remember — so I took the hint and wrote … ’ |
| 20 | I walked silently , testing every step I took on the rough paths , just as I had used to walk with my mother in the woods near Štanjel . |
| 21 | well ask him cos I I she gave me the pho , the photographs I took on the , on that Friday night . |
| 22 | This is generally for a set sum , over an agreed period , during which you sill pay back the capital and the interest : the rate of interest is fixed at the time you take out the loan , so your monthly repayments never change . |
| 23 | The information should be clearly presented and it should be plain to the audience : what the topic is ; why you have chosen it ; what view you take on the matter ; and why you have arrived at any particular conclusions . |
| 24 | At the time we took up the , the secretary took took up the matter and I got him to send us er a copy of the reply , and it , it appears that , as you know it 's all voluntary and , and it relies charity for individuals , but I noticed , I only got this from Ron yesterday , paragraph here says , where the community demonstrates it 's active support for such adventure , then there is an increase likelihood of the establish of a service , although it has to be said that there already exists a waiting list of communities eager to re receive P D S A support . |
| 25 | It is time we took up the second of my headings , language as screen . |
| 26 | In an unbecoming shade of battleship grey undercoat it took over the Museum 's service train for the last two runs on Sunday , May 24 and again on the afternoon of the 25th . |