Example sentences of "[verb] and take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve Lewis , who won a Welsh Schools cap from Albertillery GS at scrum-half and went on to gain an Oxford Blue in 1973 and play for Ebbw Vale and Bath , was approached and took on the job last summer . |
| 2 | If you weave half way across a row and stop and take off the sinker plate , you 'll see the weaving yarn weaving up and down over the needles . |
| 3 | As the influence of Christianity spread , the new religion gradually embraced and took over the festivals , giving them new names and meanings . |
| 4 | When she demanded whether there were any suspicious circumstances he refused to be drawn and took over the questioning : ‘ Why did n't you say Ayling was here on Friday ? ’ |
| 5 | It was submitted that an owner can not turn his back on his property because when he purchases and takes on the responsibility of letting , he knows the property will in the course of time deteriorate . |
| 6 | I did n't really get my jollies hoeing and taking up the irrigation mats , putting them back and taking them up again . |
| 7 | He leapt and took out the window to the President 's bedroom with his left shoulder . |
| 8 | But the gabble was such that the child could n't distinguish what it was they wanted , until the old woman cried , ‘ No candy rock today ! 'T IS all gone , all gone , ’ at which , one after the other , the children , as if at a signal , stopped gabbling and took up the chant : ‘ Raggie Aggie ! |
| 9 | Her breasts became tender , she endured a faint queasiness in the mornings but no actual sickness and finally , her figure began to thicken and take on a matronly look . |
| 10 | I laughed and taking out a handkerchief , quickly wiped my face . |
| 11 | A younger person marrying and taking on a teenage family may know very little about adolescents . |
| 12 | Ferrand smiled and took out a bottle of brandy . |
| 13 | Even so , she had meekly done as they wished and taken on a responsibility that was clearly a bit of a burden . |
| 14 | It is the private world of the student 's mind that is at issue , a world that should expand and take on a rich array of colours , within the course of studies . |
| 15 | Well it was a wee bit under because I was only an office clerk , I , I was n't the junior but by then had come there and there were other , other clerks , some girls who 'd come into the office and I 'd got a little bit of step up you see and took over a little bit more important work , erm , I did just before I went in the Army have a dabble at erm running times , that was preparing the schedules for buses . |
| 16 | The pigeon is released and takes up a stance nearby . |