Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , after a time , we er had the er electricity took up the yard and into the shop and then we was able to buy a little machine you know what I mean and it went from there . |
| 2 | Opposition MPs mocked the Government 's decision to take over the Student Loans Company as its first act of nationalisation . |
| 3 | The Tokugawa 's enemies took up the rallying cry of ‘ revere the emperor and expel the barbarian ’ ( sonnó0 jó0i ) , and kept it long after their leaders realized the impossibility of bringing external contacts to an end . |
| 4 | Association chairman , Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson , said : ‘ We are extremely fortunate that Orient were prepared to allow a man of Frank 's talent to take on the job . ’ |
| 5 | They were climbing quite rapidly and soon Maggie 's eyes took on a very troubled look . |
| 6 | This is Digital Equipment 's attempt to take on the Intel Pentium chip . |
| 7 | Brian McEniff 's side took on a full strength Roscommon in a challenge match at the week-end and won by six points . |
| 8 | Perhaps the greatest triumph was that of Susanne Bobzien , originally a Somervillian , who moved from Balliol to Queen 's College to take up a Philosophy Fellowship . |
| 9 | Eventually the wife 's parents took over the coffee supplying and started a tea room in the shop . |
| 10 | It was left to the capital 's campuses to take up the baton . |
| 11 | The meeting supported Russia 's request to take over the Soviet Union 's seat on the UN Security Council , and Russia , Ukraine and Byelarus , already UN members , pledged to support other member states ' applications for full UN membership . |
| 12 | June 's event takes on a new prize category , a team award . |
| 13 | Nicolo 's smile took on a faint edge . |
| 14 | With a group of other Australians , I first went there in 1973 , to see Graeme Langland 's Kangaroos take on the Lions before a much smaller crowd than honoured Ellery 's boys last year . |
| 15 | The Museum 's displays take up the story of Britain 's canals in 1793 — the height of canal mania — the year when more proposals for the building of canals were put before Parliament than ever before . |
| 16 | Rice , a controversial omission from South Africa 's World Cup team , has stepped down after 10 years as Transvaal 's captain to take up a position as a TV commentator during the competition . |
| 17 | To a large extent we have to infer the nature of this earliest division from what we can learn of later arrangements ; in particular we are told by Gregory of Tours that in 561 Clovis 's grandsons took over the kingdoms of the previous generation ; thus , Charibert I ( 561 – 7 ) received the portion of Childebert I ( 511 – 58 ) , based on Paris ; Guntram ( 561 – 92 ) that of Chlodomer ( 511 – 24 ) , with its centre at Orléans ; Chilperic I ( 561 – 84 ) was given the kingdom of Soissons , once held by Chlothar I ( 511 – 61 ) ; while Sigibert I ( 561 – 75 ) inherited the realm of Theuderic I ( 511 – 34 ) and his descendants , Theudebert I ( 534 – 47 ) and Theudebald ( 547 – 55 ) , and established himself at Rheims . |
| 18 | The story is apocryphal and an instance of the way Minton 's life took on the quality of myth . |
| 19 | She fished in her brief-case and , to Erika 's amazement took out a packet of cigarettes . |
| 20 | Dermot 's voice took on a new urgency . |
| 21 | Jean-Paul 's voice took on a belligerent note . |
| 22 | Mortimer 's voice took on a purring note . |
| 23 | Leo 's voice took on a lecturing note . |
| 24 | The girl 's voice took on a whine as she flew yet again to the defence of her man . |
| 25 | Madeleine 's voice took on an accusing note . |
| 26 | Nicolo 's voice took on an almost perfect New York accent . |
| 27 | For one critic , the finale of Scriabin 's Fourth Sonata becomes in Gavrilov 's hands ‘ like foaming sunlight ’ and Ravel 's Gaspard takes on an altogether new drama and menace : ‘ suddenly ‘ Ondine ’ has claws , and in ‘ Scarbo ’ the knives were out ’ . |
| 28 | GORDON Rushton , the Ffestiniog Railway 's General Manager , said : ‘ The first point is that FR is simply following the terms of the High Court judgement and the second point is that Gwynedd County Council 's application to take over the lease was rejected by the court . |
| 29 | The efforts to achieve Vera 's release take on a more desperate urgency in the face of her excruciating loss . ’ |
| 30 | May I have your Majesty 's order to take out the soldiers and destroy them ? " |