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

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1 Back in America , Chaka Khan and Ce Ce Peniston offer very different takes on the role of the soul diva .
2 When the Vichy French fled , de Gaulle 's Free French and the British took over the capital .
3 If the adventurers are successful in picking the lock , this trap wo n't be activated , but they will have to be very careful taking out the money without breaking the glass sphere ( no test needed , but you should roll dice as if you were making some secret test just to scare the players ) .
4 ‘ Mr Jones , I 'm honoured that you should choose me , but I do feel there are others far more suited to take on the responsibility , people who 've worked in radio far longer than I have . ’
5 These failures arose not only from Edward 's lack of adequate financial resources , but also from the effectiveness of Philip VI 's resistance and the reluctance of the English to take on the French in pitched battle , as the stand-off at Buironfosse showed .
6 As always , Greta was prepared to take up the challenge ( ‘ We might put pressure on the War Office at this end ’ ) , but was forestalled by an offer from another direction .
7 GORDON TAYLOR , the players ' union secretary , yesterday confirmed that he is still prepared to take up the post of chief executive of the Football League -despite a cold-shoulder from the League 's management committee and the reluctance of the Professional Footballers ' Association to release him .
8 and , er well I did say er are you married ? , no , will you be having any children ? , definitely not , I said well unless you 're prepared to take on the responsibility
9 But the minister pointed out : ‘ The basic fact would seem to be that , the longer the campaign has gone on , fewer people have been prepared to take on the commitments and risks of being part-time soldiers . ’
10 Part of the answer lies in the unexciting fact that he is prepared to take on the jobs .
11 By the time I got up the next morning , I had determined to sell the baker 's shop to the highest bidder unless Charlie Trumper were willing to take on the responsibility himself .
12 For example , the managing director of an engineering company in Sheffield offered an aircraft kit to a school willing to take on the construction task .
13 It was felt that small companies would be less willing to take on the responsibilities of nuclear power plants .
14 He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job .
15 They unofficially pay bounties to armed freelances willing to take on the terrorists .
16 The same is true for France , Australia and anyone else willing to take on the Springboks .
17 This might put pressures on the sons and it could well be that not all would feel able or willing to take on the task .
18 Yet these farmers had usually been placed in this situation because there was no one else willing to take on the task .
19 Alexandra Palace and Park , the latest company willing to take up the baton , has been administering a relaunch for the premises through the offices of Bizat , a genial exhibitions and catering specialist , who had been at the place only 11 weeks , in 1980 , when afire near the great organ gutted much of it and necessitated major reconstruction .
20 Even so , with at least two American tournaments lacking name sponsors at the time of writing and the LTA 's anxious search for a company willing to take over the men 's autumn indoor event in Birmingham , are we , I wonder , starting to see the icy blow of reality infiltrating a sport which , for so long , has seemed immune from the impact of any recession ?
21 In such a situation the purchaser will normally be willing to take over the vendor 's liabilities up to a specified maximum or as specifically itemised in completion accounts .
22 Good lines , fair acting , and a surprisingly fresh take on the monster movie
23 says the Marquis ' ‘ They were not convinced , but the Japanese took up the idea a few years ago and they are now industry leaders . ’
24 INTRIGUING TAKE on the Billy The Kid legend adapted from Gore Vidal play .
25 Like many doctors still , scientists find it almost impossible to take on the notion of psychic energy .
26 Surprisingly the men were always delighted to take up the offer .
27 He said : ‘ It was something I 'd never given any thought to , but it was nice to be asked , and when the Ulster Branch were happy to accept my nomination I was delighted to take up the offer .
28 When Tikhon was placed under house arrest in June 1922 , one of these movements , the Living Church , was given numerous concessions by the regime , and at first looked set to take over the role and some of the property of the Orthodox .
29 County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits .
30 And though previous Starlings singles were pretty much pallid takes on the Mary Chain 's one wonderful trick , the screwed-up-sex prowl of ‘ Sick Puppy ’ radically twists — and improves — on old attempts by pushing the ominous bass and sliding beat upfront and not really bothering with guitars at all .
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