Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I forgot to say take out the bay leaf before it sets . |
| 2 | He thrust his hands deep into his pockets , hunching his shoulders as he continued , ‘ I met her at the party I threw to celebrate taking over control of the company . |
| 3 | ‘ This , ’ Woods was saying several minutes later , ‘ I suspect has taken over from Hell as the most famous bunker in the world . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I bin asked to take over the choir like , for the concert , play the organ … . ’ |
| 5 | And I 've decided to take up riding again . |
| 6 | I 've got to take up a new attitude with him . |
| 7 | Now she was visible again , she 'd had to take off her shoes in order to walk on the glass floor without slipping , and she could n't feel her feet . |
| 8 | We only caught her because she 'd forgotten to take off one of the tags . ’ |
| 9 | She had no idea how he knew Kattina was in police custody , or that she had agreed to take over the job . |
| 10 | The truth of the matter was that even before she had agreed to take over the club she had been plagued more and more by a feeling that she had done all she could do in the music business . |
| 11 | This was necessary to me as part of my approach to socialism , for before you can be sure whether you are genuinely in favour of socialism , you have got to decide whether things at present are tolerable or not tolerable , and you have got to take up a definite attitude on the terribly difficult question of class … |
| 12 | Simon Bond of NYNEX explained : ‘ When we won the cable television franchise , we were given the right to provide a telephone service , which we have decided to take up . |
| 13 | Proudly , they maintained peace with the white men for seventy years , until finally they became forced to take up arms , the reluctant tormentors of the US Army . |
| 14 | If you heard that someone had taken an amethyst to bed with them , you 'd probably think that they 'd forgotten to take off their jewellery . |
| 15 | They seem to have taken over from the large black dogs with glowing red eyes to be found in most local folklore collections . |
| 16 | The picnics were originally for the printers " and their families " , but once large numbers of young women were employed , they seem to have taken on a more youthful atmosphere , and became good opportunities for courtship . |
| 17 | The Duma defied the Tsar , who suspended them , and formed a government , which they declared to have taken over all power in Russia . |
| 18 | The six whose names have been put forward for election have to be informed before election night , as they have to agree to take on this responsible job and they must be there on the night to take the oath before the close of the meeting . |
| 19 | People in business are often so pleased to obtain credit finance that they ignore the true nature of the obligations they have agreed to take on . |
| 20 | He sees Ecstasy largely in terms of the market place : ‘ Professional criminals have realised there is money to be made and over two years they have managed to take over the market . |
| 21 | It employs 1,000 people now , just as it did in 1981 , but in the intervening years it has had to take on far more duties — most notably the upkeep of its building which was looked after by the government from 1816 to 1988 . |
| 22 | And Arianna had been in love with him , or at least , she 'd thought she was , until he 'd begun taking over her life . |
| 23 | He seemed to have taken on a new lease of life . |
| 24 | But most of his time was now absorbed by his various inventions , which included a miniature camera , a two-sided stove , and a gramophone ; he claimed to have taken out 500 patents . |
| 25 | He seems to have taken over , she thought , meekly doing as he suggested . |
| 26 | He had decided to take up jogging too . |
| 27 | Mick Houghton , who also works for the fashionable label Blast First , was asked why he had agreed to take on The Wedding Present . |
| 28 | He had forgotten to take off his spectacles and he peered over the top of them . |
| 29 | It seemed to Daniel that neither of them had bothered to take in , until that moment , the fact , carefully explained to both beforehand , of the other 's presence . |