Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] took [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only took over the financial reins three weeks before the end of the financial year ! |
| 2 | I only took out the palace because I knew I 'd given I 'd written a cheque for forty |
| 3 | I could n't have been more pleased by his decision , and told Granpa that when I finally took over the barrow we would n't even have to change the name . |
| 4 | I also took on the position knowingly of the bad reputation in Scotland of Sports to the trade regarding hotel sales of your equipment , but was promised that this practice would be cut out . |
| 5 | I proudly took down the details in my pristine notebook and could n't wait to read the proof as soon as my painstaking , if short , report was set . |
| 6 | She only took over the field 6 months ago and fears young hooligans are trying to drive her and her animals away . |
| 7 | Then she gradually took over the conversation , talking about her parents and the farm , saying she knew she was old-fashioned and some people laughed at the way she farmed , but she was happy with her methods and she liked the animals . |
| 8 | She inherited from her brother a methodical and intelligent Treasurer , the Marquis of Winchester ; and she also took over the conclusions of committees which had been investigating the Crown 's finances under Edward VI . |
| 9 | They even took over the small police station in the El Calvario district , the nearest to the main market , and executed a number of the constables who had taken part in the massacre . |
| 10 | Source C describes how they bravely took over the dangerous jobs in munitions factories , and how they joined or worked alongside the armed services , either joining women 's armed services , or working as nurses out on the battlefront . |
| 11 | They then took on the appearance of microspheres , behaving and looking like living cells . |
| 12 | The cast and crew were situated in the picturesque summer tourist trap of St Ives where they virtually took over the comfortable olde-worlde Tregenna Castle Hotel , while Peckinpah rented a small cottage for himself on the moor . |
| 13 | He admitted that mistakes had been made in the five months since he personally took over the government , especially in the slow pace of privatisation . |
| 14 | Mr Yeltsin admitted that mistakes had been made in the five months since he personally took over the government , especially in the very slow pace of privatisation . |
| 15 | WHSmith did n't create Our Price ; it just took over the business . |
| 16 | In London he gradually took over the Underground system and came to control every line except the Metropolitan . |
| 17 | He also took over the editorship of The Stopfordian from Mr. D. J. Roberts , the Second Master since 1978 , who had edited it from 1959 . |
| 18 | By taking on the role of representing France , he also took on the nation 's internal contradictions and unresolved tensions . |
| 19 | He also took out the bit where Brad declared his love for Chelsi , and put in a bit where Brad declared his love for Tara . |
| 20 | Living through the post-Darwinian debates , he invariably took up the cudgels on behalf of scientific rationalism . |
| 21 | He therefore took on the chairmanship of Tate $ Lyle on a part-time basis . |
| 22 | Formerly Count Basie 's drummer in his last great orchestra , he recently took over the drum chair at the Village Vanguard for the famous Monday night sessions featuring the Mel Lewis Big Band . |