Example sentences of "[pers pn] be take [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm taking on the question of violence , this most difficult question . |
| 2 | A week later I was called back to Downing Street by Margaret Thatcher and told that I was taking over the Department of Health and Social Security and also the question-and-answer session . |
| 3 | I do n't think so because it 's in the main street called street and I was taken over the first day . |
| 4 | I was dismissed from the library , but with a good reference and I was taken on the staff of the local Employment Exchange to ‘ sign on ’ the others . |
| 5 | If you are not putting the proper bodywork on the ball which is coming towards you and which you are taking on the rise , then you wo n't have the control . |
| 6 | You 've just been told that you are to take over the job of manager for O A Z Company Limited . |
| 7 | ‘ Get in and socialise with the family , ’ Peter Shearer told Mr and Mrs M. You re not just teaching one child , you 're taking on the whole family , ’ this being a family of fifteen children , some with social and behavioural problems , and eight still of school age . |
| 8 | She 's taken over the household and the book-keeping too . |
| 9 | In 1934 , on the recommendation of Professor Bell , Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of Cape Town , her school was given a studio in the College of Music and she was taken on the staff of the Faculty of Music . |
| 10 | We have demonstrated against petty apartheid because we are taking on the entire system of apartheid on all fronts . |
| 11 | I , I do n't think we 're taking away the Planning and Environment Committee 's delegated powers , we 're merely trying to ensure the policy and resources committee is consulted on proposals for conversion of residential accommodation , for the , oh I will say the moral reasons that Mr outlined , I would n't really disagree with what he said . |
| 12 | And as long as he was prepared to give the spending money , ie in the form of a voucher , er we were taking away the market share away from etcetera of this world . |
| 13 | As working volunteers of a fraternal railway we were taken on the strength of the Llangollen railway for the day , and , clad in our reflective waistcoats , we were conducted along the track , first on foot , then on the ‘ Neptune ’ , a diesel track inspection vehicle . |
| 14 | As a result of the Housing Act 1988 and the introduction of shorthold tenancies , we are witnessing rapid growth in the number of shorthold and assured tenancies being let by private landlords — so much so , that at last they are taking up the slack created by the number of secure tenancies . |
| 15 | It 's probably because they 're taking over the er accident and emergency department from Clatterbrick it 's shutting down and it 's all going to Arrow Park . |
| 16 | Cleansing , if you like , is the next stage , it 's taking away all trace of the sin , it 's taking away the mark , the residue of the sin , it cleanses us from all sin . |
| 17 | The tattoo was a moment 's impulse and cost just a few pounds , but now it 's taking up the time and resources of the NHS . |
| 18 | The only activity at the plant that is secure is mainframe manufacture — as well as the water-cooled ES/9000s it already builds , it is to take over the air-cooled models currently built at the Valencia , Spain plant , as well . |
| 19 | One social worker who had cared for her own mother for many y ears explains below how important it is to take on the role of carer for the right reasons : |
| 20 | It was taking up the game at such a young age that caused him to hold the racket with both hands , rather than playing tennis , which he did to county standard at the age of 12 . |
| 21 | For an annual sum of £100 he was to take on the care , culture and management of the Garden for a term of seven years from Michaelmas , to keep in repair the stove , greenhouse and other buildings and utensils contained in them , to make a catalogue of the plants and , an additional commercial perquisite , to be allowed to sell surplus fruit and plants for his own benefit . |
| 22 | On 26th May , Hunt came to see him and said that he was taking over the purchase negotiations for the Downing Street scheme , and particularly upset Pennethorne by producing one of Pennethorne 's drawings to assist him in the work . |
| 23 | He was taking over the enquiry into the death of Angelica Standish , he said . |
| 24 | Germany 's chief federal prosecutor Alexander von Stahl announced he was taking over the murder inquiry because of its links to Right-wing terrorism . |
| 25 | It looked as if he was taking on the whole KGB . |
| 26 | Today ranked number eight , he was taking on the best of British , Jeremy Bates . |
| 27 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 28 | Pete went over to the wagon , and as he was taking out the inventory clipboard he explained that they 'd be going down to the boat house in Diane 's pickup truck . |
| 29 | He was taken on the indispensable visit to Holford Glen , and it was there , seated by the side of the brook , that the brief exchange took place which Coleridge was still repeating in his old age : ‘ Citizen John , ’ Coleridge remarked , ‘ this is a fine place to talk treason in ! ’ |