Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [noun sg] for the " in BNC.

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1 Do you take responsibility for the day-to-day running of it ?
2 Mr Smith asked her to outline the Government 's plans for the community charge and whether she took responsibility for the effects of the tax :
3 ‘ Get all the braking and gear-changing done and cleared before you take position for the corner , ’ he says .
4 At the same time they took responsibility for the home , ’ she says .
5 In the former role they take responsibility for the design , teaching and assessment of individual modules ( see Chapter 5 ) .
6 It takes time for the validity or fruitfulness of any academic development to become clear , and too rapid a response to intellectual fashions could leave institutions with an embarrassing residue of dubious courses , which once installed are difficult to dislodge .
7 Of course it takes time for the increased number of women on the list to work through into actual appointments , but one of the purposes behind the Prime Minister 's initiative was to see that they did work through into actual appointments .
8 He takes charge for the match against Leigh on Saturday when Tony Rampling , an Australian forward , will make his debut for the club , who have lost all five matches so far .
9 As he took guard for the next delivery , they uttered a communal sigh of relief and turned away from the game .
10 He said he took heroin for the first time when he was on the rebound from a broken relationship .
11 After the service it took time for the galleries to empty .
12 It took time for the first cracks to appear .
13 The reason was no doubt that it took time for the Consumer Protection Advisory Committee to report .
14 It took time for the Americans to commit themselves to a battle for the stomachs , hearts and minds of the people living in the Western zones of Germany .
15 If colleges were experienced in validation and had developed acceptable validation procedures , the Council made Validation Procedures Agreements with them which enabled them to take responsibility for the organisation of validation for their own pilot schemes .
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