Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [pers pn] on the " in BNC.

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1 I took it on the lamp .
2 After breakfast at the palace all the inmates are thrown out , whatever the weather , and the only place he can take his child is outside : " Usually I take my little boy at weekends to the fair at Whitley Bay , or I take him on the metro and we sit at the front — he loves trains .
3 If I take them on the table they wo n't make so much noise then
4 I have one month when I take it on the dot , every day , I then forget , and I think , oh God I 'm pregnant .
5 ‘ Will you take me on the road here to see one or two things that I might like to see ? ’
6 Confronted with Donna 's exuberant wardrobe , she realized there were only two courses open to her : either she took it on the chin ( ‘ straight spine , old girl , ’ ) , or she slunk away and refused to answer the phone when Donna called to see why she had n't been met .
7 We take it on the nose through earnings . ’
8 They took it on the terrace where there was more air and a slight breeze ruffled Jane Postlethwaite 's sleeves .
9 Apparently they use to keep a little thing alive and they took it on the boat coming home
10 He took it on the chin .
11 And Lloyd found , in a milieu still heavily influenced by the Communist Party , that he had little difficulty in outselling the Morning Star when he took it on the streets .
12 You 've got to go and ask for them to take you on the erm
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