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

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1 I should be grateful if you would let me know what action you take on the above matters .
2 When the virus takes over a cell it takes over the master-plan or system of instruction of that cell and the cell is thereafter directed to reproduce itself with the virus already in command .
3 Whether nationalization improves the efficiency of resource allocation , or whether we would do better to privatize existing public corporations , is an issue we take up the next chapter .
4 A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities .
5 At this point we take up the experience of those who returned to their former jobs .
6 With an unusual daring for a Tiller she took on the life of a Broadway dancer , the men flocked to her and she basked in their admiration .
7 The following day we took up the problem again .
8 Despite the opposition of his father he took up the study of medicine , first at Leipzig University and then in Vienna , where his funds ran out , forcing him to take employment for a time with the Governor of Transylvania until he had accumulated sufficient money to continue his studies .
9 As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say .
10 In their progress they took up the whole width of the footpath .
11 It is clear that the premium is equivalent as far as factor prices are concerned to a tax on labour in the X sector ( for simplicity we take on the demand side the effects are also equivalent with the simplifying assumptions being made here .
12 The ‘ sloshed ’ friend broke his ankle so as a good turn he took over the driving .
13 The last time Gloucester went to Tyneside to play in the cup they took on the old Gosforth team … the score that day … 26-15 to the Cherry and whites … that was almost three years ago …
14 Carrots curled into roses and golden hedgehog potatoes sneered : Make this the year you take on the challenge of making your vegetables more interesting .
15 I 'd never heard such oratory , admiring the way he took on the hecklers .
16 That application form put him on the ladder , not only to the top of the Japanese profession , but to international recognition — on 1 January this year he took over the chairmanship of the International Accounting Standards Committee .
17 I often used to read it when we were in action and , believe it or not , every time I took up the book it opened at page 92 , although I have never deliberately read that page , as far as I can remember — so I took the hint and wrote … ’
18 I walked silently , testing every step I took on the rough paths , just as I had used to walk with my mother in the woods near Štanjel .
19 This is generally for a set sum , over an agreed period , during which you sill pay back the capital and the interest : the rate of interest is fixed at the time you take out the loan , so your monthly repayments never change .
20 The information should be clearly presented and it should be plain to the audience : what the topic is ; why you have chosen it ; what view you take on the matter ; and why you have arrived at any particular conclusions .
21 At the time we took up the , the secretary took took up the matter and I got him to send us er a copy of the reply , and it , it appears that , as you know it 's all voluntary and , and it relies charity for individuals , but I noticed , I only got this from Ron yesterday , paragraph here says , where the community demonstrates it 's active support for such adventure , then there is an increase likelihood of the establish of a service , although it has to be said that there already exists a waiting list of communities eager to re receive P D S A support .
22 It is time we took up the second of my headings , language as screen .
23 In an unbecoming shade of battleship grey undercoat it took over the Museum 's service train for the last two runs on Sunday , May 24 and again on the afternoon of the 25th .
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