Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] take [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Table Tennis Douglas takes on the Preans . |
| 2 | During this period Churchill took over the coal negotiations and displayed a vigour for settlement which had been entirely lacking in the Prime Minister . |
| 3 | As it happened , in the first book , Mrs Curdle paid her final visit to the place , but her grandson Ben took over the fair and continued in the old lady 's footsteps for several years . |
| 4 | See the success of Tracy Edwards and the all-girl Maiden team and the plight of Fazisi , the Russian maxi , whose American skipper Skip Novak took over the reins when Russian skipper Alexi Gryschenko committed suicide . |
| 5 | Four years after her accident Dawn took up the javelin , shot and discus . |
| 6 | ‘ Comes round wavin' his byelaws at us ’ her Cousin Jake took up the story . |
| 7 | hoping to dominate … the world of athletics this weekend is Gloucester hammer thrower Lorraine Shaw … she 's UK champion … the first from the city 's club ever to win a senior outdoor title … this weekend Lorraine takes on the best in the world as she competes in the AAA championships in Birmingham … the amazing thing is that up until this year she was a discus thrower … |
| 8 | Musical director of Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers from 1978 to 1981 , where he joined a select musical fraternity in the band 's history that included Horace Silver , Benny Golson and Wayne Shorter , he was joined in the front line by Wynton Marsalis , whose brother Branford took over the saxophone chair after Watson left to concentrate on ‘ Horizon ’ and other projects . |
| 9 | Ashley 's mother Jeanette takes up the story : |
| 10 | He died in 1876 at the age of 93 , and his son John took up the duties . |