Example sentences of "[noun sg] took [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Royal Society for Nature Conservation / Wildlife Trusts Partnership took on the role of lead-organisation within the Consortium , although they have tried hard to liaise with all other partners , particularly CPRW . |
| 2 | Lawyer took up the pen first , followed by Old Looking Glass , Old Joseph , Old James and Timothy , until fifty-eight Nez Perce chiefs were recorded . |
| 3 | Alton 's rugby men were outnumbered , restricted , sin-binned and generally given a rough ride when a hand-picked side took on the club 's ladies team in a fun game on Sunday morning . |
| 4 | A tack room and hay loft took up the north side ; on the south side were grooms ' and coachman 's quarters . |
| 5 | Shetland Bird Club took up the issue and have appealed to the government to curb the fishery , even presenting a petition to the Prime Minister . |
| 6 | Jim and Nan Hall took over the shop . |
| 7 | The bruiser took up the carpet-bag , at which point every ear caught the sounds of slow , measured footsteps and a man 's voice . |
| 8 | After the death of her mother , one lady took on the task of caring for her bereaved cat . |
| 9 | In order to compensate for this the Borough Council took on the responsibility for payment of the Parish Clerk 's salary and the maintenance of parish playing fields . |
| 10 | And he said that , since 1965 when the science Research Council took over the telescope , the observatory has been collaborating more closely with university researchers . |
| 11 | The Morning Post joined in when the First Sea Lord , Sir Francis Bridgeman , resigned in 1912 and Bonar Law took up the issue too , suggesting that Bridgeman had been " brutally ill-used " by Churchill . |
| 12 | The next day the front page of the Sun took up the theme with enthusiasm : PORN LUST OF THE FOX ( see Figure 4.1 ) . |
| 13 | This time , something like a Christian front emerged , albeit temporarily , and the campaign took on the character of a crusade , the so-called Crusade of Varna , under the blessing of Pope Eugenius IV . |
| 14 | Welcome to the Pleasure Dome , Frankie 's end-of-year double LP claimed record advance orders ( though its real sales figures were never made clear ) , and the group took over the message tee-shirt , using the large print originally designed by Katherine Hamnett for better causes to promote ‘ Relax ’ and spawning a cacophony of ‘ Frankie Says ’ and ‘ Who Gives A Fuck What Frankie Says ’ slogans . |
| 15 | Since ATP took over the tour , World Series tournaments , ( for which the minimum ‘ financial commitment ’ such as prize money , tournament fees and other costs are now called , increases in 1993 by 20 per cent to $300,000 ) , have been allowed to pay appearance money . |
| 16 | Whatever Jenny was involved in at any given moment took up the whole of her . |
| 17 | When his brother retired from business , the husband took over the company , changed its name to Eratex Ltd. and arranged for his wife to become secretary and co-director of the company . |
| 18 | In one Lambeth family investigated by Mrs Pember Reeves , the expenditure on margarine doubled during the week the husband took over the family budgeting in the absence of his wife , simply because he allowed everyone to take as large a share as himself . |
| 19 | 3–11–1898 The Moderator read the following extract minute of Presbytery ; " The presbytery took up the report of the committee on union with the United Presbyterian Church as sent down by last General Assembly , and as Instructed by the Assembly , agreed to transmit the said report to the Kirk Session within their bounds for their information . " |
| 20 | Last summer , the place took on the air of a cheap seance , with ringing bells and flickering lights . |
| 21 | Desperate for cash following the Swedish debacle , he was one of the first to take on commercial sponsorship by negotiating a less than lucrative deal with Lovetts Panty Hose Ltd , and solely responsible for the bankrupting record fiasco when , at crippling expense , the team took on the guise of the Whaddon Promotion All Stars , and released a record , Go Go Athletic-O . |
| 22 | The team took up the gauntlet thrown down by the Health and Safety Executive and came up with a thorough checklist for the city 's 7 homes . |
| 23 | Their apparatus was primitive and they could not control the reaction , so it was another two years before a different team took up the work again . |
| 24 | More usually , as for instance in Scotland , one heir took on the duty . |
| 25 | In Ipswich the home help service took over the care of these clients ; in Newham the development officer continued to manage the existing support workers until a new development officer took over ( the health authority agreed to fund a continuation of the project for a further three years ) . |
| 26 | The mist took on the form of tentacles seeping from the otherworld and manoeuvring a gossamer-like web around them . |
| 27 | Even the most expensive and well-cut suit took on the appearance of a cheap off-the-peg item from a Hong Kong department store . |
| 28 | A film crew took over the station on Tuesday , June 30 — the last opportunity before the railway 's daily running season began to film sequences of the cast alighting from a train and leaving the station in Pop 's famous Rolls Royce car . |
| 29 | Captain Logan fulfilled Wahlitits ' omen of death and then fell himself as Wahlitits ' wife took up the warrior 's rifle . |
| 30 | Three years ago Peter Champion took over the King 's Head at Wootton near Woodstock . |