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

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1 I see him as a sort of spiritual descendant of Norman Mailer , just as Mailer took on the mantle of Lawrence — in fact I wrote an essay on that very subject in my last term at school .
2 In 1840 we find in the title deeds when William Holding took over the tenancy of the farm that an oast was on the deeds ; after this date , between 1838–47 , the name was changed to Court Farm .
3 On Hird 's death 10 years later , Cutts took over the list , and demonstrated his own publishing flair with his first best-seller , A J Russell 's For Sinners Only .
4 Majella took up the fiddle , I got an accordion and Mary got a banjo .
5 Kisanga took over the Water Development portfolio and Pius Ng'wandu , the Minister hitherto , became Trade and Industry Minister .
6 In further changes , Joao Cruz Pinto took over the Justice portfolio from Vasco Cabral who was appointed in March [ see p. 38085 ] ; the Defence portfolio , formerly held by Vieira , was assumed by Samba Lamine Mane , while Manuel dos Santos was named Minister of Natural Resources and Industry to replace Filinto de Barros who became Finance Minister .
7 Devon and Cornwall police last Friday took up the case of Pipe 's Her Honour , found to have been doped when flopping at Kempton in January .
8 Shah was setting in motion a chain of events which would lead to the bitter Wapping strike , when Murdoch took on the print unions — previously assumed to be invincible — and won .
9 But in a sense I mean I can erm I mean I agree with everything you 've said , erm but er when Murdoch took over the Sun I mean the Sun was selling , at one point was selling about four million copies which is
10 Roberta produced the storyline , Ken took on the programming .
11 The new LEAs took over the responsibility to provide adequate facilities for elementary education and in addition were authorised to provide ‘ education other than elementary ’ , either by setting up new secondary schools or by aiding existing ones in their area .
12 The Loch Ness Project took on the mantle of the LNI and picked up from the Loch Morar expeditions , and we returned to Loch Ness , whose steep-walled uniformity is more favourable to sonar .
13 Chris Willsden took over the Bay Horse , Hurworth , near Darlington on Monday and hopes to set up a display of the pub 's heritage .
14 She did not leave as Corbett took up the pewter spoon and began to eat .
15 Deputy Premier Djamshed Karimov took on the role of acting Premier after the resignation of Prime Minister Akbar Mirzoyev on Aug. 30 .
16 They did little , however , and Grubb took over the ride again last November , but has taken him to only a few shows , mostly indoor , in which Ever has been extremely consistent .
17 Kathleen and Jack ran to meet the ambulance , Kathleen taking over the bagging of one of the victims who had arrested in the ambulance .
18 A Manor and Dukedog take over the train at Birmingham .
19 Llanelli 's Colin Stephens takes over the key outside half position from the injured Neil Jenkins for Wales B , while injury-hit Australia call on seven of their first choice pack .
20 It was there , in fact , that when Cliff Drysdale had to leave his place as chairman of the ATP 's seminar on power tennis to begin his day 's television commentary , that Arthur Ashe took over the role , with customary authority and enthusiasm .
21 In 1040 the Normans took over the area and its great cathedral churches date from the succeeding 100 years .
22 The following correspondence shows how much trouble the Wordworths took over the boy .
23 It was on an earlier trip to Germany that Brenda took up the challenge to pass her bike test .
24 Cornelius took back the picture and tucked it into his top pocket .
25 Duroc took out the file on Jessamyn Bonney , and slipped off the electronic seal .
26 WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline .
27 Maud took out the pillow , untucked the counterpane , folded away three fine woollen blankets and a crocheted shawl , and then lifted out one feather mattress and another , and a straw palliasse .
28 GMTV took over the morning franchise from TV-am and last month brought in LWT 's chief executive Greg Dyke as chairman to spearhead its fight for more viewers .
29 She paused for breath and Giles took up the tale .
30 ‘ Comes round wavin' his byelaws at us ’ her Cousin Jake took up the story .
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