Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] take [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Before general practitioners are expected or encouraged to take on new duties their willingness to become more involved should be established , and easy access to experienced therapists for training and consultation should be available .
2 The girl sat up again , and began taking in deep breaths .
3 He ran out of sponsorship money and had to take on odd jobs like window cleaning to fund his Formula Three programme .
4 Deliberately ignoring him , she began to pick straw out of her clothes , and only when she was satisfied that she had removed every last one , and had taken in all there was to take in about her immediate surroundings , did she look up at him .
5 I stared at Gav from my bed , blinking and trying to take in this torrent of exponentially catastrophic information .
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