Example sentences of "[coord] take [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Capital gains tax will not become payable until the original shareholder sells his shares in B ; and if B is formed in a tax haven in which there are no restrictions on loans to directors , he can in fact enjoy the proceeds of the original shares in Company A free of tax until he dies or takes up permanent residence outside the jurisdiction . |
| 2 | Also confirm connection , or taking over new number . |
| 3 | To dispose of surplus or to take up excess capacity in production . |
| 4 | Section 16(2) provides : [ t ] he cases in which a pecuniary advantage … is to be regarded as obtained for a person are cases where — ( b ) he is allowed to borrow by way of overdraft , or to take out any policy of insurance or annuity contract , or obtains an improvement of the terms on which he is allowed to do so ; or |
| 5 | They were expected to leave school at fourteen and go out to work to earn a living or take up technical training . |
| 6 | They often study psychology after developing some expertise in it through education , community , health , or social services work , and they usually return to or take on such work , rather than becoming professional psychologists . |
| 7 | When the text has a reader it ceases to be a mere object and takes on anthropomorphic form ; it has a voice or voices ( the ‘ codes ’ ) , it creates its own history ( the history of the already-read content ) , it ‘ plays ’ , ‘ creates ’ , ‘ lies ’ , etc . |
| 8 | He rises and takes on imaginary partner |
| 9 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 10 | The organization is infectious ; many people have joined intending to make a small , easily-managed commitment and ended up doing three or four shifts a week and taking on extra work until sometimes their whole life becomes bound up in the organization . |
| 11 | Is there anyone in the area who might consider joining us and taking on this position ? ’ |
| 12 | Part of the point of selling state businesses is to raise hard cash , and taking on more debt to fund worker buyouts in return for low or non-earning equity stakes ( which may prove to be worthless in the long run ) is not a real option for the government . |
| 13 | Even so , he did his best , becoming an expert coxswain and taking up Olympic weight-lifting . |
| 14 | Jekub leapt forward , bouncing across the quarry floor and taking out one wall of the shed like ripping the lid off a can . |
| 15 | Lister was then at the height of his struggle against infection in surgical operations and took up this observation in experiments with bacterial cultures . |
| 16 | With that she said no more but dropped down to her shelter and took up some food , an action that told Creggan he had best get on with it and ask no more questions . |
| 17 | However , it must be emphasised that all the women who chose not to register for work actually did want paid employment and took up any employment opportunities which arose ( Callender , 1986a ) . |
| 18 | Taking a gamble , Seb bought a second plough and took on another ploughman . |
| 19 | She was involved in planning the activities with the advisory teacher and took on full responsibility for organising the equipment for each session . |
| 20 | Feeling like a character in a split-screen movie , I opened another cupboard and took out two brandy glasses . |
| 21 | She opened it and took out several half crowns , silver threepenny pieces and some pennies . |
| 22 | Mrs Lennox crossed to a cupboard and took out another cup and saucer for Laura . |
| 23 | His hand reached into a drawer and took out another videotape box marked HAVE THE ROYALS GOT A FUTURE ? |
| 24 | Christ , Clare was even fit at the time ; she 'd given up doing coke and taken up healthy shit like running and swimming . |
| 25 | Daniels proposed to add two forms to the Senior , one at the top and one at the bottom , and to take on another master . |
| 26 | Britain 's membership of it has already done the untold harm to the British economy that I described in Chapter 5 ; the quicker the Government decides to abandon the objective of re-entering the ERM and to take back permanent control of the economy the better . |
| 27 | The student could leave at any time he wished and take up unqualified practice , usually permanently , but sometimes temporarily . |
| 28 | Cleanse your face as usual and take off any residue with toner . |