Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] take [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did so and , afterwards , Andrew asked me to take over the bulk of the manufacturing for them . ’ |
| 2 | The supervising engineers were naturally unhappy and only his promise to catch up — and his reputation to back such a promise — prevented the companies from operating the clauses that allowed them to take over the work and reassign it . |
| 3 | My wife and I are staying at the Danieli , but she 's not been feeling well and urged me to take up the offer of an observer 's seat here . ’ |
| 4 | When the headmistress , with some guilt , asked her to take over the school 's unpopular Commonwealth Society she rolled up her sleeves and cleaned out the dusty room that had been hung with torn posters depicting ‘ Tea-picking in Ceylon , ‘ Coffee Growing in Kenya , ’ and ‘ Sheep Farming in Australia . ’ |
| 5 | Although the older sister lived away , she travelled to stay with her sister occasionally and during one visit , after she made her allegations in a family meeting which she had joined , the counsellor asked her to take over the caring role for the final week of her stay so that her sister could actually see how it should be done . |
| 6 | " He 's been shaking like this ever since he was sixteen years old , " the Keraing told us , " when he first had the experience which made him take up the profession . |
| 7 | A local authority issued a compulsory purchase order on a house and a notice of entry which enabled them to take over the premises after 14 days . |
| 8 | Toby saw him take up the pile of wet flannel from beside the bath and chuck it at his face . |
| 9 | Naturally I talked over every aspect of it with Elizabeth and the family ; and in the end I concluded that if- and only if-convincing evidence was brought to me that a substantial majority in both Houses wished me to take on the job I would do so . |
| 10 | However , as time progressed they took up the argument of legislation requirement and professional competence as a form of self-defence and as a means of maintaining their professional standing not only in their own eyes , but in the eyes of other planners , and in the eyes of their fellow colleagues in Kirkwall . |
| 11 | Just before I went on my first furlough after five years ' service , the Bishop of Rangoon , Norman Tubbs , called me and told me that on my return from furlough he wanted me to take over the training of the Burmese clergy . |
| 12 | Well I mean that when we start organization and I am on , I 'm on Cortille and on the committee and they wanted me to take over the Vice Chairman and I said no way . |
| 13 | Because he did n't think his player was coming over , Orville Moody 's caddie had taken Tom Weiskopf 's bag , but when he suddenly heard Orville was flying over , he ditched Tom and suggested I take over the bag . |
| 14 | Which is why I wanted you to take over the investigation from young Ebert . |
| 15 | We used to run direct to Kirkwall via and erm it was then that the post office caught hold of us and wanted us to take on the mails . |