Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] take [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye . |
| 2 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
| 3 | He wanted someone to help him with his horses , so I took on the job . |
| 4 | But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research . |
| 5 | Our research also told us that the Student 's Book had to be in colour , so we took out the pictures and began again — using two pictures instead of one wherever possible — so that we stay up to date with the latest modifications to the Interview , Paper 5 . |
| 6 | These new plants could regenerate quickly , so they took over the ecosystem . |
| 7 | In 1908 the Standard was not printing photographs and , although it took up the art form in the 1920 's and it is a curiosity to learn that the first photograph it published to do with the Club was in fact of the Opening Match , but 50 years after the event . |
| 8 | ‘ That should do now until I take out the stitches . ’ |
| 9 | A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities . |
| 10 | If you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried . ’ |
| 11 | But I do n't worry about being a loser — if you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried |
| 12 | If you take out the idea of the aesthetic , you 're just left with communication . |
| 13 | The two pluses are books , thanks largely to Addison Wesley , thankfully decisively so and the oil services business and the only other item worth reflecting , I think worth er , remarking on , is in fact that if you take out the black hole effect er , the entertainment fall was only two million and I think that is a creditable performance . |
| 14 | Well the the or residual element er if you take out the I have n't got this figure actually to in this little table I 've got here but if you bear with me one moment . |
| 15 | It is possible to intensify poetry 's power over time if we take on the implications of Rosenblatt 's transactional theory , which is well described in Benton et al . |
| 16 | So far if we take on the ninety ninety two figures we attended something like eight hundred bonfires . |
| 17 | ‘ If we take off the khat … ’ said the air hostess , drawing her finger across her throat . |
| 18 | ‘ If we take off the reedbed 's top 30cm of vegetation — just enough so that we do not kill off the reeds — and put in some new dykes to give a good water flow we will restore the reedbed to its former glory . ’ |
| 19 | Employees approach their manager to discuss the possibility of a break and if they take up the option they are kept in touch with progress via magazines , company literature etc . |
| 20 | Secrett has refused to comment on his plans until he takes up the post . |
| 21 | It may just be that Clinton is taking advantage of the transition period until he takes over the Presidency to air some personal prejudices and satisfy the grievances of some of his supporters . |
| 22 | Smith dismissed speculation he would recruit former Middlesbrough coach David Nish as his right hand man if he took over the hot seat . |
| 23 | ‘ Now will you wait for me here in the dark till I take back the keys , and not imagine I 've locked you in to starve ? |
| 24 | Because he took over the reins at such a late stage in 1763 Giardini was unable to entice to London either the best Italian singers or a famous composer . |
| 25 | I was carried ignominiously between two colleagues back to the car and greeted my wife with the sheepish grin she had been dreading ever since I took up the sport . |
| 26 | Ever since I took over the tips section in the hallowed pages of ZZAP ! 64 , folks have whinged that most of the pokes are for Reset and Action Replay carts . |
| 27 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 28 | From this , Mrs Lamport discovered she had misread one name and her researches into Mrs Piggott were scrapped while she took up the new challenge in the name of Mrs Pigou , a theatre-goer of French origin . |
| 29 | ‘ About everything that 's happened since you took over the club . |
| 30 | But Sue is quick to justify the power she wields since she took over the editorship in 1989 . |