Example sentences of "[subord] i take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 2 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He wanted someone to help him with his horses , so I took on the job . |
| 5 | ‘ He suggested it could have died another way , ’ Small recalls , ‘ so I took out a knife , skinned it on his desk , and showed him where the fox 's teeth had punctured the flesh . ’ |
| 6 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 7 | If I take on an artist , for example , I need to think they will have a future . |
| 8 | If I take out a chunk , you can do |
| 9 | ‘ That should do now until I take out the stitches . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I have full responsibility for fund-raising and publicity and because I took on a new post it means I am introducing my own ideas in consultation with the directors and chairman . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 15 | The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship . |
| 16 | If you had any idea how much I 've got to do before I take over the shop — ’ |
| 17 | When I took on the marine operations every ship had a fiftyfour man crew and it seemed to me that this was inefficient , so I did a trip on a ship and I came back quite convinced you could actually run a ship with twenty-one men . |
| 18 | I was n't much more than your age when I took on the farm myself . |
| 19 | ‘ There were problems in the past with the way the fund was run , but when I took over a couple of years ago we took a very long look at our accounting system and put matters right . |
| 20 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 21 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |