Example sentences of "[subord] i take [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 He wanted someone to help him with his horses , so I took on the job .
3 ‘ That should do now until I take out the stitches . ’
4 ‘ 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 ?
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago .
8 The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship .
9 If you had any idea how much I 've got to do before I take over the shop — ’
10 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 .
11 I was n't much more than your age when I took on the farm myself .
12 When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained .
13 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 .
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