Example sentences of "[was/were] take [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By early evening the company second in command had exchanged his helicopter for a Land-Rover , and was out visiting the platoons in their trenches again , before returning to barracks to brief the part-time soldiers who were taking over the mobile patrolling tasks for the night . |
| 2 | If I were taking on a new act , their ability to perform on stage would be second only to the quality of their songwriting . |
| 3 | His green eyes were taking on a bluish tinge and hers were going green with so much exchanging of deep looks . |
| 4 | The trees of the Dean on the distant bank were taking on a blue haze in the glorious afternoon sun . |
| 5 | In the test the boiling times and fuel-life figures for each stove were taken on a mild summer 's day with only a light breeze . |
| 6 | Almost 2,000 took up the invitation during a two-day open house and were taken on a guided tour route which stretched over a mile through the £1.85 billion development . |
| 7 | At a school in Kent pupils beginning Key Stage 2 were taken on an exploratory tour of a certain street . |
| 8 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
| 9 | MAJOR-GENERAL Michael Skinner , who has died aged 60 , was Director General , Weapons , from 1986 to 1988 , when many important decisions were taken on the future equipment of the Army . |
| 10 | Within weeks Combined Operations headquarters were to take on a new vitality . |
| 11 | Somehow the virtual reality had overflowed the confines of that simulated chamber , and was taking over the entire broadcast . |
| 12 | The curia was taking on a new role , as the centre of a vast network of appeals ; increasing numbers from near and far came to Rome in search of judgement . |
| 13 | Today ranked number eight , he was taking on the best of British , Jeremy Bates . |
| 14 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 15 | It looked as if he was taking on the whole KGB . |
| 16 | The woman was taken on a terrifying 45-minute journey in another car into the countryside before the gunman committed what police described as a ‘ serious sexual assault ’ . |
| 17 | The woman was taken on a terrifying 45-minute journey in another car into the countryside before the gunman committed what police described as a ‘ serious sexual assault ’ at an unknown location . |
| 18 | The photograph was taken on a favourable day or it could not have been taken at all . |
| 19 | He was taken on the indispensable visit to Holford Glen , and it was there , seated by the side of the brook , that the brief exchange took place which Coleridge was still repeating in his old age : ‘ Citizen John , ’ Coleridge remarked , ‘ this is a fine place to talk treason in ! ’ |
| 20 | The above shot was taken on the 18th while the aircraft flew for Dutch TV . |
| 21 | In such petty ways some revenge was taken on the wealthy transient . |
| 22 | I do n't think so because it 's in the main street called street and I was taken over the first day . |
| 23 | Although he was sacked he was taken back a fourth time and he did indeed die in harness . |
| 24 | Under an agreement signed by Gqozo and South African Foreign Minister Roelof " Pik " Botha , the South African government was to take over the key ministries of economic affairs , finance and justice and a fourth ministry concerned with agriculture , public works and transport . |
| 25 | This transformation provided the skeleton for the Christianity which was to take over the Germanic world , to mould it and modify it in turn . |
| 26 | Having cowed the trade unions , we can see that the next step was to take on the local authorities and the poor . |
| 27 | The best he could do was to take up a central position in the ward , using a chair for a hassock , and to make a general supplication for all the patients collectively . |
| 28 | The Presidium of the Moldavian Supreme Soviet on Jan. 10 appointed Pyotr Paskar as Chairman of the Moldavian Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) in place of Ivan Kalin , who was to take up a diplomatic post . |