Example sentences of "[to-vb] taken [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worsley was reappointed surgeon-general to the army in Ireland in 1647 , but seems not to have taken up the post . |
| 2 | In hindsight , it might have been better for him to have taken up the offer . |
| 3 | To have taken on the world in that state would have been political suicide . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , sir , Document B , and I should here direct your attention to Document B1 which is a report of an interview with the girl 's mother submitted on her behalf by the latest Visitor to have taken over the case . |
| 5 | Even though it does seem to have taken over the house a bit . ’ |
| 6 | They both came under the orders of the elderly Lambert , who seemed to have taken over the running of the stable almost entirely from his master . |