Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonight it 's my turn ; he 'll expect me to take up the story where he left off , but I 've no intention of doing that . |
| 2 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
| 3 | And that , he hopes , will enable him to take over the top ten ratings the Yorkshireman holds with two of the four recognised world governing bodies the WBO and WBC . |
| 4 | From the fact that it was chosen by lot , with the further provision that no one might serve on it more than two years in his life , it is clear that the Athenians of the fifth and fourth centuries intended that the council should have no chance of developing a corporate sense , which would enable it to take on an independent life , and wished it to be merely a fair sample of the Athenian people , whose views would naturally coincide with those of the people . |
| 5 | The local government system of the time had been given some shape by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 , but it was not until the end of the century that it acquired a structure that would enable it to take on the range of functions it has today . |
| 6 | Respondents understood very clearly the difficult role of the manager , and some workers openly confessed that nothing would induce them to take on the manager 's job ! |
| 7 | I used to drop in there occasionally on leave , and sometimes Cam would let me take over the drums when the band was resting . |
| 8 | ‘ Why do n't you let me take over the accounts ? ’ |
| 9 | But iff you actually allow B R as an organization to bid , I think it 's making a nonsense of privatization because you 're saying in essence there is n't anything wrong with B R management at the moment and we 'll let them take over the network . |
| 10 | If necessary , the Arbroath batsman will try to take a year out of college — if that proves possible — which would also allow him to take up an offer to spend next winter playing for Newtons at Stellenbosch . |
| 11 | Now that she knew Betty was here because she pitied her and not because she liked her , she felt less threatened and decided that she would just let her take over the cooking and do as she wished in the kitchen . |
| 12 | Do n't let him take out the men . |
| 13 | Let's say you take out a £5,000 loan over two years and you elect to start your payments right away . |
| 14 | May we now ask you to take on a more promotional and persuasive role ? |
| 15 | To overcome this problem in the short-term , firms may well find themselves taking on a number of small sites in the general area . |