Example sentences of "[be] taking [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Get in and socialise with the family , ’ Peter Shearer told Mr and Mrs M. You re not just teaching one child , you 're taking on the whole family , ’ this being a family of fifteen children , some with social and behavioural problems , and eight still of school age . |
| 2 | Events , at last , seemed to be taking on a constructive momentum of their own . |
| 3 | Drama time After recapping through still images , the teacher explains that he will now be taking on a different role . |
| 4 | Drug cartels and terrorists are reported to be taking over the counterfeit clothing business . |
| 5 | However , I received the impression that the society was more interested in a scheme for a new RUC complaints procedure and that it was not anticipated that it would be taking up the Black affair in a major way . |
| 6 | If not , I would n't be bankrupt but I would be taking out a second mortgage on the house . ’ |
| 7 | Should the call come within the next week , I shall be taking out a full-page advert in the Whaddon and Mitchley Argus to express my thanks to you all for your support during my short period as manager . |
| 8 | In a related announcement , Groupe Bull SA says it will be taking out a cross-licensing agreement with HP giving Bull access to OpenView components , whilst HP gets Bull 's CM-API . |
| 9 | There are now nearly 200 National Trust shops around the country , and the town shops , which are open all year round , are taking on a new look . |
| 10 | We have demonstrated against petty apartheid because we are taking on the entire system of apartheid on all fronts . |
| 11 | Trees are preparing for winter and their leaves are taking on the beautiful colours of autumn . |
| 12 | They 're very popular with the tourists , I think they feel they are taking back a whole cheese as opposed to a portion cut off a bigger cheese . |
| 13 | Mothers of younger and younger children have been taking on the dual burden of paid work and child rearing ( see Hunt , 1968 ; Martin and Roberts , 1984 ; Joshi , 1985 ) . |
| 14 | If I were taking on a new act , their ability to perform on stage would be second only to the quality of their songwriting . |
| 15 | His green eyes were taking on a bluish tinge and hers were going green with so much exchanging of deep looks . |
| 16 | The trees of the Dean on the distant bank were taking on a blue haze in the glorious afternoon sun . |
| 17 | The feedback from Alaska is positive and he feels he is taking over a successful concern with a good track record being put in place . |
| 18 | The club is taking over a second-floor suite of offices on a short-term lease , but it is to continue searching for new premises , almost certainly still in Edinburgh . |
| 19 | The club sacked chief executive Terry Cassidy and the Bank of Scotland is taking over the Celtic ground as a security to cover their £5 m overdraft . |
| 20 | Bernard Guidon , Hewlett-Packard Co 's commercial general manager for Unix in the US is taking up a new position within HP Europe — a promotion , according to the company — though his role has yet to be finalised . |
| 21 | Now she is taking up a fifth career — painting . |
| 22 | A CLEVELAND aid team is taking on a major project to improve the lives of children in Romania . |
| 23 | A 15-YEAR campaign to have a new civic centre built in Lisburn is taking on a new urgency . |
| 24 | A county councillor facing assault charges is taking out a private summons against the man he allegedly assaulted . |
| 25 | Somehow the virtual reality had overflowed the confines of that simulated chamber , and was taking over the entire broadcast . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 28 | It looked as if he was taking on the whole KGB . |