Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] takes [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the runners arrive and the sustained technical difficulty takes over the interest . |
| 2 | I ca n't imagine that a little thing like a little torpedo takes up the sound ! |
| 3 | The son of the present owner takes up the story . ’ |
| 4 | In words like ‘ potato ’ , ‘ tomato ’ , ‘ canary ’ , ‘ perhaps ’ , ‘ today ’ , the vowel in the first syllable may disappear ; the aspiration of the initial plosive takes up the whole of the middle portion of the syllable , resulting in these pronunciations ( where indicates aspiration ) : ; ; ; ; |
| 5 | This implies that in time the antisemitic ideology will disappear , as a young post-war generation takes over the leadership of the far right . |
| 6 | The Department of Ecclesiastical History takes up the story of the emerging ‘ Jesus movement ’ and carries it forward through twenty centuries to the present day . |
| 7 | A more general argument takes up the reference by Gramsci to the ‘ semi-colonial market ’ and develops the concept of ‘ internal colonialism ’ , which has had widespread application to areas as different from one another as the peripheral regions of Great Britain , the black homelands in South Africa , Alaska and the Amerindian areas of Central and South America . |
| 8 | And then after that we have some soothing gel put on the eyebrow so that , the skin is slightly pink so that when you actually have a , erm , an eyebrow trim , the soothing gel takes away the pinkness . |
| 9 | But with business concluded , the convention changes gear and , from Thursday on , everyone is in full motley and a gigantic free-wheeling circus takes over the town , with clowns doing their stuff along the esplanade , at the railway station , on the buses , in the streets , pubs , restaurants and takeaways , as well as under the big top and in the conference centre . |
| 10 | New chairman takes up the reins |
| 11 | Meanwhile the ethereal life of Ranveer , Bubbles and Socks , an unworldly trio who react in a childlike way to every sling and arrow as if permanently looking for Nanny , starts to unravel when a new administrator takes over the game park with thinly veiled hostility towards his country 's nobility . |