Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [adj] to take [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I got up the next morning , I had determined to sell the baker 's shop to the highest bidder unless Charlie Trumper were willing to take on the responsibility himself . |
| 2 | As always , Greta was prepared to take up the challenge ( ‘ We might put pressure on the War Office at this end ’ ) , but was forestalled by an offer from another direction . |
| 3 | He became concerned when he could not locate him on the premises , because Mr Jowett was due to take over the lambing . |
| 4 | Armstrong was first to take up the cudgels at the end of last season , and a little piece of bantering brought in Harrison . |
| 5 | Ward was due to take over the driving and at the end of it I slumped into the seat beside him in a happy daze which insulated me from all sense of reality . |
| 6 | A few years later , with Atari in deep financial trouble , Nintendo was able to take over the US market too . |