Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] to take [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The restoration of the monarchy , he said , would bring back the communism and anarchy which had threatened to take over the country before the Civil War . |
| 2 | In the meantime various troubles had flared up throughout the world -America had become involved in Korea ; France was involved in both Algiers ( who were seeking independence ) and Indo-China ; whilst Britain became involved in retaliation against the Egyptian government which had threatened to take over the Suez Canal . |
| 3 | It was also reported that the Governor of Sokoto had decided to take up the issue with the federal authorities in Lagos . |
| 4 | The truth of the matter was that even before she had agreed to take over the club she had been plagued more and more by a feeling that she had done all she could do in the music business . |
| 5 | She had no idea how he knew Kattina was in police custody , or that she had agreed to take over the job . |
| 6 | Mick Houghton , who also works for the fashionable label Blast First , was asked why he had agreed to take on The Wedding Present . |
| 7 | All these activities suddenly came to an end when Chiang Kai-shek broke with the Communists after the USSR had tried to take over the KMT . |