Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I infer from that he may have had reasons other than professional ones for taking on the employment you offered him . |
| 2 | A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities . |
| 3 | That they took on the importance they did was in part the fault of the government . |
| 4 | But his skill at political in-fighting and his doctrinal tussles with Mensheviks and renegade Bolsheviks only took on the importance they did because they led his party to positions which found a response within the wider revolutionary movement . |
| 5 | Spruce took down the names she gave him without comment . |
| 6 | I could n't have been more pleased by his decision , and told Granpa that when I finally took over the barrow we would n't even have to change the name . |
| 7 | But in a sense I mean I can erm I mean I agree with everything you 've said , erm but er when Murdoch took over the Sun I mean the Sun was selling , at one point was selling about four million copies which is |
| 8 | But when they took over the firm they were always called " Mister " to distinguish them from the other captains , perhaps . |
| 9 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |
| 10 | Castro later admitted to Herbert Matthews that when he took over the refineries he did not know whether or not Moscow would supply Cuba with oil ( Matthews : 1969 , p. 171 ) . |
| 11 | In the fifteen months Since Paul and Wayne took over the roles they 've seen the audience grow and get younger with children as young as four who 've seen the repeats joining the audience … |
| 12 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 13 | I often used to read it when we were in action and , believe it or not , every time I took up the book it opened at page 92 , although I have never deliberately read that page , as far as I can remember — so I took the hint and wrote … ’ |
| 14 | Nicholas dropped to sit on a block , and picked up a stone , and took out the knife he had been given back . |
| 15 | She unwrapped the parcel , and took out the mirror it contained . |
| 16 | For once a company has taken on the risks they are not easy to transfer . |
| 17 | But those who read his work , and might potentially have taken up the challenges it provoked , generally modified the project in ways that made it unrecognizable . |
| 18 | You were going to take on the ones we had last time . |
| 19 | Try to round off your answer by demonstrating how the old job has fitted you to take on the job you are applying for . |
| 20 | Naturally I talked over every aspect of it with Elizabeth and the family ; and in the end I concluded that if- and only if-convincing evidence was brought to me that a substantial majority in both Houses wished me to take on the job I would do so . |
| 21 | When you go to buy your boots or shoes , take along the socks you intend to wear for walking . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The deal provokes further speculation that Rowland is preparing the way for a successor to take over the group he has led for 30 years . |
| 24 | Unlike the sovereign , who simply minted more coin , the banks have first to persuade us to take up the credit they wish to create . |
| 25 | He sought only to take up the challenge they had thrown down in their fight against Fascism and Britain . |
| 26 | In the end he had relented , and agreed to take up the career she had chosen for him . |
| 27 | However , he decided instead to take up the post he had been offered of Captain and Governor of the Isle of Wight . |
| 28 | Employees approach their manager to discuss the possibility of a break and if they take up the option they are kept in touch with progress via magazines , company literature etc . |
| 29 | With another sigh , and feeling extremely awkward because she 'd obviously been foisted on them when they had n't wanted her to be foisted , she decided not to unpack , just take out the things she would need for the night . |