Example sentences of "take [adv prt] from [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He takes over from Alloa-based Derek Allison who has moved on to be British national coach . |
| 2 | Ian Cordial , 64 , takes over from retiring chairman John Tholen at the beginning of April . |
| 3 | In general , hot-wires are more sensitive at low speeds than high ; however , if the speed is too low , free-convection heat transfer takes over from forced convection , making the cooling insensitive to velocity . |
| 4 | Erm , and providing the T G I manual takes over from that point and covers all the requirements . |
| 5 | As there is little doubt that digital is destined to eventually take over from analogue systems , HDMAC would seem to have little to recommend it to anyone but the European TV companies who are already financially committed to it . |
| 6 | Did you take over from another nurse ? |
| 7 | George took over from young Joseph as the main provider . |
| 8 | But the team has responded well to caretaker-manager Allison since he took over from sacked Dennis Rofe two games ago . |
| 9 | Angst took over from utopian ideas of man 's upward march , quickly followed by despair on the one hand and pure silliness on the other . |
| 10 | Mrs S. took over from former club skipper , Colin Webley ( has he played for Leeds yet ? ) , and her slowness has already become legendary although , in fairness , she is restricted in her movements by a false hip made of Meccano . |
| 11 | ‘ The young one what took over from old Wilkins . ’ |
| 12 | It has a smaller than average electorate but is unlikely to prevent former barrister Stuart Bell , who took over from long-serving Arthur Bottomley in 1983 , winning . |
| 13 | Lynagh 's credentials are also supported by his role as Queensland captain in 1991 , taking over from former test lock Bill Campbell . |
| 14 | I rather admired what he 's doing for Margaret because , as far as I can see , he 's taking er as she 's not able , as far as I can see , to er exist , to live on her own and he seems to be taking over from elderly parents . |
| 15 | Hill finished third in Montreal and is still without a win after taking over from 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell . |
| 16 | Taking over from Big Ron , Francis has become an accomplished manager after his experience at QPR . |
| 17 | CHEAP , cheerful and the new funky ‘ in ’ hotspot of America — South Beach , Miami — is taking over from nearby Coconut Grove as the place for late night dancing and eating , Hugh Davies writes . |
| 18 | When you first arrived at Rhos-y-Bol , were you taking over from another nurse ? |
| 19 | The ex-Gunner is Hoddle 's first appointment , taking over from another Highbury old boy Peter Nicholas as youth team coach . |
| 20 | In the households of the small master clothiers of the West Riding woollen manufacture , though not in its differently organised worsted branch , the wives , daughters and female servants may well have spun wool for the household 's own cloth — " Prithie , who mun sit at bobbin weel ? " asks the wife in a poem of 1730 when set another task by her husband — but even so yarn had still to be taken in from other spinners . |
| 21 | A sluice system , enabling water to be taken in from external drains and retained , has finally resolved the constant threat of ‘ drying out ’ . |
| 22 | Yet it is still not certain exactly how much lead may be taken in from this source . |
| 23 | In much more recent years chronic maladies have taken over from acute ones . |
| 24 | A rapid and widescale communication network is thus provided , and good chants can be taken over from one set of fans and used against a different set the following week . |
| 25 | Dorahy has taken over from fellow Aussie John Monie , the most successful coach in the club 's history . |
| 26 | As far as could be foreseen , they were to retain responsibility for the nuclear deterrent after ballistic missiles had taken over from manned bombers . |
| 27 | ‘ Light ! ’ the cry was taken up from all sides . |
| 28 | Under these circumstances the parents need to be able to take over from each other so that it is the child who tires and not the parents . |
| 29 | But a Welsh Water official gave an assurance that supplies were safe , and he said extra pumps were being brought in to take over from giant pumps which had been put out of action by an electrical failure during the floods . |
| 30 | Charity was not sufficient or evenly enough distributed to take over from out-door relief . |