Example sentences of "taking [adv prt] [art] whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equipped with a new wardrobe and address book , Luna can not resist taking on a whole new identity and she soon finds that bad behaviour can be fun ! |
| 2 | Re-decorating one bedroom should be fun and is much less of a task than taking on a whole house . |
| 3 | The pop Poet Laureate of the cabaret circuit , Hegley chooses subjects from McDonalds to the Gulf War , from spaniels to spectacles — taking on a whole range of everyday tragedies — ‘ the other day I met a bloke lying on the pavement he 'd just had a stroke and I thought a man in his position might appreciate a joke so I said stand back please I 'm a comedian ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Get in and socialise with the family , ’ Peter Shearer told Mr and Mrs M. You re not just teaching one child , you 're taking on the whole family , ’ this being a family of fifteen children , some with social and behavioural problems , and eight still of school age . |
| 5 | It looked as if he was taking on the whole KGB . |
| 6 | Closed doors stopped the fire taking over the whole building in Borough Road . |
| 7 | Floorboards tend to be fitted in long lengths and taking up a whole length is an unnecessary bore . |
| 8 | Some of us remember the old days when the NI was gloriously unpredictable — one month a short story taking up the whole magazine , the next a cartoon issue and then a bit later a fold-out world map . |
| 9 | I have here a copy of the committee which was formed that night , and also a copy of the minutes , I 'll give each Councillor one , and then they can read it at their leisure , instead of me taking up the whole meeting . |
| 10 | They 're very popular with the tourists , I think they feel they are taking back a whole cheese as opposed to a portion cut off a bigger cheese . |