Example sentences of "took [adv prt] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match . |
| 2 | The grandparents took on responsibility for the house and the children together : ‘ my mother went to work all the week , she never done no cooking . ’ |
| 3 | Hilda Sturge took on responsibility for the adult refugees , while the Committee , with Greta acting as honorary secretary , looked after the children . |
| 4 | In the Cabinet changes carried out in August [ see p. 39067 ] Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis took on responsibility for the Aegean and Andreas Andrianopoulos ( hitherto Minister of Industry and Commerce ) became Minister of State , alternating as Government Spokesman with Vassilis Magginas . |
| 5 | In 1918 , the C.T.D.D. and N.C.T.D. merged to form the National College of Teachers of the Deaf ( N.C.T.D. ) which took over examinations for the diploma in the teaching of deaf children . |
| 6 | In 1948 , the Bucks Water Board took over responsibility for the supply and water for the Urban District was obtained from Foxcote reservoir and the Thames Valley Water Table . |
| 7 | The death of the AHA was not the last word of its members , since the caucus moved across to a position within the new Victoria District Authority , which took over responsibility for the management of the AHA 's asylums . |
| 8 | Over the years many leading members of the BDA were involved in the running of the Board before it wound up following the emergence of Social Services Departments , which took over responsibility for the welfare of the deaf . |
| 9 | The Secretary of State for the Environment , Brice Lalonde ( Ecology Generation ) , was promoted to Minister-Delegate responsible for the prevention of technological and natural disasters , while Hélène Dorlhac ( Union for French Democracy ) , Secretary of State for the Family , also took over responsibility for the Elderly , from Théo Braun who left the government . |
| 10 | Bill Robertson took over responsibility for the West of Scotland area from Bob Doran . |
| 11 | The outrageous philandering May Sharples , Ethel and Mabel Helliwell who both eventually took over choreography for the troupes , the four successful Holt sisters , the formidable Jessie Wharton , Head Girl of the first Palace Girls and later inseparable companion to Mrs Tiller , and the most important dancer of all to John , Mary Read . |
| 12 | Thomas Forster was the only English Tory MP who actually took up arms for the Pretender . |