Example sentences of "took [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked silently , testing every step I took on the rough paths , just as I had used to walk with my mother in the woods near Štanjel . |
| 2 | Like the rest , the ex-Croydon cars took on the visible signs of war , headlamp masks , white collision fenders and protective netting on the windows . |
| 3 | Not content with beating seven bells out of the test team at Lords The Aussies took on the Combined Universities in a three day game today and almost strangled it at birth . |
| 4 | Torres also took on the Foreign Affairs portfolio , Vice-Adml. ( retd ) Raúl Sánchez Sotomayor being unexpectedly dropped from the Cabinet . |
| 5 | When I took on the marine operations every ship had a fiftyfour man crew and it seemed to me that this was inefficient , so I did a trip on a ship and I came back quite convinced you could actually run a ship with twenty-one men . |
| 6 | Thus , playing to the Germans ' appeal for order , these two brave Frenchmen secured for the trade a buffer in the form of the CIVC which took on the day-to-day unpleasantries of dealing with an alien administration . |
| 7 | The game boys who took on the big boys , and won , |
| 8 | P.C. Foster took down the relevant particulars and then escorted Woolridge to the cells . |
| 9 | I took over a hundred members to the rally in Hyde Park , erm two thirds of my workforce , and it was magnificent to see all the trade unionists there , especially the G M B banners . |
| 10 | The Department of Education and Science therefore took over the enlarged responsibilities of the Ministry created by Butler in 1944 , and Quintin Hogg ( who had divested himself of his peerage in the hope of succeeding Macmillan as Prime Minister ) became the first Secretary of State . |
| 11 | Blair again converted , and just after the break out half Keith Megarry took over the kicking duties to put Dungannon 20 points clear with a penalty . |
| 12 | Christie took over the kicking duties and restored North 's lead with a penalty . |
| 13 | Source C describes how they bravely took over the dangerous jobs in munitions factories , and how they joined or worked alongside the armed services , either joining women 's armed services , or working as nurses out on the battlefront . |
| 14 | Earlier this season Devenish beat Kinawley 5-15 to 2-2 in the league , but immediately afterwards Jim Carty took over the managerial reins , and Kinawley were transformed virtually overnight . |
| 15 | By degrees , the middle-class took over the political parties . ’ |
| 16 | They even took over the small police station in the El Calvario district , the nearest to the main market , and executed a number of the constables who had taken part in the massacre . |
| 17 | With the resulting growth there in shopping , commercial and residential facilities , Sedbergh took over the administrative responsibilities of the district in 1863 . |
| 18 | I only took over the financial reins three weeks before the end of the financial year ! |
| 19 | They took over the statutory duties and provisions of the old mental health departments . |
| 20 | Nafissa Lalliam was replaced as Health Minister by Mohammed Salah Mentouri , who also took over the Social Affairs portfolio but another woman , Anissa Benameur entered the Cabinet as Minister for Vocational Training and Employment , replacing Mohammed Bonmahrat . |
| 21 | Jim took over the Old Bells when he feared new sky-high rent would force them both to quit the White Hart 12 miles away . |
| 22 | Then , when King John took over the French lands which he had inherited in 1200 , he was allowed to do so only on condition that he should recognise them as being fiefs held of the king of France . |
| 23 | Another critic who took up the moral cudgels against the ‘ spicy ’ jokes and suggestive songs described how ‘ this kind of garbage is part and parcel of the repertoire of nearly every music hall in the kingdom … it puts decency and clean-living at a discount , and it glorifies immorality all round ’ . |
| 24 | Ever the professional , he silently directed his men with hand signals , ensuring that they took up the correct positions . |
| 25 | We took up the lost threads of our writing together with even greater dedication . |
| 26 | And then of course erm would it be later that they took up the English miners ? |
| 27 | Erm , Andrew , er , I , I find that earlier on the , the only life cover you 've really got is one that you took out a few years ago , a very small one , and you took that out for a set number of years . |
| 28 | Tearing open a pocket in her bag , she took out the offending objects and thrust them towards Rourke . |
| 29 | Martha took out the two tiles and laid them in front of him . |
| 30 | I unlocked the three clasps , took out the faded petals of a flower wrapped in oiled leather , as well as all the letters and documents from that fateful summer of 1520 . |