Example sentences of "took [adv prt] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities . |
| 2 | That they took on the importance they did was in part the fault of the government . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Spruce took down the names she gave him without comment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | But when they took over the firm they were always called " Mister " to distinguish them from the other captains , perhaps . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 … ’ |
| 13 | Nicholas dropped to sit on a block , and picked up a stone , and took out the knife he had been given back . |
| 14 | She unwrapped the parcel , and took out the mirror it contained . |