Example sentences of "took [adv prt] the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dalglish , whose side visit Southampton tomorrowsun , got his priorities right when he took on the former Luton and Wimbledon boss as his right-hand man soon after taking office just over a year ago . |
| 2 | The last time Gloucester went to Tyneside to play in the cup they took on the old Gosforth team … the score that day … 26-15 to the Cherry and whites … that was almost three years ago … |
| 3 | So the Foreign Office turned a bland eye — nobody was exactly complaining out loud — and we took on the whole Sims organisation as a going concern . |
| 4 | They took over the main Fleetwood service from the old Company cars , which were then used on the short-workings . |
| 5 | Soon after the company was established , the trio took over the run-down Bertram House Hotel in Harthill . |
| 6 | Dr Mortimer took out the old Baskerville papers and read them to Sir Henry . |