Example sentences of "he [adv] took [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admitted that mistakes had been made in the five months since he personally took over the government , especially in the slow pace of privatisation . |
| 2 | Mr Yeltsin admitted that mistakes had been made in the five months since he personally took over the government , especially in the very slow pace of privatisation . |
| 3 | In London he gradually took over the Underground system and came to control every line except the Metropolitan . |
| 4 | He also took over the editorship of The Stopfordian from Mr. D. J. Roberts , the Second Master since 1978 , who had edited it from 1959 . |
| 5 | By taking on the role of representing France , he also took on the nation 's internal contradictions and unresolved tensions . |
| 6 | He also took out the bit where Brad declared his love for Chelsi , and put in a bit where Brad declared his love for Tara . |
| 7 | Living through the post-Darwinian debates , he invariably took up the cudgels on behalf of scientific rationalism . |
| 8 | He therefore took on the chairmanship of Tate $ Lyle on a part-time basis . |
| 9 | Formerly Count Basie 's drummer in his last great orchestra , he recently took over the drum chair at the Village Vanguard for the famous Monday night sessions featuring the Mel Lewis Big Band . |