Example sentences of "they take [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marines hit the ground either running or flopping on to their stomachs at three points along the 10,000ft runways as they took up positions . |
| 2 | He got his men into a tight huddle before they took on arch-rivals Spain . |
| 3 | Well the council started then and they took on machines of their own . |
| 4 | They took on roles and accepted or doled out punishments according to the rules of the game and the arbitration of The Storm Master . |
| 5 | they took out loads of things . |
| 6 | BILLINGHAM Synthonia will have virtually a full squad when they take on giant-killers Cockfield today . |
| 7 | But it could have gone badly and we would n't normally recommend they take on theives when they 're mugging them . |
| 8 | Borrowers can opt for a 10.40pc ( APR 12.20 ) rate if they take out building and contents insurance or for 10.65pc ( APR 12.00 ) if they take out buildings insurance with the society . |
| 9 | Officers joined their men , directing them to take up positions in the main access tunnels , while the main group was despatched to keep an eye on the dock area . |
| 10 | It is the legacy of the genocidal Ustashe state , the minority insists , that has driven them to take up arms against an independent Croatia . |
| 11 | The relationship between herbivores and plants has often been seen as some kind of arms race , but there have been opposing views in that , for example , spittle-bugs in the dry tropics of West Africa , rather than depleting valuable water resources may promote microbial activity beneath particular tree species , allowing them to take up nutrients in the dry season from the surface layers of the soil , provided that other roots can tap a deep water source . |