Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Table Tennis Douglas takes on the Preans . |
| 2 | As soon as Maastricht comes into force , the commission and Belgium , which takes on the EC presidency next month , intend to work however many hours a week it takes to push through the works-council directive . |
| 3 | And though previous Starlings singles were pretty much pallid takes on the Mary Chain 's one wonderful trick , the screwed-up-sex prowl of ‘ Sick Puppy ’ radically twists — and improves — on old attempts by pushing the ominous bass and sliding beat upfront and not really bothering with guitars at all . |
| 4 | COMEDY is set to be one of the strong suits of Meridian which takes over the TVS area and its 5.2 million viewers . |
| 5 | The Italian government , which takes over the EC presidency from Ireland next summer , will use the three-stage Delors strategy for monetary union as the basis for considering changes to the Treaty of Rome . |
| 6 | In July Britain takes over the EC presidency . |
| 7 | Coventry entertain Pontypridd in one of their last fixtures before the All Blacks ' coach Alex Wyllie takes over the Midlands Second Division team for six weeks from Tony Hunt . |
| 8 | These surveys come in the week when Carlton Television , which takes over the Thames franchise in the new year , announced its schedule . |
| 9 | TV company Carlton Communications , which takes over the Thames franchise in January , is looking good with analysts forecasting a profits increase of up to 16% , at £103m . |
| 10 | BILL CLINTON has given a chilling warning that Britain 's cosy relationship with the United States is heading for the big freeze when he takes over the White House . |
| 11 | A League title and European Cup winner with Aston Villa , Swain takes up the Springfield Park post next Monday . |
| 12 | By now I had almost convinced Rick to change to the boilie when I had another take on the Tropicana ; this was all the convincing he needed as I landed a nice mirror around the 12lb mark . |
| 13 | Middlesbrough 's Reserve League side will also take on the Glasgow juniors over six heats in the second half of tonight 's programme . |
| 14 | Immediately after the election Lafontaine announced that he was returning to his post as Saarland Minister President , and would not take on the SPD party or parliamentary group leadership . |
| 15 | Should he take over the Barrington mantle , a small part of the credit will go to the ‘ old master ’ , admits Marshall . |
| 16 | He could not take over the South Metropolitan until a suitable post had been found for Mr. Mason . |
| 17 | He could take over the Ariadne at any moment and you would n't notice the difference . ’ |
| 18 | Alsys will also take over the Ada/SoftBench offering along with a suite of Ada bindings to HP-UX , X Library , X Toolkit and Motif . |
| 19 | They thought if I became England manager I would take over the FA — and I would have done ! ’ |
| 20 | Are we really gon na take over the Burns suppers now ? |
| 21 | A visit to Helmsley town and castle ( where walkers can take up the Cleveland Way long-distance footpath ) , with a stop-off at Rievaulx Abbey , makes for an enjoyable outing . |
| 22 | Each night I could take out the Vitou dog , a fine little white fox terrier called Mitsy . |
| 23 | Taylor is obviously full of anticipation as he embarks on the most important year since taking on the England job . |
| 24 | Then taking on the Goliaths is possible . ’ |
| 25 | Taking on the Runcorn betting shop cashier is Charlton 's Steve Gritt who gets a 20-metre start . |
| 26 | If you are waiting for post-feminists to hasten to your rescue , girding their loins and hairy-leggedly taking on the Viz comics and Dennis Potters of this world on your behalf , I would suggest that you do n't hold your breath . |
| 27 | John Bowley , or Bowyer , a shot maker who took on the Hartfield steel forge in 1525 , might have been related to either Valentine or Nicholas Bowyer ( land £2 and £3 respectively ) . |
| 28 | The first was only 18 months ago when we took on the New Zealand Emerging Players XI . |
| 29 | as if life at Westminster were not strain enough , the House of Lords took on the Commons in a tug o' war contest this week . |
| 30 | Perhaps my problem is the way I perceived the first news of the crumbling of the old Europe ; sitting in hospital and festooned in drip feeds and stoned out of my mind on pethidine as I came round from an anaesthetic , I muzzily watched the news on the TV in the corner of my room and truly believed I was hallucinating as I saw kitchen choppers taking down the Berlin Wall ; after such a beginning to the thaw , how can I believe that as well as East Germany 's arrival in the West , Czechoslovakia is almost herself again . |