Example sentences of "take [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debussy takes over for the first two of five of the Eight Piano Pieces Op. 15 , of Dirk Schäfer ( 1873–1931 ) — surprisingly , in view of the derisory remarks Schäfer made about Debussy quoted in the notes . |
| 2 | Erm the only thing that occurred to me I just wondered if she knew somebody who had a dearly loved dog that , did n't want to train it but you know she could perhaps just take along for the joy of running it and training it but I think part of the pleasure is the reflected glory you know it 's my dog |
| 3 | During the famous Intermezzo the conductor asked Mascagni if he would take over for a moment . |
| 4 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
| 5 | We could also decide on points where the accompaniment could take over for a brief period , or perhaps form a dialogue with the melody . |
| 6 | ‘ You could let Rose take over for a little . ’ |
| 7 | Clyde Walcott , the former Test batsman who is now chairman of the West Indies Board , will take over for the remainder of the series . |
| 8 | Should another globe-trotting adventure arise , we know what notebook computer we 'll be taking along for the ride . |
| 9 | Purple took over for a while , ha . |
| 10 | His vice president Gerald Ford took over for the remainder of his term but lost the 1976 election to Jimmy Carter . |
| 11 | It looks as if he was initially working not from a completed score but from a sketch , and simply making sure that enough space was left for the movement before the copyist took over for the next one . |
| 12 | Pilots were to be Russ Boardman and Lee Gehlbach , but Boardman was injured prior to the race and Doolittle found he had no mount ( his landing gear had jammed ) , so he took over for the Thompson . |
| 13 | I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies . |
| 14 | After the celebrations were over , the couple took off for a honeymoon retreat in Asia . |
| 15 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 16 | Sometimes he left the food , leaned into the wind and took off for a while , to circle and check that no Men were about . |
| 17 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
| 18 | Two cyclists seemed fair game to these pissed idiots so we took off for the hills , only a small range but , we were to discover , quite beautiful . |
| 19 | He had burned his bridges in Hollywood and took off for the seclusion of Taos to hide away , his life having come to another dead end , cursed by his own self-destructiveness and sheer bad luck . |
| 20 | It was flown by Geoff Dodd , a company pilot : ‘ I picked up my survival suit , cleared Special Branch , and took off for the Isle of Man suited-up and wearing a life-jacket . |
| 21 | no father took off for the hills |
| 22 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
| 23 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
| 24 | If the glider gets wet before taking off for a high climb , the airbrakes may freeze up and become unusable . |
| 25 | Wilcock stayed for a year before briefly taking off for a job in Nassau . |
| 26 | You know they were only being taken on for a couple of months and they , they wanted to form a trade union but quite a lot of the tra er father Christmases would n't join a trade union . |
| 27 | Extra midwives had been taken on for the same reason . |
| 28 | Sixty extra Scottish Office staff have been taken on for the agriculture department 's area offices , plus a further 30 at its Edinburgh headquarters . |
| 29 | He was taken in for a moment , and believed her . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |