Example sentences of "take the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , however , he goes in with the public on that day , conceals himself , and takes the painting on the following day , he is not guilty . |
| 2 | There 's a chance now for Martin Foyle ; Martin Foyle — and he 's scored , oh a great chip forward by Simpson , it 's laid back there to Martin Foyle , he takes the ball on his chest and Martin Foyle has done it . |
| 3 | Oh a great chip forward by Simpson , it 's laid back there to Martin Foyle and he takes the ball on his chest and Martin Foyle has done it . |
| 4 | Dorothy takes the triplets on Mondays . |
| 5 | Amis takes the reader on a Cook 's tour of Slavonic London with its lethal parade of bores ( ’ Professor Radek … |
| 6 | It has a ‘ once upon a time ’ approach and , while avoiding negative criticisms of New Age philosophies , it takes the reader on a tour of some of the more positive Christian beliefs . |
| 7 | Michael normally takes the children on a shopping expedition on Saturday mornings unless the Reds are on an away day , in which case a family outing will be arranged . |
| 8 | Consulktants must take the decision on the clinical evidence |
| 9 | One may hear echoes of this kind of project in I.A. Richards or the New Critics , but they none of them have the same degree of theoretical rigour and consistency , and they do not take the emphasis on the distinctively literary to the same degree . |
| 10 | It does not take the profit on many claims created by this to make it a very worthwhile exercise . |
| 11 | Did he take the opportunity on that occasion to co-ordinate the campaign of lies and vilification that the Rothermere press has been conducting against the Labour party ? |
| 12 | She wondered then , since Ven was proving so elusive , whether she should take the opportunity on what she estimated would be just under a hundred-mile drive to Prague to get in there with some of Cara 's questions . |
| 13 | But the locals are still optimistic that they 'll take the honours on Monday . |
| 14 | Mr Heseltine , Environment Secretary , said a Kinnock government would ‘ take the economy on a headlong dive to disaster ’ . |
| 15 | Two years ago , difficult for me to get a client to move from a building society because they were saying well I 'm getting about nine percent with the Abbey National , er why should I take the risk on a P E P ? |
| 16 | In Jaffa harbour , the Damianis boarded the Italian passenger cruise ship Argentina , a comfortable vessel which would take the family on the 16-hour journey to Beirut port . |
| 17 | Mr Livsey faces challenges from both the Conservatives , who could take the seat on a swing of less than one per cent , and Labour who need only 2.8 per cent . |
| 18 | We simply can not re rely on the Health and Safety Executive or anybody else it is our G M B activists who will take the lead on health and safety . |
| 19 | A number of executive members agreed that the newly formed Coalition for Scottish Democracy would take the lead on campaigning for constitutional change and be the main co-ordinator of future events . |
| 20 | Okay , let's take the er , I 'll do my best to answer 'em cos I 'm not right , let's take the meeting on the eighth of November . |
| 21 | I appreciate your concerns but can we take the recommendation on the fourth and fifth pages of the report . |
| 22 | We 'll then , I 'll then invite a speaker from each region on the C E C statement and following on from that we 'll then take the vote on the statement and comp twenty nine and motion three nine six . |
| 23 | I will ask Robert Thompson member of the C E C to respond and put the C E C's position , and we 'll take the vote on those particular motions . |
| 24 | Well then we 'll take the vote on the resolution proposed by Mr can I see those in favour ? |
| 25 | in this case the defender was not insured and was not licensed but an insurer was conducting a holding defence while they considered whether they should repudiate liability under a policy issued to the owner of the vehicle and persons taking the vehicle on hire . |
| 26 | Parliament avoided taking the decision on the acceptance of Théodore , which was necessary for the replacement of the current interim Prime Minister , Jean Jacques Honorat . |
| 27 | Abu Sueir , was a pleasant station , well-established and well-run by one of the oldest group captains in the RAF , and the adjutant was none other than " Happy " Day or " Wings " Day perhaps one of the best known officers of the pre and postwar RAF , " Happy " was indeed a character much larger than life , and even today when I meet a fellow student from my course in the RAF Club , he related with tears streaming down his cheeks an incident when " Happy " was taking the course on rifle drill . |
| 28 | A man , Wolff argues , can forfeit his autonomy by not taking the responsibility on himself ; by , for example , obeying commands blindly ; but he can not abnegate the responsibility which the possibility of choice confers upon him . |
| 29 | Every time he went into one of those phone-booths , he had a mental image of something going wrong , of a faster-than-usual trace , of a plain-clothes policeman being only a few yards away , taking the alarm on his personal radio and walking up to the phone-booth . |
| 30 | First , you could find someone who is interested in taking the building on should it be sold or ultimately come to compulsory purchase . |