Example sentences of "was take [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was taking up the game at such a young age that caused him to hold the racket with both hands , rather than playing tennis , which he did to county standard at the age of 12 . |
| 2 | As Clinton was taking up the reins of power , a disconsolate President Bush flew back to Washington to make arrangements for the handover . |
| 3 | He added that Virgin was taking up the matter of the fairness of take-off and landing slots at UK airports with the European Commission . |
| 4 | A week later I was called back to Downing Street by Margaret Thatcher and told that I was taking over the Department of Health and Social Security and also the question-and-answer session . |
| 5 | Somehow the virtual reality had overflowed the confines of that simulated chamber , and was taking over the entire broadcast . |
| 6 | On 26th May , Hunt came to see him and said that he was taking over the purchase negotiations for the Downing Street scheme , and particularly upset Pennethorne by producing one of Pennethorne 's drawings to assist him in the work . |
| 7 | He was taking over the enquiry into the death of Angelica Standish , he said . |
| 8 | Germany 's chief federal prosecutor Alexander von Stahl announced he was taking over the murder inquiry because of its links to Right-wing terrorism . |
| 9 | House music was taking over the galaxy , and this was an indication that you could do whatever the hell you liked with the genre . |
| 10 | I suddenly realised the air was filled with soot from the chimneys above and the snow was taking on the appearance of cottage cheese sprinkled with black pepper . |
| 11 | Working at the top end of the market as he did , Roche was taking on the most difficult assignments , but they were also the most remunerative and had the greatest publicity value . |
| 12 | It looked as if he was taking on the whole KGB . |
| 13 | Today ranked number eight , he was taking on the best of British , Jeremy Bates . |
| 14 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 15 | Pete went over to the wagon , and as he was taking out the inventory clipboard he explained that they 'd be going down to the boat house in Diane 's pickup truck . |
| 16 | That first presidential order to send American troops into possible combat was taken on the run , as Bush was preparing for his first superpower summit with Mikhail Gorbachev at Malta . |
| 17 | Clare was let off the residential weekend which is a normal part of the selection process and was taken on the strength of her interview and written application . |
| 18 | In such petty ways some revenge was taken on the wealthy transient . |
| 19 | In 1934 , on the recommendation of Professor Bell , Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of Cape Town , her school was given a studio in the College of Music and she was taken on the staff of the Faculty of Music . |
| 20 | He was taken on the indispensable visit to Holford Glen , and it was there , seated by the side of the brook , that the brief exchange took place which Coleridge was still repeating in his old age : ‘ Citizen John , ’ Coleridge remarked , ‘ this is a fine place to talk treason in ! ’ |
| 21 | I was dismissed from the library , but with a good reference and I was taken on the staff of the local Employment Exchange to ‘ sign on ’ the others . |
| 22 | As a result , Frank Bates was taken on the strength . |
| 23 | An urgent decision was taken on the surface that the men would have to be brought out in groups of three . |
| 24 | The following survey was taken on the streets of Bradford . |
| 25 | He stresses that the decision was taken on the spur of the moment and that it seemed completely acceptable to everyone there at the time . |
| 26 | The above shot was taken on the 18th while the aircraft flew for Dutch TV . |
| 27 | A suitable break-point was taken on the death of Magnentius in 353 , and of the reports examined from 334 buildings , no less than 199 offered no satisfactory evidence and it could be argued that the remaining 135 hardly offer a sufficient quantity for any serious statistical study . |
| 28 | Thus evidence was taken on the need for the bill and why it was proposed to deal with problems in a particular way . |
| 29 | So no action was taken on the ideas of the Layfield Committee . |
| 30 | Action was taken on the poll tax . |