Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [adv] take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from dealing with the matter of the will if one was made , it may be agreed , if your parent wishes , that he should also take on the responsibility for contacting various persons and organisations : the bank , to arrange for money to be available to her pending the settlement of her husband 's affairs ; her husband 's employer and Trade Union branch secretary , or the secretary of any professional association to which he belonged ; his insurance company ; the Department of Health and Social Security , to obtain forms for claiming the death grant and the widow 's pension ; the Inland Revenue , if her husband was still paying income tax ; the Building Society , the mortgagor ( or landlord if she and her husband lived in rented property ) and any other person or organisation concerned . |
| 2 | Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay . |
| 3 | I 'd thought he might suddenly take off and run , but he seemed glued to the bench . |
| 4 | She was still tingling with pleasure and her cheeks burned when she realised that if he came back he could just take up where he had left off and she would not do a thing to stop him . |
| 5 | Marx fancied that he could simply take over the Hegelian analysis and , in Engels ' famous phrase , ‘ stand Hegel the right way up ’ with no reference to the fact that Hegel 's whole analysis is rooted in an effort to resolve quite specific problems which he inherited in the theory of knowledge . |
| 6 | The main argument seems to be whether he could morally take up the titles of Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith . |
| 7 | The senior man , who had come in from Los Angeles to E.B.I.H.Q. after Erlich had left Washington , he 'd be everybody 's friend , he 'd have them eating out of his hand down at Counter-Terrorism , he 'd probably take out citizenship . |
| 8 | But he says it 's never lost him a night 's sleep , and he 'd happily take up the rope again if called . |
| 9 | But he says it 's never lost him a night 's sleep , and he 'd happily take up the rope again if called . |
| 10 | He 'd then take off his wrist watch and put it where he could see it as he talked . |
| 11 | it was a similar story when Haslam moved to become deputy chairman of ICI Fibres in 1969 with the intention that he would soon take over as chairman . |
| 12 | And this brother who married his late brother 's wife he would also take over all that belonged to her , because , you know , all that , it was his dead brother 's , he would take it all over , it would become his the land , the business the property , the mortgage , the debts they would all become the brother who now marries the th th the widow . |
| 13 | He saw that Lewis would not re-enter Christianity by a new door but by the old one : at least in the sense that in taking it up again he would also take up again or reawaken the prejudices so sedulously planted in childhood and boyhood . |
| 14 | ( Dana would never dream of doing such a thing — he would just take off into the void and somehow find his way around . ) |
| 15 | If the Americans refused permission to land , he said , he would simply take off anyway and embarrass them into giving landing permission from above Newark airport . |
| 16 | Although he had no doubts about the Girls ' standard of work he would only take up on Smith 's offer if his organization was efficient . |
| 17 | He would then take over the European Components ' planning activity when everything was centralised in Detroit . |
| 18 | I knew he would never take on students in a language he did not speak . |
| 19 | In fact , he claims that as he achieves his aim of doubling turnover , he will actually take on more staff , particularly in services , which is labour-intensive . |
| 20 | He can also take over the parenting role and provide her with respite from the rigours of what is a twenty-four-hour-a-day job . |
| 21 | And the inconvenience will be only slight , he can always take up residence at his college again until their time 's up . ’ |