Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the british [noun] " in BNC.

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1 China , which takes over the British colony in 1997 , refuses to bless the undertaking — and thus open the way for private financing of part of it — until it has wrung several concessions from the British .
2 China , which takes over the British colony in 1997 , has flatly rejected two plans .
3 Multico have taken on the British marketing rights for the Delta range of machinery .
4 They must be daft to take on the British Empire .
5 Perhaps even more importantly , the British government as now completing its announced intention to withdrew its troops from " east of Suez " and , together with the Americans , had quietly been encouragingly the Shah to take over the British role as the " Policeman of the Gulf . "
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