Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the job of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Howard takes on the job of Home Secretary , |
| 2 | Since it was the only nationwide law enforcement agency when McKinley got killed in 1901- making three presidential assassinations in forty years — it was the only group that could easily take on the job of bodyguarding future presidents . |
| 3 | Cheap and accessible computer packages have unburdened the splitters of much donkey work ; the computer can take over the job of interpretation too . |
| 4 | However , Botha later insisted that while the government welcomed fact-finding missions from all over the world , the Security Council " could not take over the job of the government " . |
| 5 | I says , I 'll go next week This was after three weeks , I says , I 'll go on next week and I 'll take over the job of yard foreman , and I 'll do it the way I want it done , not the way that . |
| 6 | Many thanks to them from all our branch members for taking on the job of producing our newsletter which is such a vital link and source of information for the membership . |
| 7 | Charles took on the job of improving Diana 's geography and also of teaching her the tricks of the trade — how to handle the different sorts of engagements , how to remember names and avoid missing or offending anyone , how to pace herself , how to address people , what sort of questions to ask and how to steer clear of banana skins . |
| 8 | WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline . |
| 9 | In January 1990 , Boohaker introduced Coleman to the Esseffs in California , and at Joe Esseff 's suggestion , Coleman took on the job of freelance public relations adviser and lobbyist for the CLAO . |
| 10 | With no qualifications and precious little experience , she has taken on the job of Princess of Wales and is turning it into a significant career — and at the same time has brought up two small boys . |
| 11 | Given half a chance she 'd have taken on the job of finding a soul-mate for Shannon with all the crusading zeal of a missionary , since she was blissfully convinced that true happiness could be found only in a strong relationship such as the one she had . |
| 12 | ‘ I would have had to have come to some arrangement with Janice — separate houses , separate lives — and taken on the job of looking after Kirsty myself , even if it had meant giving up my job . ’ |
| 13 | GREG DOWNS is happy to take on the job of exorcist today . |
| 14 | ‘ This declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers who have to take over the jobs of those who have emigrated , ’ and ‘ Why do we have to wait till the next central committee meeting ? ’ were other grumbles . |
| 15 | The other way to find out is to cover each eye in turn ; if there 's a squint , the bad eye will generally move outwards to take over the job of seeing . |
| 16 | ‘ So , Mr Calder , you were n't really surprised at being asked to take over the job of chairman ? |
| 17 | You 've just been told that you are to take over the job of manager for O A Z Company Limited . |