Example sentences of "to take [adv prt] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The loose skin of Vologsky 's cheeks and lower chin quivered under the increasing pull of the G-force and his entire body seemed to take on a couple of stone in extra weight . |
| 2 | You are , perhaps , the captain of a pirate ship , proposing to take on a cargo of slaves because it 's easy money . |
| 3 | Characteristic of his style is his intensely naturalistic carving of man and nature ; the carved drapery folds seem to take on a life of their own . |
| 4 | Although strongly influenced by Dicey , the tradition comes to take on a life of its own . |
| 5 | Maggie put her hands up to push him away but as soon as they touched his skin her palms seemed to take on a life of their own , moving over the strong muscles , her fingers wanting to curl in the crisp black hair that lightly covered his chest . |
| 6 | Then they seem to take on a mind of their own , then they become positively malignant ! ’ |
| 7 | The Acts also provide for a quota scheme , which makes it compulsory for every employer of more than twenty people to take on a quota of at least 3 per cent registered disabled , although few firms adhere to this scheme and monitoring is poor . |
| 8 | From there it is a comparatively small step for you to take on a role in a piece of forum theatre , and then on to working in role with the whole class . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't afford to take on a loan at this stage . |
| 10 | As with Diana 's romance , events began to take on a momentum of their own . |
| 11 | The ‘ Mouvement du 22 Mars ’ had begun to take on a momentum of its own , as April turned into May . |
| 12 | A lone mercenary thinks he 's tough enough to take on a bunch of macho gun-toting enemy soldiers ( who are probably so 'ard they eat shredded wheat , box and all , for brekky ) . |
| 13 | For me this has been a very exciting year in which to take on a directorship of the department . |
| 14 | Two more world champions are in action tonight ; Swindon 's Bob Anderson lines up with John Lowe at the Super Marine Club in South Marston to take on a handful of local challengers who make up the best in the west . |
| 15 | In the war , the Party had , in fact , to take on a number of new tasks , some of them important in the context of social welfare and organization , though not necessarily guaranteed to increase the popularity of the local functionaries . |
| 16 | She said that it did not matter whether or not he knew Alexander Atkins and instructed him to take down a message for him . |
| 17 | Though he did not dictate , he went at a pace slow enough for the listeners to take down a lot of what he said . |
| 18 | Because there is so little drag on crossing two stitches every four rows this is one time when you will not need to take down a stitch to either side of the cable . |
| 19 | So when buying it is wise to take along a plan of the room with all the essential measurements marked on it.l Material quantities can then be calculated in the shop . |
| 20 | It is a good idea to take along a number of copies of your c.v . |
| 21 | William Charles was then half-way there ; the next stage was to take along a piece of paper certifying this aforesaid freedom , and present it to the Chamberlain 's Office as part of the procedure for achieving full freedom of the City . |
| 22 | Any manufacturing jeweller would honestly be able to take over a consignment of several hundred , especially if he were offered a 10 or 15 per cent discount on market price . |
| 23 | The Purchaser may be expecting to take over a Business of a particular size — this warranty will reassure him that he is . |
| 24 | In these , males are much larger than females and take much longer to sexually mature - perhaps the result of the increased time spent in competition with other males to take over a group of females . |
| 25 | It envisages those visits being as varied as the need — from the person wanting a four-month placement to work with elderly people in Poland or an adoption agency in Jamaica , to someone who is planning a two-week holiday in California who wants to take off a couple of days to spend them visiting the local branch of the US National Association of Social Workers . |
| 26 | ‘ After the third retake , he threatened to take off a bit of clothing every time the scene was done again . |
| 27 | Dr. Steve Barnett resigned his GEC research fellowship in Engineering to take up a lectureship at King 's College , London . |
| 28 | Using a polyester line without sleeving allows easy adjustment by re-tying the knot after shortening a line or , in the case of minor differences , adding an overhand knot or two to take up a couple of centimetres . |
| 29 | I 'd like to take up a couple of points if I may about getting some erm we were talking before mentioned children coming in on a regular basis er it 's called living . |
| 30 | Rice , a controversial omission from South Africa 's World Cup team , has stepped down after 10 years as Transvaal 's captain to take up a position as a TV commentator during the competition . |