Example sentences of "[noun sg] take [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though I have never heard of any one collaboration between restaurateur and artist proving more lucrative than the next , there does not seem to be any shortage of artists who will in effect take on certain risks in order to get their work out on the town . |
| 2 | Further deployments ( with American crews ) were not ruled out — though Washington did not in practice take up this option . |
| 3 | Some kind of social democracy in Russia , erm on the other hand in central Asia as for example , I think it 's quite likely that former communists , although they may disavow their former allegiance , will in practice take over as national communist parties and continue to run their economies , well there will be private economies but with a large state sector and run on a pretty tight reign . |
| 4 | The very existence of a national-territorial framework in the USSR , indeed , far from providing for the peaceful solution of the nationalities question that was originally envisaged , appeared to have led to precisely the opposite result by establishing a form of representation in which sectional interests , denied any other means of expression , could in practice take only the form of ‘ nationalism ’ . |
| 5 | When the pain becomes intolerable , the numbness and disbelief take over again to protect us . |
| 6 | Conservation laws for energy and momentum take particularly simple forms when expressed in terms of the stress-energy tensor . |
| 7 | Moreover , members believe that having their party in office , whatever betrayals it may perpetrate on its supporters in the country , is better than having the opposition take over . |
| 8 | The Chandleresque tones on the promotional tape take up the tale : ‘ … downtown Cheltenham , gee , what a place . ’ |
| 9 | you know there was something wrong I was sitting listening I mean I 'm not been involved when you were talking about the stock take somewhere along the line a few things have slipped because when you go back , in the days when I used to be morning stock takes , we used to before the event , you would nearly always have the counts done . |
| 10 | Suffolk County Schools under-19 A side take on Sussex in the semi-finals of the Corinthian Casuals Cup at Diss FC tonight ( ko 7pm ) . |
| 11 | Gould 's Coventry City side take on Dalglish 's Blackburn Rovers this afternoon , and he declared : ‘ Kenny is now in a position to kill the rest of us dead ! ’ |
| 12 | His Portsmouth side take on Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-finals . |
| 13 | Tomorrow at Christchurch sports ground Oxfordshire County Cricket Association take on Warwickshire in the final of the National Cricket Association 's County Championship . |
| 14 | ‘ Time for some sleep , Hari , girl , ’ she said softly , knowing that in the morning her worries would subside and her natural optimism take over once again . |
| 15 | PARTICK THISTLE take on Hibs at Firhill tonight in the throes of a long , destructive run which has seen them win only one of their last 12 league matches and slip towards relegation , writes Hugh Keevins . |
| 16 | I mean I 'm not , do n't get me wrong , I 'm not one of these formal you know want 's to everything but the idea of this is that we go we get it off the ground and then the management committee take over and run it , it will hopefully have two parish representatives , wo n't be overcommitted by being you know constantly hectored and badgered by people saying this is your ground . |
| 17 | He was a writer of the fidgety , costive kind whose works are long in the planning , and meticulous in the execution — only at the very end of a project , when the scaffolding , the foundations , the walls and roof and even the plaster were laid down , did spontaneity and delight take over , in the actual play of , play with , words themselves . |
| 18 | She saw the recklessness take over as he abandoned speech impatiently . |
| 19 | The government had hoped to make the private sector take over nuclear power stations , but John Wakeham eventually had to admit that no one wanted them . |
| 20 | There will be those who just can not get into gear , who will watch the private sector take over many of the functions which have been , previously been run by local government . |
| 21 | Corresponding times for the same band in second take only 0.5secs or so more , and even by using third they are barely lengthened by 1sec . |
| 22 | A hot chicken take away counter offering freshly cooked drumsticks , thighs and whole cooked chickens was introduced at Merton . |
| 23 | With the national vote split three ways , what positions should the press and broadcasting take up ? |
| 24 | Any late mail — find out if urgent If so — 1st Class stamp , if not — 2nd Class stamp Take down to Reception ( before 6.00 pm ) . |
| 25 | Together Sinton and Hero take over the Limelight every Thursday and offer a platform to new bands . |
| 26 | In the summer , athletics , cricket and tennis take over from the winter sports . |
| 27 | They also insist that hunting is not done for sport , as it is in many ‘ sophisticated ’ countries , although they may admit that all forms of traditional hunting take on a certain glamour , especially in the minds of the younger men . |
| 28 | I certainly hope they do n't get into the ball game of letting any political party or any grouping take over . |
| 29 | Eighteen months ago the CBI suggested that the HSE take on a number of extra people to monitor the burgeoning biotechnology industry , but this has not been done . |
| 30 | The night shift finished ; the day shift take over . |