Example sentences of "[pers pn] takes [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Highly ambitious and competitive , she takes on responsibilities and makes decisions in a conceptual and intellectual manner . |
| 2 | She takes on a special brood-care coloration at this time ; she becomes a much brighter golden yellow than usual , and her black markings are accentuated . |
| 3 | In some cultures the mother proceeds to the status of a matriarch , when she takes on the authority of mother to the whole extended family or tribe . |
| 4 | Her art is most successful when she takes on archetypal roles and makes her audience aware , simultaneously , of how immediately recognizable , widely shared and transparently obvious these roles are . |
| 5 | She takes up her new duties on May 4 . |
| 6 | He found that , left to herself , she takes up to 24 hours to prepare for farrowing . |
| 7 | Ten-year-old Opal ( Gaby Hoffmann ) and 15-year-old Erica ( Samantha Mathis ) simmer with resentment at their mother 's abandonment and completely flip their tiny lids when she takes up with talent spotter Arnold Moss ( Dan Aykroyd ) . |
| 8 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
| 9 | As a person in her own right she takes up her destiny . |
| 10 | The school has refused to make any comment on the appointment of the new headmistress until she takes up her duties in August . |
| 11 | She takes over from Susan George and before that Jan Francis in the show . |
| 12 | She takes off from a field behind the hospital . |
| 13 | The meal over , she takes off again and flies to another part of the cave where there is less pandemonium . |
| 14 | I said well frankly Cheryl with her record I 'm not in I said she takes off when she pleases , she comes down when she wants something I said she doing me some good at christmas I said I do I quite understand that I said I do understand and I 'm I 've nothing nothing to do with me that 's entirely up to you and she said and you would n't tell me what to do you wo n't change our minds , I said no I 'm not trying to change your minds but you asked me what I would do I said and I think there and now she 's She said and I do n't care what you done , I 'll do I 'll do , I said she 's got hundreds of where they smash the windows and break into so regularly . |
| 15 | She takes out this dark red dress with these big white dots and goes over to the mirror . |
| 16 | ( She takes out a little flag . ) |
| 17 | Beauty in thee takes up her place , |
| 18 | Once a project is on a donor 's priority list it takes on a life of its own , and may become unstoppable . |
| 19 | The famous Chapter 5 of the first book , which deals with the transformation of labour from a stage where it is a ‘ part of life ’ to a stage under capitalism when it takes on the imaginary form of a thing separate from the labourer , when it can be bought and sold , is worked out in Formen , in the discussion of tribal , oriental , and ancient societies which it contains . |
| 20 | The difference this time is that it is someone they personally loved and therefore it takes on an importance quite different from any event they may have witnessed before . |
| 21 | Clearly it takes on a further significance in the context of the discussion in this paper . |
| 22 | Notice that it takes on the formatting contained in the paragraph mark that follows it . |
| 23 | Gold in its natural form glows deep amber yellow , but when mixed with the various alloys it takes on a variety of hues . |
| 24 | It takes on something of the character of an idiom . |
| 25 | It reads as a separate vertical volume and without being an actual pedestal , it takes on the function of a pedestal . |
| 26 | Obviously , when sport offers itself as one of the few accessible routes away from deprivation , as it was to the early slaves , it takes on an attractive quality . |
| 27 | Artistic interest in the making of meaning does not end when the music is made , the record released , the performance over , but is equally invested in the way in which it takes on its public meanings , via the media of television , radio , advertisement , the star system , Fleet Street gossip columns , poster magazines and so forth . |
| 28 | It takes on more of the form of a consultation , aimed at course development , rather than simply being a judgemental exercise . |
| 29 | The scenery up here has been arresting so far ; now it takes on an unexpectedly serene beauty . |
| 30 | Over half of that can be eliminated by buying British , so marketing can produce considerable improvement and it takes on a new and dramatic urgency . |