Example sentences of "and take [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 You hit the bottom of the valley , wait for the arms to stop shaking from the effort of holding the bike 's front wheel to its course and take on food from the station de ravitaillement .
2 ‘ We had been escorting a convoy from Halifax to the UK and were ordered to leave the convoy , refuel in Reykjavik and take up patrol of the Denmark Strait , 150 miles west of Iceland .
3 I run to the house , creep back up to the Roombed , and take up position at the window .
4 She was only disturbed by the fact that , once the funeral was over , her mother-in-law made no attempt to leave the Manor and take up residence in the dower house .
5 Joan had accepted without reservation her half-sister 's suggestion that she go with Prince Richard and take up residence in the Tower .
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