Example sentences of "[noun prp] took [adv prt] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) guerrillas loyal to Chairman Yassir Arafat took up positions in the hills , ostensibly to act as a " buffer force " . |
| 2 | The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match . |
| 3 | Gardiner took up rowing on the Isis and after last year 's event went on to play a valuable part in the Scottish senior men 's winning of the Home International Regatta . |
| 4 | " Keep an eye on our friends , " he muttered and while Brady took up position beside the door , Tom helped Patrick over to the bar . |
| 5 | On Christmas Eve , 1904 , Leland took over management of the company and merged his business to create the Cadillac Motor Car Company . |
| 6 | After many years dispensing tea to supporters , Colin took up football with the club this season and , to boost his confidence , I appointed him skipper . |
| 7 | COCA-COLA took over sponsorship of the League Cup in a £2.25 million deal yesterday and confirmed they are the ‘ real thing ’ for football . |
| 8 | On 1 January , Hodder & Stoughton took over distribution in the trade ; sales through the Trust 's own retail outlets and catalogues will continue as before . |
| 9 | In one respect the local political structure in Clermont was relatively simple : although Theuderic mounted a raid on the Auvergne , and although Chramn took up residence in the district , for the most part the civitas was not of great interest to the Merovingian kings . |
| 10 | Bill Robertson took over responsibility for the West of Scotland area from Bob Doran . |
| 11 | Hilda Sturge took on responsibility for the adult refugees , while the Committee , with Greta acting as honorary secretary , looked after the children . |
| 12 | Way back in 1955 , a buxom young Joan took on Cleopatra in the film Land of the Pharaohs ( left ) . |
| 13 | The new ruck-maul law , rather than resulting in quicker and cleaner ball , could end up with the sort of pile-up seen here when New South Wales took on Fiji in the recent Super Six Series as defending players desperately try to stop the ball coming out of the rucks or mauls . |
| 14 | One of Egan 's last gestures before Ford took over Jaguar at the end of 1989 was to give the go-ahead for a limited production of 350 XJ220s . |
| 15 | In the Cabinet changes carried out in August [ see p. 39067 ] Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis took on responsibility for the Aegean and Andreas Andrianopoulos ( hitherto Minister of Industry and Commerce ) became Minister of State , alternating as Government Spokesman with Vassilis Magginas . |