Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] take [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1840 we find in the title deeds when William Holding took over the tenancy of the farm that an oast was on the deeds ; after this date , between 1838–47 , the name was changed to Court Farm . |
| 2 | The survey also contains information on the action employers take on the expiry of the time limit . |
| 3 | The Kay brothers took up the design , made further improvements to it , and produced their stones uniformly on Andrew 's machine . |
| 4 | David Birney took over the role in the TV series . |
| 5 | Miss Potts took not the slightest notice but swept into the second form classroom and the door shut . |
| 6 | And he said that , since 1965 when the science Research Council took over the telescope , the observatory has been collaborating more closely with university researchers . |
| 7 | In order to compensate for this the Borough Council took on the responsibility for payment of the Parish Clerk 's salary and the maintenance of parish playing fields . |
| 8 | Peter Zwack , a Hungarian-born millionaire liqueur manufacturer who had renounced United States citizenship to take up the post of Hungary 's ambassador to the USA in September 1990 , was dismissed from the post on April 10 amidst public recriminations with the Hungarian government . |
| 9 | Once back on the ground the ambulance service took over the medical side of the operation . |
| 10 | Well cos I letting the ships go and they , that was a night time and course I do n't know what happened over , over the argument but anyhow these boatmen they lost their job , they n never been happened since cos the then the Dock Commission took over the erm roping the ships in , come under Ipswich Dock Commission . |
| 11 | And did you see Ewan Beg take off the two heads at one stroke ? |
| 12 | Richard Nixon took over the Oval Office in January , 1969 . |
| 13 | It was Jones who set up Swansea 's first try by firing out a quick , decisive pass which Scott Gibbs took on the burst to drive over . |
| 14 | Mrs Clwyd gave up her old job of Overseas Aid spokesman to take on the job after Alyn and Deeside Barry Jones lost his Shadow Cabinet seat after the general election . |
| 15 | Salomea was at the Cadby Nursery when , at short notice , several refugee nurses took up the chance of emigrating to America . |
| 16 | Miss Reid was a fully qualified nurse , and when , some months later , the post of superintendent-nurse at St. Peter 's Hospital became vacant , the new Mrs. Chaplin took on the duties in addition to those of matron . |
| 17 | Khalid bin Muhammad al-Anqari took over the hitherto vacant portfolio of Higher Education , and was replaced as Minister for Municipal and Rural Affairs by Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Hasan al-Shaikh . |
| 18 | Llanelli 's Colin Stephens takes over the key outside half position from the injured Neil Jenkins for Wales B , while injury-hit Australia call on seven of their first choice pack . |
| 19 | Dr Mortimer took out the old Baskerville papers and read them to Sir Henry . |
| 20 | Towards the end of Cave 's set with current band The Bad Seeds , guitarist Mick Harvey took over the drum stool as original Birthday Party guitarist Rowland S Howard took the stage — making this an effective reunion of the band 's classic line-up , missing only the formidable presence of deceased bass player Tracey Pew ( whose place was taken by Bad Seed Martyn Casey ) . |
| 21 | Hugh Rance took over the Store from his father , Patrick , in 1985 … and moved to Abingdon two years ago . |
| 22 | The real essence of ‘ Thatcherism ’ , indeed , lay not so much in its ideas , which proved to be increasingly malleable as the years went by , and especially when Nigel Lawson took over the Treasury in 1984 . |
| 23 | The writer Jean-Philippe Domecq took up the theme , maintaining that as many as 95% of contemporary works are no more than boring illustrations of even more boring theoretical points . |
| 24 | The Loch Ness Project took on the mantle of the LNI and picked up from the Loch Morar expeditions , and we returned to Loch Ness , whose steep-walled uniformity is more favourable to sonar . |
| 25 | The Royal Society for Nature Conservation / Wildlife Trusts Partnership took on the role of lead-organisation within the Consortium , although they have tried hard to liaise with all other partners , particularly CPRW . |
| 26 | Realising that the Australians were not so foolish as to engage in pitched battles , whatever their masters decreed , the Japanese sent a picked force of guerrilla fighters to take up the chase where the major columns left off . |
| 27 | IT would be reasonable to suppose that dreams of following Daley Thompson have inspired Anthony Brannen to take up the world record holder 's former mantle as Britain 's leading decathlete . |
| 28 | In Ipswich the home help service took over the care of these clients ; in Newham the development officer continued to manage the existing support workers until a new development officer took over ( the health authority agreed to fund a continuation of the project for a further three years ) . |
| 29 | Since Sunset And Vine 's trainer Simon Dow took over the Epsom stables of Ron Smyth last year and he has been in tremendous form since , saddling 23 jumping winners and six on the Flat . |
| 30 | In July Britain takes over the EC presidency . |