Example sentences of "[subord] he took [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The following year he registered for study in philosophy and theology at the University of Leyden and , apart from a brief return to Rostock , remained in The Netherlands until he took up a post at the University of Copenhagen in June 1648 .
2 Smith dismissed speculation he would recruit former Middlesbrough coach David Nish as his right hand man if he took over the hot seat .
3 It is not obvious that the grounds for his naturalism would evaporate if he took seriously a wider variety of forms of discourse .
4 He must have decided to do so because he took on an apprentice the day after he was freed .
5 Because he took over the reins at such a late stage in 1763 Giardini was unable to entice to London either the best Italian singers or a famous composer .
6 Hong Kong 's achievement in Catania has been Simpkin 's first success since he took over the Hong Kong representative side .
7 ‘ Has young Meredith changed any of his wild ways since he took over the reins at the manor ? ’
8 Since he took up the position in 1987 , closures of geriatric hospitals , partnership with the private sector , nurse regradings , NHS trusts and a review of maternity and acute services , which will cut over 1,000 hospital beds and possibly lead to a closure of a number of hospitals , are among the controversies which have raged .
9 Pipe has achieved ever-increasing tallies in each of the 14 years since he took out a licence .
10 But only days after he took over the job , he 'd got the fright of his life .
11 The Elves of Nagarythe were numerous and well-versed in sorcery , being descendants of those grim Elves who had followed Aenarion after he took up the Sword of Khaine .
12 Shortly before he took up the study of genetics , the American biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan wrote a book , Evolution and Adaptation ( 1903 ) , arguing that evolution was governed solely by the production of saltations , and had nothing to do with adapting the species to its environment .
13 Don had been experimenting for years before he took out the patent in 1970 and significantly stated that ‘ The difference in camber and relative incidence on the central fore and aft sections serves to stabilise the kite in pitch ’ .
14 Who did Martin check with before he took out the F P er policy ?
15 Dalglish , whose side visit Southampton tomorrowsun , got his priorities right when he took on the former Luton and Wimbledon boss as his right-hand man soon after taking office just over a year ago .
16 Then Lebensraum became available in Venice in the Sixties , when he took on the first floor of the Palazzo Malpiero Trevisani in Campo Santa Maria Formosa .
17 I also note that the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) — who said , when he took on the job that there would be ’ no more phoney shadow Cabinet Budgets ’ — has now promised that there will be a phoney shadow Cabinet Budget .
18 It took Cuckney four years to overcome the financial crisis he encountered when he took over the Crown Agents in 1974 .
19 It was 1837 that it became Ring & Brymer , an entity retained by Lord Forte when he took over the company in 1962 .
20 He loved his ‘ Jocks ’ without a trace of condescension , and when he took over the regiment as lieutenant-colonel in North Africa and Italy , his double-barrelled beer name earned him the affectionate sobriquet of ‘ Colonel Screwtop ’ .
21 I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 .
22 Spittals had insisted it should be laid when he took over the office .
23 Castro later admitted to Herbert Matthews that when he took over the refineries he did not know whether or not Moscow would supply Cuba with oil ( Matthews : 1969 , p. 171 ) .
24 Caesar found a census of the population in the Greek script when he took over the camp of the Helvetii ( Bell .
25 It was logical , when he took over the Foundation , to concentrate on dance , and Gulbenkian in Lisbon approved .
26 Bremner is one of many Scottish players who made a remarkable transformation when he took up a career in management .
27 Archbishop Romero , although thought to be a moderate when he took up the Archbishopric , proved himself to be a zealous proponent of Liberation Theology , broadcasting his masses , which included political messages , to the people throughout the country , by radio .
28 When he took up the game , there were no other young players around .
29 Dabbling with such challenging pastimes as mountaineering and long distance canoeing , Graham was in his early 50s when he took up the quadriathlon just as the sport was getting off the ground .
30 Horsley cheerfully admitted when he took up the post of Chair that he knew nothing about newspapers .
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