Example sentences of "he have taken [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a hobby he has taken up with two main aims in mind : ‘ Firstly , it keeps my hand in as far as manufacturing is concerned and secondly I like to see this small bit of entrepreneuralism on my doorstep . |
| 2 | At 81 , he has taken over as artistic director at Rome Opera , where the exuberant administrative director , Gian Paulo Cresci , has run up a deficit of close to £25 million . |
| 3 | DONALD Fothergill has a palpable and daily reminder of the responsibility he has taken on as managing director of Stockton-based Pickerings Lifts . |
| 4 | In the way by which he was brought up by hand and also how his hands are burnt and so scarred by the fire in which he tries to save Miss Havisham , perhaps showing physically the mental scars he has taken on through his treatment of others , especially Joe . |
| 5 | He is one of those individuals who has put even more back into the sport than he has taken out of it . |
| 6 | But there 's a couple of guys in another division over there that they were quite keen on er aircraft and they spent weeks building these bloody things and then er , and experienced flyer he 'd taken over to the other , other side of the estate when he had a bit of runway over there |
| 7 | When he 'd started regaining his confidence he told us that he 'd taken over from Terry in the endless arguments with David Jacobsen . |
| 8 | He 'd taken over from Hercule Riquard as maître de chai , and he poured his whole life into promoting La Tour Monchauzet wines into a class of their own . |
| 9 | She 'd hoped Bernard would grow up to be a priest : now he 'd taken up with a woman . |
| 10 | He held out the handful of nails and stuff he 'd taken out of his Dad 's shed . |
| 11 | Although he had made it a condition of his NBC appearance that his whereabouts not be disclosed , Neal Miller called next day to say that he had taken over as his handler and to reprimand him for doing the broadcast without permission . |
| 12 | Over thirteen years , since he had taken over from the retiring senior partner to whom Francis Sutherland originally brought the affairs of Sleet , David Rosen and Delia Sutherland had come to know each other well enough to do without greetings ; they liked it that way . |
| 13 | Engaged in rapidly expanding the size of the business , which he had taken over from his father , Ross had had little or no time for his young wife or her problems . |
| 14 | Incredibly , he had taken up with those student thugs , and they had taken him out drinking until they were all blind drunk — ‘ So drunk , nobody remembered what had happened next day . ’ |
| 15 | Despite repeated rape and electric shock , Paulina never mentioned the name of her lover , who married her after she was released , though he had taken up with another woman . |
| 16 | She had recognised that her father , too , was common , but that he was a good imitator : from the time he had taken up with her mother , who was from the middle class , he had aimed to act accordingly . |
| 17 | When he had taken up with Jessica he had recognised her as a wild Ulster girl , and had respected her for it . |
| 18 | In his twenties he had taken up with a girl called Freda and got her pregnant . |
| 19 | Dyson broke off in mid-explanation , frowning at a piece of copy-paper he had taken out of a little brown envelope marked ‘ J. Dyson Esqre . ’ |