Example sentences of "and take [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He comes alongside us and takes on our humanity , in order for us to see him , in the same way that the intensity of the sun is scaled down to the ray of light through the window . |
| 2 | They summon the overseers before the magistrates for not complying with their unreasonable demands and though they do not always gain their ends yet it teases and harasses the overseers and takes up their time which is a great hardship . |
| 3 | The 38-year-old superintendent is married with two young children , and takes up his new post on Monday . |
| 4 | Eventually deciding that he is bringing discredit on all Jews by serving Fledgeby as he does , Riah quits his service , and takes up his abode with Jenny Wren . |
| 5 | Neale , 38 , has agreed a three-year contract and takes up his duties on March 1 . |
| 6 | As soon as the female begins to lay , the male leaves her ; he returns to another part of the wood where another female — his first mate — is about to hatch her eggs , and takes up his parental duties . |
| 7 | He was appointed by postal ballot and takes up his new responsibilities in July . |
| 8 | ( Max gets up and takes off her turban . |
| 9 | Maggie opens the Retsina and takes off her jumper . |
| 10 | Carefully he raises the cover of fern and moss from the hole , and takes out what they hide : books , candy , and smoking tobacco , protected against moisture in leaden boxes . |
| 11 | We thought he 'd burst in and take away everything we had — everything I 'd worked for so long and so hard , and he did n't deserve any of it . |
| 12 | committee , if you go downstairs you will see on the notice there a display of various things that we do , and on the windowsills there are various pieces of information free sheets that you can pick up and take away it will tell you about all sorts of issues ! |
| 13 | Came a day when your mother walked along the strand at Starr Hills and knew that tomorrow , or the next day , or the day after that , the stupid peasants would come and take away your grannie to the witch-finder , prick her for witch-marks , watch her till she maddened from sleeplessness , then swim her in the river . |
| 14 | Certainly the worst way to come to terms happily with being alone is to struggle constantly against it , always waiting for someone else to come along and take away our loneliness . |
| 15 | In her mind she was acting under the highest orders — to give and serve and take up her cross daily . |
| 16 | It was better this way ; somehow she would manage to see Dana before Roman did , and then she would leave and take up her life as it had been before she had met Roman almost a week ago . |
| 17 | We knew the only way we could get in and take up our positions on the roof was by arriving early . |
| 18 | Farmers , whether on a large or small scale , faced new demands on their managerial abilities and technical skills almost every day — decisions and actions they usually had to make and take on their own . |
| 19 | He needed me to know and take on his sorrow , and find solutions . |
| 20 | We still are in some necessity of joiners and coopers and any trades ; for the rest , we are buying slaves from the same merchants who put in to anchor here and take on our water and our salt . |
| 21 | But if we go ahead as planned , then Miranda will own forty-five per cent — a minority holding — and after acquiring her shares , and taking up your rights issue , you will own thirty per cent . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Aye ; you 've got to be a real man to play this game , ’ Howie says , winking and taking up his glass . |
| 23 | ‘ Lager and whisky , eh ? ’ he said , nodding to himself and taking up his magazine again . |
| 24 | George Vafa says that in spite of a six-year campaign and taking up his case with a number of legal firms , the Law Society of Scotland , the Scottish legal ombudsman and the Faculty of Advocates , he has failed to gain justice and has been treated like a criminal . |
| 25 | ‘ Was Mum all right ? ’ she asked , sitting down and taking off her shoes . |
| 26 | Health : Faith , courage , will — and a cancer therapy : The Gerson technique ended her marriage and took over her life , but Renee Henry believes it works . |
| 27 | ‘ I have made it my business to go after lost Leonardos now , ’ says Dr Pedretti , who worked closely with Kenneth Clark and took over his mantle as the world 's leading Leonardo expert . |
| 28 | ‘ Kevin sponsored a friend of mine a few years ago and took over his wife . |
| 29 | After a day or two of confinement in a darkened room he returned to the hospital and took over his ward again . |
| 30 | One girl who works at the Space Center seems almost beside herself — she was planning to come to tonight 's gig , but after a late night last week her parents ( strict Christians ) grounded her and took away her ticket . |