Example sentences of "[be] taking [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the thing just snowballed and we 've managed to accumulate something like £6,000 and about 40 tons of gifts in the form of children 's clothing , children 's toys er medicaments of one sort or another , various creams recommended to us by pediatricians , er shampoos and other things like antibiotics and so on which we 're taking over on behalf of er a medical team from Banbury . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're taking off on Friday . |
| 3 | I 've also got a lot of equipment I 'm taking out on the road to be able to write and play , improvise to tapes and so on . |
| 4 | So tomorrow at two o'clock Miss Trunchbull will be taking over from me for one lesson . |
| 5 | ‘ Friday , ’ she confirmed , and left her office , pausing to explain to Penny that Luke would be taking over from her . |
| 6 | She 'll be taking over from Bob . |
| 7 | She would in fact be taking over from a male contracts officer who would be leaving the company in four months ' time . |
| 8 | I rather admired what he 's doing for Margaret because , as far as I can see , he 's taking er as she 's not able , as far as I can see , to er exist , to live on her own and he seems to be taking over from elderly parents . |
| 9 | Er I will er be taking up with Oliver the question of report erm since it is a critical report er er like take the place of Oliver to ask the government what their views are er on the performance and the truth is . |
| 10 | This is one aspect that art historian and critic Deborah Cherry will be taking up in the next issue . |
| 11 | Chemistry in turn , even ‘ organic chemistry ’ , was considerably more advanced than the life-sciences , which just seemed to be taking off into an era of exciting progress . |
| 12 | Almost dark now , and the bombers would be taking off from Fenton Bishop , heaving and thrashing into the air , into the same sun that had reddened Loch Ardneavie . |
| 13 | Should another globe-trotting adventure arise , we know what notebook computer we 'll be taking along for the ride . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's important that shift times are kept to , because the person you are taking over from ca n't always leave until they are replaced . |
| 15 | Tigridias are taking over from the lilies while geraniums , argyranthemums , lime-green nicotianias , eucomis and trailing blue convolvulus have filled out rapidly and blend well with the softer colours of the herbs |
| 16 | It 's back — Oz Clarke 's Wine Guide 1993 returns for its ninth year with a prediction : that Australian winemakers who know ‘ how to take a pile of sows ’ ears and turn them into silk purses ’ are taking over from the vineyards of Europe . |
| 17 | The show is being made by Meridian TV who are taking over from TVS . |
| 18 | The people who are taking over from TVS — Meridian Television — are bringing The Dating Game from the States ( a sort of pointless adult Blind Date ) , and they wanted me to host it . |
| 19 | New sub-disciplines are taking off at an extraordinary rate , associated in particular with the integration of computer systems into society 's systems of communication , management and finance . |
| 20 | I I observe that the Liberal Democrats have made a complete U turn in their previous adherence to providing a steady stream of services to the people of Oxford , and by setting for a budget below the capping level you are taking out of funds available to people things that do n't necessarily have to be taken out . |
| 21 | Some of these recordings are now being used by the YCCC as evidence in the legal actions which they are taking out against the city and tannery , and some of the recordings have been played back to other community groups in similar situations but who have not developed their thinking to the extent of the YCCC . |
| 22 | The only way this impinged on the message Macmillan had been taking up to the generals in the front-line was that they might now have to prepare even more urgently for military operations to reinforce allied policy . |
| 23 | They have been taking up to 100,000 salmon and sea-trout a year and probably many more if the truth were known . |
| 24 | I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies . |
| 25 | We were puttering up river late in the afternoon and the sun was beginning to go down over these huge trees and a flight of big birds , herons or something , were taking off like pink seaplanes as someone said and the second assistant suddenly stood up and yelled out This is paradise , this is fucking paradise . |
| 26 | As proof of his point , Aston Martin 's chairman points out that one of his 155mph product 's soundest markets was Hong Kong , an island so small , says Gauntlett , that the only things moving at more that half that speed ‘ were taking off from Kai Tak airport ’ . |
| 27 | CHEAP , cheerful and the new funky ‘ in ’ hotspot of America — South Beach , Miami — is taking over from nearby Coconut Grove as the place for late night dancing and eating , Hugh Davies writes . |
| 28 | Perhaps too the medium is taking over from the message . |
| 29 | ‘ Frank Galvone is taking over from Ed Riverton . ’ |
| 30 | Telekurs AG of Zurich , Switzerland is taking over from the London Stock Exchange the professional customers of the Topic and Topicline real-time share information system : Telekurs ( UK ) Ltd will migrate customers to Topic-Plus — based on existing Telekurs services — from the middle of the year with the co-operation of the exchange . |