Example sentences of "be taking [adv prt] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bill Clinton looks like he will be taking on quite a responsibility . |
| 2 | Unlike Wang , which has effectively withdrawn from systems manufacturing and is little more than a reseller for the IBM line , Bull will be taking up both the manufacturing and design rights it negotiated with IBM back in February ( UX No 370 ) . |
| 3 | I had also been taking up quite a lot of time for public service , chairing the National Gas Consumers ' Council , and also , more relevantly , working under Richard Hoggart who was chairing the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education , which had a remit to develop national policies for education as a process continuing throughout life . |
| 4 | Again he is taking over precisely the ‘ modern ’ definitions and oppositions , between the normal and pathological , the natural and unnatural , etc. , which have been shown to be both confused and ideological in the narrow sense . |
| 5 | Mind , the election 's taking up quite a lot of his time . |
| 6 | I appreciated I was taking on quite a responsibility — I knew it would n't be like having a budgie in a cage as a pet — but I felt I could cope . |