(1) He was going through a very difficult time...
(2) South Africa was going through a period of irreversible change.
(3) It was evident that someone had gone through my possessions.

(1) We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30.
(2) They need to expand the number of farmers who are involved if the scheme's going to really take off...
(3) In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off.

(1) He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport...
(2) He left a job in the City to take up farming...
(3) Mr de Garis's MP, Max Madden, took up the case...

(1) He watched Karl run across the street to Tommy.
(2) He made a kamikaze run across three lanes of traffic.
(3) Don't run across the road until you're sure it's safe.

(1) He read through the pages slowly and carefully.
(2) He read through the manuscript and marked it up with his objections.
(3) She read through the casualty list anxiously.

(1) go over to your PC and boot it up.
(2) Let's go over and help them pull the cart.
(3) This matter will go over until the next session.

(1) He always talked things over with his friends...
(2) We should go somewhere quiet, and talk it over...
(3) By speaking English, you can talk over the phone with just about anyone.

(1) It's a bit big, but she'll soon grow into it.
(2) This political row threatens to grow into a full blown crisis.
(3) Uncontrollable children grow into young criminals.

(1) She was ringing up her sale on an ancient cash register.
(2) The advertising agency rang up 1.4 billion dollars in yearly sales.
(3) I'll ring up to see if he's there.

(1) I got an abscess so he took the tooth out...
(2) When you edit the tape you can take out the giggles.
(3) They find a house, agree a price, and take out a mortgage through their building society.

(1) hang up on sb.
(2) Teachers hang up on SMS.

(1) I never go on the bus into the town.
(2) On the law of averages we just can't go on losing.
(3) I'm all right here. go on with your work.

(1) I'm all right here. go on with your work.
(2) I was fully committed, and must go on with the fight.
(3) Alexander was free to go on with the Persian campaign.

(1) They can basically ride off into the sunset scot - free.
(2) You said,'We will ride off on swift horses.
(3) They often ride off on minor issues in an important meeting.

(1) The Italian way is to round off a meal with an ice-cream.
(2) Take a piece of sandpaper and round off the edges of the frame.
(3) We ask him to round off the essay for us.

(1) 'Why have they gone off him now?' — 'It could be something he said.'...
(2) I started to go off the idea.
(3) A few minutes later the bomb went off, destroying the vehicle.

(1) Protesters have been putting up barricades across a number of major intersections...
(2) He was putting up a new fence at his home.
(3) They're putting new street signs up...

(1) No other organisation was able or willing to take on the job...
(2) Don't take on more responsibilities than you can handle.
(3) Believing he had only a year to live, his writing took on a feverish intensity.

(1) It's a long way to go for two people in their seventies.
(2) They go for decorous walks every day in parks with their nanny.
(3) Some old machines go for as much as 35,000 pounds.

(1) The tissue is examined microscopically to rule out or confirm cancer.
(2) The regulations rule out anyone under the age of eighteen.
(3) rule out neatly any words which you don't wish the examiner to read.

(1) I ran away from home when I was sixteen...
(2) After his beating Colin ran away and hasn't been heard of since...
(3) She ran away with a man called McTavish last year...

(1) Take, for example, the simple sentence: "The man climbed up the hill"
(2) It added another $11.8 million to the take, for a grand total of $43 million.
(3) I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted.

(1) He persuaded Jo to take him in...
(2) The monastery has taken in 26 refugees.
(3) The police have taken him in for questioning in connection with the murder of a girl.

(1) I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth...
(2) She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though...
(3) I couldn't make it out at all...

(1) They had put up with behaviour from their son which they would not have tolerated from anyone else.
(2) You'll have to put up with it.
(3) Why would anyone put up with a charade?

(1) When convening the assembly , however , you shall blow without sounding an alarm.
(2) It would be better to rely on ourselves than on others.
(3) Don't rely on going to Japan.

(1) He wanted to go into the street and carve someone's face up.
(2) Money will also go into local development projects in Vietnam.
(3) Let's go into the study and put on some music.

(1) You should reason with him instead of just telling him to obey.
(2) Oh, so you're one of those softies who believe you should reason with criminals!
(3) I'll try to reason with her, Mr. Baker.

(1) Sadly, the film is let down by an excessively simple plot.
(2) He let down the tailgate so the dog could jump out.
(3) But then to be let down like that, oh it's so unfair!

(1) She had rung off before he could press her for an answer.
(2) I'm afraid I'll have to ring off. Someone is calling me.
(3) Her finger had swollen so much that she couldn't get her ring off.

(1) Love of not dependable make the person remind of inconstancy quality food easily, hard long - last conservancy .
(2) Did you remind of that the shoulder of the liberality while doing not help?

(1) The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone.
(2) He began to read out loud.
(3) When we read out 4.23, we say " four point two three ".

(1) The detective tried to reason out how the thief had escaped.
(2) We tried to reason out the answer to the mystery.
(3) He tried hard to reason out the answer to the mystery.

(1) A British newspaper says British Airways plan to take over Trans World Airways.
(2) The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate...
(3) The parliament in Madrid was taken over by civil guards.

(1) The king's cruelty excited the people to rise against him.
(2) I bet you 25 the dollar will rise against the pound.
(3) The plotters incited the soldiers to rise against their officers.

(1) He had to lean on Dan to keep from falling.
(2) I horse around quite a lot, just to keep from getting bored.
(3) He couldn't keep from laughing.

(1) We needed to do decimals to round up and round down numbers.
(2) We'll be back after the break with a round-up of today's other stories.
(3) " Then round up the whole lot of them! "

(1) His was a story difficult to reconcile with the facts.
(2) The little boy does not readily reconcile with his sister.
(3) I've seen people bond , flirt, and even reconcile with one another through song choices.

(1) It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content.
(2) Have someone read over your letter, checking for accuracy and tone.
(3) I had twice read over the extraordinary announcement.

(1) Tell her I'll ring back in a few minutes...
(2) If there's any problem I'll ring you back.
(3) I'll ring back in half an hour.