Sentence examples for served to take from inspiring English sources

The legislative tactics of the 1970's served to take women only so far.

Goffin's break point came as Murray served to take the set, but he was unable to capitalise.

From an electability standpoint, the GOP would be better served to take a look at Rep. Tom Latham, a more moderate Republican with the potential for broader appeal.

Finally, the Chart House would be well served to take the cioppino off the menu, or at least to add pasta to the current version and call it fussilli de frutti di mare.

Ostensibly meant to hedge the risk associated with some of the company's investments, these partnerships really served to take debt off Enron's balance sheet, inflate the company's earnings and enlarge the bank accounts of the executives who created them.

Actually, the Hula is only the most prominent of a series of developments by the Kiwi team that have served to take the Cup competition to even greater levels of obsessiveness.

He now serves to take a two-set lead.

He then used his serve to take control and went up, 5-3.

Chardy saw out the set with two solid serves to take the advantage.

Andy Roddick had grabbed a break of serve to take a 3-1 leagainstNo. No. 5 David Ferrer.

And we use the body serve to take away the angles and tangle up the opponent".