Sentence examples for tap to take from inspiring English sources

All the usual touch-screen tricks work: tap to take a photograph; swipe to view the next or previous shot; spread two fingers to zoom into a photo.

Fallon, of course, is on tap to take over for Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" in February.

Mr. Li has now been tapped to take over the party's nerve center, its General Office.

Jens George Bachmann, assistant conductor, was tapped to take his place last night.

In the program, volunteers from black religious groups are tapped to take a role in keeping their fellow members engaged.

When Mr. Prince resigned late last year amid gigantic losses in the mortgage portfolio, Mr. Pandit was tapped to take his place.

And when Mr. Florio was elected governor, Mr. Andrews was tapped to take over his seat in the House.

Some at the agency were surprised when soon afterward Mr. Rodriguez was tapped to take over the counterterrorist center.

The No.2 executive at the Chrysler division of DaimlerChrysler has been tapped to take over its Mercedes division, people close to the company said yesterday.

However, Tarantino may have since rewritten the screenplay with the addition of new characters, or Lawrence may have been tapped to take over one of the above roles.

Both Mr. Greengrass and Mr. Damon were slated to make another "Bourne," but when that project fell apart Tony Gilroy, a writer on all three earlier movies, was tapped to take the lead on the franchise.