Example sentences of "[noun] took [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the May and June protests journalists took a leading part in demanding greater freedom of the press , and sympathetic reports of the pro-democracy movement briefly appeared in newspapers and broadcasts . |
| 2 | All the craftsmen took a real pride in their work , receiving only one shilling and threepence an hour but still realising how much better off they were than previous generations . |
| 3 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 4 | Gradually , such considerations took a back seat as the day to day business of the college continued , with the interviewing of applicants to courses , the organising of new classes etc , and the new session started off much as before . |
| 5 | Downes took a bunch of car-keys from his pocket , opened the door of a British-Racing-Green MG Metro , got into the driver 's seat , and leaned over left to open the glove compartment . |
| 6 | Some of the Hippocratic authors took the " Darwinian " view that this was " caused by " adaptation to differences of climate and general ecological circumstance . |
| 7 | But even for the Iranians the Hellenistic era meant a change in appreciation : the prophet Zoroaster took the place of King Cyrus as the most characteristic Iranian figure . |
| 8 | Dersingham took a dark-coloured paisley handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his lips and then his nose with it . |
| 9 | Gesner was in a foul mood again and Therese took the brunt of it . |
| 10 | Determined not to be viewed as another Wang , Groupe Bull SA took the time to clarify to journalists its position regarding IBM and the RS/6000 last week at its Les Clayes-sous-Bois research and development centre in Paris . |
| 11 | Our lawyer took the idea to the court , and the judge altered the terms of Rickie 's bail to let him come here for a therapeutic cruise . |
| 12 | The Habsburgs took the Turkish threat more seriously than Matthias had done . |
| 13 | Madge Grimsilk took a small hand torch from her bag , pressed the button and placed it behind the forest at one side . |
| 14 | On the economy , on Europe and on support for the new leadership , Labour took a giant step towards becoming the Party the people will trust to govern Britain . |
| 15 | Labour took the offensive . |
| 16 | Private enterprise is normally a Conservative watchword , but when Labour took the initiative with ‘ Vote Milburn ’ posters on Darlington buses it was ‘ propaganda ’ , according to one Tory councillor . |
| 17 | The doctrine of operationalism took a particularly extreme view on this issue by stipulating that the meaning of a concept consisted in the operations required to measure it . |
| 18 | Cotton took an appointment as golf director at Royal Waterloo Golf Club , telling his friends that he was testing the theory that absence really did make the heart grow fonder . |
| 19 | With his ball unplayable , Faldo took a penalty drop before lurching to a six , while Norman chipped to three feet for his birdie four to go six under par . |
| 20 | The two main political parties took a generally conservative line and were distinguished more by personal attachment to the leading personalities of each party than by any basic differences in ideology . |
| 21 | In the event Labour received marginally more votes than the Tories , in an election in which the two parties took a larger share of the total votes than ever before , but because of the geography of electoral support in relation to constituency boundaries it was the Tories who gained the majority of seats in Parliament and formed the next government . |
| 22 | Against all odds , Royal Berkshire took the men 's title and the coveted Trophy back to Bracknell , whilst Long Road , Cambridge took the short road to victory in the women 's event without dropping a set . |
| 23 | Antonio devoured half of his burger in one bite , whilst Susanna took a tiny morsel of lobster . |
| 24 | One reaction to this rather clichéd allegation took the extreme form of the new classical macroeconomics which jettisoned Keynesian ideas lock , stock and barrel , and which reinstated a modified , rather more mathematical version of the old classical system . |
| 25 | Small took the wheel of a dilapidated pick-up , while two men knelt behind the cab with shotguns . |
| 26 | Edward took no constructive pains to build support for his rule but was content to make it financially sound , in itself a notable achievement yet one secured at an exorbitant political cost . |
| 27 | Edward took a pen and wrote his name at the bottom of the page . |
| 28 | Edward took a bottle of whisky out of his pocket and , unexpectedly , two glasses . |
| 29 | Edward took the boots and glanced at the man sitting in the chair . |
| 30 | Earthquakes took a high toll , as at Turnovo , and some of the more famous examples , like Rila Monastery , near Sofia , have been rebuilt much later ( see Volume 4 ) . |