Example sentences of "[pron] took [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't it about time someone took a long hard look at the laughable regulations on what riders wear and questioned whether they benefit the sport ? |
| 2 | Then someone took a grip on my hair and pulled . |
| 3 | Someone took a shot at her , but missed . |
| 4 | Then , police claim , someone took a shot at them , and they had to withdraw for their own safety . |
| 5 | And I shit myself cos someone took a picture but |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know , but it would appear that someone took an axe and drove it hard against the wall , with such force the stone was marked and the wooden handle of the axe shattered . ’ |
| 7 | Well , she was going to need a lot of help , that was for sure , and if someone took the trouble to put an advert in the tube , the least you could do was memorise the number . |
| 8 | Carrie said , in a hurt , distant voice , ‘ Much what you 'd think , I suppose , if someone took the roof off your house . |
| 9 | but I 've only , in fact , used ten because someone took the microphone in and put it back in the wrong place . |
| 10 | I took a photo of him through the glass . |
| 11 | Immediately after leaving SIS , I took a long holiday in Italy . |
| 12 | I finished up in Rome , home to so many of the works I lectured on , and on my last night there I took a walk down to Bernini 's Trevi fountain in order to throw in the coin that would ensure that somehow I would one day return . |
| 13 | I took a short break , and when I came back , I went round the local job centres to see what was going . |
| 14 | On the Sunday , late morning , I took a train up to see them . |
| 15 | I took a sip and the warmth went down inside me . |
| 16 | Dutifully , I took a nibble from one of the sandwiches . |
| 17 | Indeed when I was at the police college in 1987 and Jones was on the Senior Command Course prior to taking up a position as assistant chief constable , I took a straw poll among my immediate colleagues to see what influence such books achieve . |
| 18 | I took a look inside : computer printouts of columns of figures . |
| 19 | I took a step forward . |
| 20 | ‘ Nobody south of Perth had heard of malt whisky in those days , ’ he said , ‘ so I took a bottle and six glasses into my final crit . |
| 21 | Stepping up to bat in the eighth inning of game five on Sunday with the scores tied 1-1 , the Giants first baseman had trouble controlling the adrenalin , ‘ but I took a deep breath and tried to focus on the point of release of the ball ’ . |
| 22 | I took a taxi home and went to sleep . |
| 23 | I took a bus there , but found it hard to tell what the place might have been like . |
| 24 | I took a meagre 22 flights . |
| 25 | A few days later I took a walk down the Kings Road , mostly searching for a pair of brothel creepers . |
| 26 | A girl I was seeing pretty regularly had gone to France on an exchange visit to Tours I took a job for a couple of weeks in a lino warehouse with the idea of getting some money together |
| 27 | Even before the crash I took a great deal of exercise — you have to work at staying in shape . |
| 28 | I took a tram home . |
| 29 | ‘ I took a lot of stick from the press , ’ said the England Under-21 player , ‘ but the lads backed me and so did the manager . |
| 30 | ‘ I took a liberty at 8-2 and got punished for it , ’ said Parrott . |