Example sentences of "[noun pl] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Some of the Hippocratic authors took the " Darwinian " view that this was " caused by " adaptation to differences of climate and general ecological circumstance . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | Catholic missionaries took the land away from the Indians . |
| 9 | ‘ They are getting as good prices as the fishermen in this country but our fishermen , although perhaps disappointed at price levels , know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book . ’ |
| 10 | AMALVY/AFP Fisherman 's fury : A French trawlerman hurls a fish towards riot police during the clashes in Paris yesterday ‘ Our fishermen know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book ’ |
| 11 | Importers took a 54.86% share of the market last month compared with 57.95% in October 1991 . |
| 12 | A constant feature of most appraisals took the form of a circling sequence of perceptions and responses , returning again and again to aspects of the work that had already been considered . |
| 13 | His lips took the place of his hand , drawing her flesh into the moist cavern of his mouth , tongue teasing back and forth , tasting her . |
| 14 | ‘ God 's will only who lives and dies … was n't my fault some of the crew and near all those damn niggers took the flux . ’ |
| 15 | Piers took a step towards her , and she felt her body tense and her heart begin to beat quickly . |
| 16 | Without saying a word , Piers took the book away from her and tossed it aside , then he held her face between his hands , so that she was forced to stare into his eyes . |
| 17 | She returned her attention to the track , just as a couple of low branches took a swipe at the cab roof . |
| 18 | In a surprise comparable with the fall in UK unemployment for February , foreign semiconductor manufacturers took an astonishing 20.1% of the Japanese market in the fourth quarter of 1992 according to both Japan and the US — but the Japanese now worry that the system of targeting a specific foreign share of the market will be demanded for other product categories . |
| 19 | Yet in reality neither they nor the manufacturers took the limits seriously , and Central Authority engineers deliberately ignored the agreed commissioning limits . |
| 20 | ‘ You do n't think the kids took the money ? ’ |
| 21 | Gilts rose half a point as the prospect for interest rates continued to brighten , while a broadly-based advance in equities took the FTSE 100 index up 18.6 points to 2,360.7 . |
| 22 | Above the scarred boots he wore French cavalry overalls that had been reinforced with leather where the crutch and inside legs took the saddle 's chafing . |
| 23 | Her legs took the decision from her , buckling so quickly that she stumbled back to the bed . |
| 24 | Some bands who made their own recordings took the opportunity to encourage others to follow their example . |
| 25 | At one of these city assemblies Mortimer delivered an address which is thought to have been aimed primarily at Edward 's episcopal supporters — Melton , Reynolds , Hethe and others — who were cowed into swearing before the massed Londoners ( whose violence had already been demonstrated against Stapledon ) to uphold the queen 's cause and the liberties of London : thirteen bishops , some notable abbots and two dozen other clergy took the oath that day . |
| 26 | On the other hand , the soft parts of most dinosaurs took the right evolutionary path . |
| 27 | Many readers took the opportunity , when they wrote ‘ Congratulations , Marje ’ , to describe their happy families , lovely husbands , peerless wives and flawless children . |
| 28 | NEW ZEALAND off-spinner Dipak Patel captured a Test best 6–113 as the Kiwis took a first-innings lead of 106 over Zimbabwe , bowled out for 219 in Bulawayo . |
| 29 | After that the Koreans took the lead again but just before half-time the battling Britons got level with a Cathy Johnson goal . |
| 30 | As the fear of raids increased , I became an ambulance driver , on duty mainly through the nights , while women drivers took the day shifts . |