Example sentences of "we took the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We took the liberty of asking our friend Percy Hoskins to join us for dinner . |
| 2 | Whereas restorers in the past speculated on some of the missing elements and snapped in a few flowers here and there , we take the view that if it 's missing when we took the carving down then it will stay missing when we put it back up again . |
| 3 | The following week we took the Ritzy . |
| 4 | We took the opportunity to drive the outgoing model while we had the new one and were left in no doubt about which was the driver 's car . |
| 5 | We left the older ones to look after the farm and we took the horses . |
| 6 | ‘ We took the view in the press that hotel and leisure property prices were too high and therefore were cautious about investment . ’ |
| 7 | So we took the money for the two gigs and left them there . |
| 8 | The fact was that the board got it wrong and we took the blame . |
| 9 | The next Thursday , after still more work on pensions , we took the abolition of SERPS and its replacement by a compulsory occupational scheme to Cabinet . |
| 10 | Back in Penang we took the funicular car to the top of Penang Hill for some panoramic views over the water to the mainland . |
| 11 | We took the Ring to the Metropolitan Opera in New York , which was a partial success . |
| 12 | ‘ Together with some other clients we took the owner to court but he escaped to Spain . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We took the axe to the cold rock face of socialism and we hewed out the secret for which generations had searched in vain — private wealth and public welfare growing together . ’ |
| 14 | Some days , when we just wanted to soak up the sun , we took the free mini-bus down to Paguera 's lovely , sandy beach . |
| 15 | We took the keys to the house with us — we lost them here in Rashidiyeh . ’ |
| 16 | We took the road back into the tumbledown town of Gros Islet , and finished amid the tumult of the jouvert outside Scotty 's . |
| 17 | This area became our most precious place ; where we took the children to teach them how to fish ; to watch black , and red-throated divers , golden eagle , golden plover , greenshank and dunlin ; where we could walk endless miles with only the sky and the wind for company . |
| 18 | We did not make a direct trip for we took the train to London , then I made my first underground journey to Finsbury Park , the most northerly point on the tube at that time . |
| 19 | We took the opportunity to perform a postmortem on one of them , a 5 ½ m male . |
| 20 | So we took the roof off but then it rained very hard so the walls fell down . |
| 21 | From Extel Financial 's MicroEXSTAT database we took the £100 million-plus companies which increased their capital base most last year : allegedly , six huge optimists and four dire pessimists . |
| 22 | If we took the HIDB as an example of an institution whose remit is to promote the dominant ( i.e. governmental ) ideology then it is likely that it will promote economic development and growth policy rather than traditional ideas or social development . |
| 23 | We took the left-hand cut , which runs into the Thames at an angle . |
| 24 | It was usual for us to call when we took the horses over to Mickleton to be shod . |
| 25 | Before we went to bed we took the calf down to the stable to its mother . |
| 26 | Supposing that we took the route to legalisation of cannabis , what larger scale social and economic issues may arise ? |
| 27 | Beautiful white , pastel pink and blue houses nestle in the cliffs and we took the funicular railway down the cliff side to the pretty harbour at Skala for a closer view and a donkey ride back up through the twisting mountain road . |
| 28 | When we took the prints of all the residents , she realised she 'd have to say something . ’ |
| 29 | We took the People and the Sunday Post , neither of them a highbrow paper . |
| 30 | A record company spokesman said : ‘ The American public had voted for a younger Elvis to grace their postage stamps and we took the hint . ’ |