Example sentences of "you took the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Who knew you took the floorboards up ? ’ |
| 2 | Once you have mastered touch legering you will always be grateful you took the time and trouble to learn , for you will meet situations where , because of this experience , you are the only person catching fish on certain days when the fish are not biting boldly enough to give a good visual indication . |
| 3 | It all seemed to me one more way of getting people to stop thinking for themselves — a highly convenient and complacent way of life — for if you took the advice offered and made a mess of things , then it could always be someone else 's fault . |
| 4 | You took the ferry at Dalmeny and then used the horses from the royal stables at Aberdour to journey to Kinghorn , and it was then you found the King 's body lying on the beach ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You took the saddle . |
| 6 | ‘ What pains me is that you took the opportunity when I was sick unto death to steal Prince Edward 's heart from me , ’ she said to Joan , having informed her of the plan . |
| 7 | But the fact that you took the trouble to ‘ phone is a point strongly in your favour … |
| 8 | Two , when I called Ed 's Helsinki apartment to tell him about Sandy you took the call , you were there again — in his apartment . |
| 9 | " How dare you just come in here and what do you mean , you took the money , how could you " Here he put his head into his hands and groaned . |
| 10 | At last Cedric Mellings sighed , opened his eyes and , having thought out his position , leaned forward , and without looking at Alice but keeping his eyes down , said , " Very well , you took the money , if you say so . |
| 11 | Great , you took the word out of her brain . |
| 12 | I 'm delighted Bishop you took the opportunity to so address us and it underlines our benefit in being able to have our delegates participate in our debates and discussions . |
| 13 | ‘ So you took the job and moved in ? ’ |
| 14 | historical buildings and you just worked with him and you took the exams on the side as it were . |
| 15 | If you took the ten away from the twenty how many would you have left ? |
| 16 | That 's why you took the boy away from me … sent him away to sea . ’ |
| 17 | " And I want you first tell me why you took the gibbon to the palace when you knew it was wrong . |
| 18 | If you took the work supervisors out |
| 19 | And then , of course , only on the day after you took the car to the car wash for the first time in months . |
| 20 | So because you took the number of X value away . |
| 21 | ‘ You took the Wheel to the site and set it up on the ramp ; was it left unattended at any time ? ’ |
| 22 | You took the job ? |
| 23 | You took the job did you |
| 24 | You took the collar , sold the jewels from it and buried the remains at the foot of a scaffold . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You took the dog out , remember . |
| 26 | You took the job with him simply to clear up a mystery . |
| 27 | Which is more than you ever were with me — until , of course , that last day at the office when you took the lid off and let it all boil over — all the things that had been bugging you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You took the message before I left the building ? ’ |
| 29 | PAUSE I thought I knew at last who you were , why you liked me at school , why you took the trouble to read those poems I 'd written . |
| 30 | And was it off this one central chamber that you took the tank chambers round ? |