Example sentences of "they took [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They took four or five hours each . |
| 2 | They seemed to work extremely quickly using graining combs , brushes , even feathers to produce finishes in which they took great pride . |
| 3 | They took great care and were concentrating on a small area , trying hard not to tread on the bones . |
| 4 | No , I mean , today okay only one goal against Charlton , tremendous performance by Bolder , the post and the bar , but Oxford United do score goals and they took great chances to score goals erm it 's difficult today is n't it . |
| 5 | They took various steps at the beginning of the century to invigorate trade in the town , including the construction of a new town hall . |
| 6 | 7 minutes later , they took overall control . |
| 7 | In one hit-and-run case , one of the jurors had the effrontery to challenge the coroner 's authority , stating that he was a cyclist himself and that pedestrians were often at fault because they took insufficient care . |
| 8 | They took that into account when building their third house , in a small development off a country lane on the Highgate side of Kenwood , but stuck to their usual system of Geoffrey working out the designs with a lot of input from Elaine . |
| 9 | But what white kids did when they took that form of music was to quote white literature which is head stuff , and nothing to do with what 's under your balls . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , they took that . |
| 11 | Er , and eventually they took that tune from a melody from a Haydn 's string quartet . |
| 12 | But what the hell did they took that ? |
| 13 | They took that first thing before they went upstairs to wake her up and and she did n't know who it was , well she looked up and well it just took her breath away and then she tried to wake her husband up , cos she did n't like that , when he got up , he chased them . |
| 14 | yes because they , they fo forgot to take out the money which they could have , which erm , which would of come from privatization , which they had no intention of doing so they took that out . |
| 15 | yeah but on the other hand Geoff if they took that attitude with everybody , nobody would |
| 16 | I did n't think they took that many |
| 17 | No that was er that 's a picture of er 's erm er I think before they took that off they 've taken that off have n't they now ? |
| 18 | er perhaps if they took that off and subsidised the buses then er it would be a little happier for people travelling to Bicester . |
| 19 | When the Quins arrived at Sudbury at midday they took one look at the pitch and declined to play . |
| 20 | They took one look at the group of adamant women and ordered the publican to complete the round . |
| 21 | They took one last look at the newly laid keel and walked back along East Street together , Harry and Ann arm in arm , but Sam and Martha holding hands , because they were still like lovebirds together and did n't mind the world knowing it . |
| 22 | They took one look at him and scampered over the fence as quickly as rats over the timbers of a sinking ship . |
| 23 | They took each other 's clothes off more slowly this time , and examined each other 's bodies in more detail . |
| 24 | When industrial interest groups failed to get help , they took political action against the military . |
| 25 | They took two each . |
| 26 | ‘ They took two of the children and my mother was one of them . |
| 27 | The army commanders demanded clothing , provisions , horses and other items from the city and to ensure that their demands were met they took two of the city 's Magistrates as hostages . |
| 28 | They took two lorry-loads of ponies including Fantasma . |
| 29 | They took two more curtains and then he bawled : ‘ Houselights ! |
| 30 | She lived in a big house in what they called the stockbroker belt , she had healthy and good-looking children , they took two holidays every year . |