Example sentences of "they took [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they took a whirl at the minister , he would have a fine sight of the fun . |
| 2 | They took a vow like those of the Middle Ages where someone swore to go on crusade if his wife 's life was saved . |
| 3 | And they took a long time making it . |
| 4 | And they took a long time serving it . |
| 5 | This also meant that at the opposite pole of this evolutionary sequence there had existed a stage which was the exact opposite , a stage when men or women paired freely with whoever they took a fancy to , irrespective of any rules or regulations . |
| 6 | They took a pace or two and then , suddenly , Karl turned back and spat a couple of words . |
| 7 | In 1969 they took a hard line . |
| 8 | They took a crate of beer back to his flat in his mother 's home . |
| 9 | They took a tiny , cramped lift to the top floor of the building and were admitted by Hawick , who was wearing an expensive blue-green sweater , and slacks , the clothes sitting easily on his long , slim frame , the dark hair beautifully cut , a little too long , flopping on his forehead . |
| 10 | In its Brady deal they took a dim view of a proposal to encash the country 's paper at just 45% of its face value , which attracted a mere 7% of the total debt tendered . |
| 11 | You see , when they took a century 's dust and dirt off those walls , they completely changed the acoustics , swapping grubby absorbency for beautiful , bright marble which bounced the sound all over the place . |
| 12 | Yes , said Surkov , they took a great interest in my work ; and Rozanov nodded . |
| 13 | COLCHESTER confirmed their position as favourites to win the Vauxhall FA Trophy when they took a 3–0 lead in the first leg of their semi-final with Conference rivals Macclesfield , at Layer Road on Saturday , writes Peter Ernest . |
| 14 | The Services continued to run at the opposition and after Fenn was hauled down just short they took a half-time lead when quick hands gave Crossland sufficient room to veer inside at pace and score beneath the posts . |
| 15 | I was standing outside laughing , and they took a picture of me standing there laughing . |
| 16 | They took a passage to the left , opening each door in turn and flicking on the interior light-switches for each room . |
| 17 | They took a double blanket … rolled him in it like you roll a papoose on a cradle board … put where there were mules , not in soldier tent . ’ |
| 18 | Those critics of the police who argue that they took a partisan position can at least point to legal authority that would have justified a different approach . |
| 19 | Inland Revenue employees discovered this when they took a claim — that the Revenue 's requirement that they transfer from manual methods to using a computerised system was in breach of contract — to the High Court . |
| 20 | They took a prominent part in the repulse of the Austrian attack in this sector in June 1918 , and countered this attack by raids on Austrian positions , in which they took several hundred prisoners . |
| 21 | Bere Forest also had a tough match against Meridian B and , once again , they found themselves a goal down at half time but they took a 2–1 lead in the second half before Meridian B equalized to take the game into extra time . |
| 22 | Sitting at breakfast on the verandah of Bombay 's Sun'n'Sand hotel , some while after reading Philip Callahan 's Tuning in to Nature , I found myself quietly observing a highway of tiny , high speed ants as they took a specific path to and from their nest under the edge of the patio , gathering up enticing goodies from further down the flowerbed . |
| 23 | They took a left turn and picked up speed . |
| 24 | Maybe if they took a chance and played a song that was over three minutes long , the audience 's attention span would grow . ’ |
| 25 | They took a section of American culture , the R&B thing , and added something English to it . |
| 26 | They took a number of other unrelated objects , and finally they took both Mr and Mrs T in separate police cars , driving them very fast over the adjoining islands where the sea lapped the famous barriers , to the mainland . |
| 27 | They took a long time to settle , missing more than they realised the wise , old heads of Ackford , Teague and even Richards . |
| 28 | They took a holiday together and their employers , Brocks Explosives , fired them both . |
| 29 | The friends laughed and squealed with delight as they took a short boat trip to see the crocodiles and hippos that live on the lake . |
| 30 | The US factories had evolved into organisations that set out tightly circumscribed jobs , fixed procedures , absolutely nothing in terms of flexible working , multi-skilling , employee responsiveness — any of those sorts of things — and they took a look at Japanese cost patterns and thought that American industry was just going down the plug . ’ |