Example sentences of "they took the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a quick tidy-up they took the next train back to the Gare de Lyon where Monique had only twenty minutes to wait . |
| 2 | To provide a polite reminder that the country was started by Englishmen they took the Queen to a hostel called Raffles Hall and Westin Stamfords , another hotel . |
| 3 | They took the fish to an unaffected stretch of canal 150 yards away and realising bigger fish were still distressed returned on Thurday to finish the job . |
| 4 | Asking both men and women how many times they took the driving test before getting through , the researchers found that men had a significantly higher success rate , with 57 per cent passing at the first attempt . |
| 5 | They took the lead when Steel headed in Hughes 's perfect cross as Spurs ' formation began to look as ragged as a returning Battle of Britain squadron . |
| 6 | ‘ I think it was incredible that they took the line that they did by seeking to say it was the Prime Minister who should apologise and not the Daily Mirror . ’ |
| 7 | WHEN delegates of the Whitbread Merit Table clubs took time off from their deliberations over leagues last week to enjoy a day out at the University Match , they took the opportunity to complain to Cardiff about the legions of players who have made the journey to the Arms Park in recent months . |
| 8 | They took the honours yesterday for the most attractive play despite the loss of their captain Katie Dodd with the recurrence of a long-standing muscle injury . |
| 9 | They took the land as coparceners . |
| 10 | That slaughter , when it comes , is reported in the baldest possible terms : ‘ … the people went up into the city , every man straight before him , and they took the city . |
| 11 | They took the road past Mr Zamoyski 's shop and pulled up by the bowling green . |
| 12 | In many forests they took the lop and top , and in some cases the stump , of all trees given by the king from the woods in their bailiwicks , or taken there for his use . |
| 13 | It was little more than Rangers deserved when they took the lead 10 minutes later when the impressive Sinton played a delightful one-two with Holloway before scoring with a rasping drive . |
| 14 | The reason for the difference seemed to be that the DHSS paid for nursing home treatment in a number of instances : ‘ They took the pension and attendance allowance and the DHSS paid the rest . ’ |
| 15 | In 1909 they took the par as 84 , and agreed that in mixed foursomes , when short of a male partner , ladies could ‘ play with other ladies ! ’ |
| 16 | Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . |
| 17 | And in the Stop Hinkley Centre , Jill Sutcliffe , an experienced campaigner who had seen Luxulyan from the gantry head , was ready to encourage and advise the uncertain before they took the stage in front of the cold , piercing gazes of the lawyers and the Inspector . |
| 18 | They took the form of both the grandmother and father doubting the decision and persuading her to change her mind ; and from medical advisors and social workers seeking to persuade her to keep the child . |
| 19 | They took the oath , for the most part , in order to be able to pursue their chosen careers in the armed forces . |
| 20 | I was kept hangin' about , while they took the poor sod away . |
| 21 | In 1990 they took the opportunity to rebuild them as well as allocating extra money to services such as education in the wake of legislative changes . |
| 22 | Ryan had come along just a few weeks after they took the braces off her teeth and the tits started to look like something ; in those few weeks Jo had had more attention from boys than she could handle . |
| 23 | But more often they took the little leafy lane which led from Thrush Green to Upper Pleshy , Nod and Nidden , the lane that threaded half a dozen or more sleepy thatched villages , like hoary old beads upon its winding string , before it emerged upon the broad highway which led to Stratford-upon-Avon . |
| 24 | When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive . |
| 25 | You remember she had the apartment where Sean and Michael stayed before they took the house at — ‘ |
| 26 | They took the form of in-depth discussions not only of environmental scanning itself ; but also of the analysis and interpretation of the retrieved information , and its use in strategic decision making . |
| 27 | For example , the researchers set up the apparatus hours and even days before they took the final readings . |
| 28 | So they took the house apart , stone by stone , and rebuilt it twenty yards further south on a piece of land recommended by the god . |
| 29 | One after the other , on the run , and without hesitation , they took the fatal one step into the night . |
| 30 | They took the nearest passage in the same direction , snapping off the torches and moving by touch alone , eyes straining in the swirling gas , tensed for the figures that could be the fleeing enemy — or Lawton and Silk falling back . |