Example sentences of "took [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That is when you will discover if all those decisions you took during the last three years were the right ones . |
| 2 | The leaf area/weight was as efficient in the sense that it took about the same time to detect comparable differences . |
| 3 | But it was the spirit of Henley , with huge crowds enjoying amateur sport , presented with administrative finesse , which Keller took as the yardstick for the international circuit . |
| 4 | The City took a dim view of what it regarded as the inordinate amount of time it took for the group to return a profit there . |
| 5 | But in the fraction of time it took for the dogs to renew their attack , Angel One 's combat-trained eye registered something vital . |
| 6 | He added that he was concerned about the time it took for the incident to be reported to the Inspectorate of Pollution and the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate . |
| 7 | ‘ Then the twenty-five ships from Denmark sailed over to Siward 's ships and took aboard the men from the wrecked ships , and greeted the ones on the three ships that were not damaged , and , led by the three ships , set sail across the mouth of the estuary . |
| 8 | On his knees he took off the slipper , slid the white high-heeled sandal on to her foot . |
| 9 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 10 | Slowly , he took off the jacket and folded it neatly into a rectangle which he placed on his knee . |
| 11 | I never took off the signet [ Leslie now wrote ] and never would admit to myself why I did n't . |
| 12 | Mystified , I took off the small velvet beret I was wearing and , miraculously , the vast hall was quiet , and I learned that the chant had been Cha-peau ! |
| 13 | Sounds said it , ‘ lacked that vital emotional jackboot , ’ Melody Maker had the sprawling 13-word judgement : ‘ Reasonable is the last thing I feel when I hear this shambling mess , ’ and even NME took off the gloves with : ‘ David Gedge 's approach is as suitable as yellow and red check boxer shorts : piss stained . ’ |
| 14 | The water was icy cold but she washed her arms up to the oxters , and then her face and her neck down to the top of the bodice ; after which she took off the rest of her underwear and got into a calico nightdress . |
| 15 | I took off the earrings and went to find a phone box . |
| 16 | He nodded at the reply he heard , took off the headset and gave it to me . |
| 17 | He took off the headset and stared at me with rage . |
| 18 | He took off the headset , shaking his head . |
| 19 | I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky . |
| 20 | She took off the wire that held the cork in position and put the bottle beside her , then she set to work . |
| 21 | He took off the phoney glasses and tweed hat and threw them to one side . |
| 22 | My father remembers the whirr and bite of the saw that took off the top of his skull . |
| 23 | She took off the voluminous apron Cook had lent her and went in search of her charge . |
| 24 | I found that my Winsor & Newton Art Masking Fluid took off the original wash when rubbed away , leaving white paper . |
| 25 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |
| 26 | Nash , a scrupulous and sensitive antiquarian , tells us what happened next : ‘ The body , I believe , is perfect , as it has never been opened : we thought it indelicate and indecent to uncover it ; but observing the left hand to lie at a small distance from the body , we took off the cerecloth , and found the hand and nails perfect , but of a brownish colour : the cerecloth consisted of many folds of coarse linen , dipped in wax , tar , and perhaps some gums : over this was wrapt a sheet of lead fitted exactly close to the body . ’ |
| 27 | Half an hour later he took off the dressing-gown and decided to go downstairs . |
| 28 | She took off the snazzy shades she had taken from the preacherman they 'd jump-rammed this morning , and passed them back to Andrew Jean . |
| 29 | When he took off the covers next morning he was shocked to find it was not a ‘ small tub worth £100 or so ’ but a sophisticated sailing vessel . |
| 30 | Two days later we took off the splint . |