Example sentences of "took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beards were tested on a recent NASA space mission , where astronauts took ten-hour shifts putting the beards through their paces in a number of varied situations . |
| 2 | The hon. Member for Thurrock asked whether I did not know that if one took economic resources from one area and instilled them into others that was merely a way of upsetting the ordinary economic mechanism and that it did not result in any advances . |
| 3 | Adult logic took strange forms . |
| 4 | When industrial interest groups failed to get help , they took political action against the military . |
| 5 | Probably very little , for we have already seen that Anthony Tissington took Tilberthwaite mining rights in 1759 . |
| 6 | He took care of him and the Greek verb means that he literally took total charge of his case , in other words he probably stayed up all night nursing him , and so he made the inn into temporarily a nursing home and we 're back into another area of the Board 's concerns . |
| 7 | By 1973 this measure was considered inadequate and the government took total control of the mining companies . |
| 8 | But Davies restored the Cambridge situation with a 62nd-minute penalty and the Light Blues took total control with a wonderful try inspired by Peters . |
| 9 | The LTTE effectively took total control of the north when the Indian Peace Keeping Force ( IPKF ) pulled out in March 1990 . |
| 10 | But Parks also took memorable portraits for Harpers Bazaar of subjects such as the surrealist patron Edward James , and of Noël Coward , who had some words of advice for the young photographer . |
| 11 | They took prompt action to prevent further distribution . |
| 12 | They too took prompt action . |
| 13 | It was fair to say that , as soon as the company realized what was happening , it took prompt steps to certify the situation . |
| 14 | She took Bible-reading classes among her nurses , and tried to lead sinners to repentance , and Florence Nightingale was afraid this might damage the reputation of workhouse nursing . |
| 15 | There he delegated elementary instruction to an assistant , while he took advanced students , following the example of Jesus ( Mark 4 : 34 ) . |
| 16 | It took professional journals like Building News and foreign observers like Muthesius to recognize Nonconformity 's achievements . |
| 17 | There is an ancient monument at Karnak in Egypt which carries the most detailed and probably most extensive example of the ‘ unkindest cut of all ’ , when King Menephta took awful revenge on a Libyan army he defeated around 1300 BC . |
| 18 | Similarly , in Leningrad the CPSU committee took sole control of the daily Leningradskaya Pravda and the weekly Leningradsky Rabochy , albeit handing over to the city soviet the daily Vecherny Leningrad . |
| 19 | Several fellow players asked her to take them for a ride as pillion passengers but that treat seemed to be reserved for members of her regular entourage , though I suppose it could be argued she took Steffi Graf for a ride in the semi-finals . |
| 20 | They also took private papers relating to the large South Ronaldsay family Mr and Mrs T had been trying to help , and a library book written by a social worker on sexual abuse . |
| 21 | One commonly heard complaint from relatives is that ‘ I was told she was too disturbed for the council day centre as they could n't stop her from wandering out ’ , yet ‘ The doctor at the day hospital said they only took short-term cases , people who could get better and move on . ’ |
| 22 | The station was first created in 1960 when community leaders took specific steps to try and improve the quality of life in the community . |
| 23 | However , in spite of expert advice the new melon seedlings at Selborne did not flourish and so on 23 June 1750 , as his Kalendar recalls , Gilbert White called on Miller at Chelsea and took due note of the correct procedure . |
| 24 | The gentleman took due note of it in a single glance , decided that nothing was to be gained by ill temper , and , reassembling his smile , he turned it upon her full-force . |
| 25 | I took strong objection to this , pointing out that I had not volunteered for membership , or invited membership , but had been asked to join by the Secretary of State . |
| 26 | After this , the school itself took complete responsibility for sex education and , as was mooted in public debate in the late 1980s , they operated a system of ‘ opting in ’ rather than ‘ opting out ’ by which parents were asked whether they wished their children to participate . |
| 27 | However , the Scots launched a spirited recovery in the second half against a very powerful side made up of former and future Wallaby internationals and , especially after David Sole came on as a replacement prop , they took complete control of the match , running in four excellent tries in an exciting 24–24 draw . |
| 28 | After the retirement of Isaac Thompson in 1858 and the death of William Hewitson in 1863 the Kitson family took complete control of the firm , and later James Kitson junior and the third son , John Hawthorn , who managed the Airedale foundry from 1863 , became partners with their father . |
| 29 | From there on , the cherry and whites took complete control and were 10 points up in the first 14 minutes . |
| 30 | Prop Dean Sampson scored first for the visitors after three minutes and they took complete command when centre Tony Smith struck twice to make it 18–0 . |