Example sentences of "took out a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat with my head in my hands for a while , then I went over to my desk and took out a small framed photograph of Anne and myself which I always hid before she arrived . |
| 2 | She pulled out a file from a drawer in her desk , took out a fresh form and began to fill it in . |
| 3 | She tiptoed past them to the chest of drawers , took out a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt and slipped back downstairs to the kitchen . |
| 4 | Mr Palumbo took out a private prosecution on his behalf and that of other residents after the sewage killed animals , fish and plants . |
| 5 | Mr Marsh was so incensed by the attempted prosecution that he took out a summons to obtain his costs , and yesterday at a brief hearing in the High Court the Attorney General agreed to pay his costs and not to take any further action on the matter . |
| 6 | The old Frenchman motioned for them to sit down and continue with their meal as he opened a cupboard and took out a bottle and two glasses . |
| 7 | Moran walked across to the curtained press where he kept medicines and took out a glass and a full bottle of Redbreast . |
| 8 | He led them down a small corridor , paused by a door , took out a huge bunch of keys , slowly , and deliberately , unlocked the door , and then , with a dramatic , indeed melodramatic , flourish , flung it open . |
| 9 | She fished in her brief-case and , to Erika 's amazement took out a packet of cigarettes . |
| 10 | ‘ He suggested it could have died another way , ’ Small recalls , ‘ so I took out a knife , skinned it on his desk , and showed him where the fox 's teeth had punctured the flesh . ’ |
| 11 | Small took out a knife and skinned the lambs : bone and sinew were mangled behind their necks , and there was much blood , showing that the lambs had been killed by foxes , rather than taken as carrion by crows . |
| 12 | They took out a mortgage without telling the older couple . |
| 13 | In 1670 William Gauntlett took out a patent of arms at the Herald 's College and in 1687 made the manor a little larger . |
| 14 | She took out a handkerchief and mopped her eyes . |
| 15 | Most borrowers did not anticipate this ; indeed , a 1989 survey by the Office of Fair Trading shows that only 37% of borrowers gave any thought at all to the likely future movement of interest rates when they took out a loan . |
| 16 | The previous day Bull took out a newspaper advertisement promising to do better in future . |
| 17 | He bent down to his briefcase which he 'd left on the floor , took out a folder , turned back the pages , and handed it to her . |
| 18 | Suddenly she came alive and her hazel eyes lit up as she took out a large album from a walnut bureau . |
| 19 | She propped her handbag in her lap , took out a small mirror and carefully smoothed the swept-up sides of her hair . |
| 20 | He waited for his face to steady , then took out a handkerchief and fiercely blew his nose . |
| 21 | He took out a licence to train in 1976 and is based at Saxon Lodge Stables in Upper Lambourn . |
| 22 | Pipe has achieved ever-increasing tallies in each of the 14 years since he took out a licence . |
| 23 | He pointed to the horse and cart behind the ticket hut and took out a large gold watch from one of his pockets . |
| 24 | Taft took out a packet of Camel cigarettes . |
| 25 | Catherine opened her purse and took out a coin . |
| 26 | She opened the desk and took out a powder compact and lightly touched her reddened lids . |
| 27 | He walked into the brightly-lit kitchen , opened the fridge , took out a bottle of pure water and opened it . |
| 28 | The guard was talking to Evans as Morgan glared at the screen , then took out a cigar and clamped his teeth on it . |
| 29 | He took out a handkerchief and mopped the slight perspiration from his face . |
| 30 | He took out a pen and added , at the bottom : |