Example sentences of "took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as he frequently did , he took a moral line , based on what he saw as natural law , and said he would not blame , and might even assist , the victim 's relatives in such a case , should they wish to exact retribution and then hide . |
| 2 | After months of injury frustration , he took a definite up-swing on Tuesday by launching his season with the two-goal blast that wrecked Blackburn 's unbeaten run . |
| 3 | Born in India , brought up mainly in France and speaking both French and German perfectly , he thought seriously as a young man of entering Habsburg service and married an American , while his brother took a Russian wife , one of the Nelidov family which was prominent in tsarist diplomacy . |
| 4 | He took a slight step forward and , taking his friend 's chin in his hand , lifted his face so that Ludovico was forced to look up into his eyes . |
| 5 | She took a slight step forward and then stopped , her face turned towards the count . |
| 6 | One important objective of counselling was to improve communication within the family , which was achieved in the first session when the therapist took a supportive but firm approach and encouraged the patient to talk to her parents then . |
| 7 | Well Mr took a terrific swipe at us and I think I could n't possibly enter into the detail of controversy involved there . |
| 8 | He took a pristine white handkerchief out of his pocket and rubbed at the faint hand-print Kenneth had left on the glass partition as he said , ‘ These passivation glasses are of much use in the semi-conductor industry , and we have high hopes that with the burgeoning of the Scottish computer industry Silicon Glen as it is sometimes jocularly called — we shall shortly be supplying … ’ |
| 9 | In fact it took a revolutionary medical technique for Ian to be able to play again , but only for the Palace Reserves , for the first team were , at that time at least , more than holding their own in Division One . |
| 10 | It was not only the student movement that suffered in this way ; the black movement in the US , especially when it took a revolutionary form in the Black Panther Party , was violently suppressed , and in Latin America democratic and radical movements were destroyed , and military dictatorships were installed , often with American help , as in Chile . |
| 11 | An inquest has been told how an elderley man died from the treatment he was taking for his athletes foot.John Ellis took a revolutionary new drug for his condition , after years of suffering.But within a couple of months , he died from liver failure.But the makers of the drug say it 's safe for most people , and it wo n't be withdrawn.Chris Moore reports . |
| 12 | And then we took a remote truck down to Carl 's house and did a few things in his den . |
| 13 | She took a covert glance at his watch and discovered that , amazingly , it was nearly midnight . |
| 14 | In the Commonwealth , Callaghan ( previously a supporter of arms sales ) took a firm line in promoting a ban on sporting and other contacts with South Africa , and enforced the so-called Gleneagles Agreement with other Commonwealth countries , amongst whom the Conservative Prime Minister of Australia , Malcolm Fraser , proved an unexpectedly vigorous opponent of apartheid . |
| 15 | But there is no unequivocal statement as to why or how his life took a firm direction at this time . |
| 16 | The film took a firm course through its vast subject , avoiding the rocks of donnish rancour . |
| 17 | THE TOP three finishers in the First Division took a firm step towards the Carlsberg play-offs at Wembley Arena in May with comfortable away wins in the first round of the best-of-three quarter-final series . |
| 18 | To forestall his next movement ( such as his taking her in his arms ) Franca moved rapidly round the table , took a firm hold of his shoulder , and , as he instinctively lowered his head , kissed his hot blushing cheek . |
| 19 | The wee lad put his hand on my haunch , then he slid it round and took a firm grip of my trousers . |
| 20 | While Brian Robson , Steve McMahon , and in the second half Peter Reid , tried to kick anyone around them , Ince took a firm grip on the game . |
| 21 | She took a firm grip on Rupert 's long golden tresses with her giant hand and then , by raising her muscular right arm , she lifted the helpless boy clean out of his chair and held him aloft . |
| 22 | All the published sermons preached at St Paul 's Cross in London from 1570 onwards took a firm Calvinist line on predestination , and the theology faculties at the universities dispensed doctrinal Calvinism to those training for the ministry ; meanwhile the laity were provided with the Genevan Bible in 1560 and a Calvinist catechism in 1563 . |
| 23 | took a firm editorial line : for the sake of liberal democracy , economic recovery and the rolling back of union power … |
| 24 | On the mid-August weekend , when the Olympic match took place , Hirst and Rhodes took seven wickets between them at Taunton as Yorkshire took a firm grip on their match with Somerset . |
| 25 | My mother took a firm line on smoking in bedrooms . |
| 26 | Out in level-par ( 36 ) Higgins was then only one up , but took a firm grip on the match after her Downpatrick rival failed with a tantalising two-footer on the eleventh green . |
| 27 | Inserting his left hand , Grant took a firm grip and heaved upwards . |
| 28 | The government of Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar in India maintained the previous low-profile response , with an expression of " deep sadness " on Jan. 17 coupled with calls for Iraq to begin an immediate withdrawal ; only the Communist Party ( Marxist ) took a firm line in denouncing " unjustified " US aggression , while still calling for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait . |
| 29 | Releasing her shoulders , he took a firm grip on her arm and began steering her towards the steps down to the lawn . |
| 30 | Last season 's Nat West Trophy finalists took a firm grip on their Benson and Hedges semi-final by reducing Lancashire to 119 for three from 39 overs at lunch . |