Example sentences of "took a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hot favourite : through the 1980s the Great British Breakfast took a larger and larger share of total main meals served . |
| 2 | His other forte is in Believe-It-Or-Not items of Russian paranoia : ‘ just as Soviet railroad tracks are a wider gauge than foreign ones to prevent an invasion by train , Soviet VCR 's took a larger tape to prevent an influx of foreign pornography . ’ |
| 3 | Subsequent attempts to diversify the economy have foundered not only on corruption and inefficiency , though these have played a part , but because Zambia could not mobilize the funds for new investment , since the growing debt burden took a larger and larger share of the national cake . |
| 4 | In the event Labour received marginally more votes than the Tories , in an election in which the two parties took a larger share of the total votes than ever before , but because of the geography of electoral support in relation to constituency boundaries it was the Tories who gained the majority of seats in Parliament and formed the next government . |
| 5 | Every now and then the launch took a larger wave on her starboard bow and she would shy away like a frightened colt . |
| 6 | Then a few weeks after her husband died Mary took a large number of pills and tried to kill herself . |
| 7 | Its office in the middle of the Labour stronghold of Birmingham Ladywood , took a large volume of orders to buy shares from those celebrating a Tory victory . |
| 8 | Laura took a large plain loaf from the bread bin , and began slicing it . |
| 9 | ‘ Then you might like to know Tweed took a large sum of money with him . |
| 10 | Insurance , ferries , food and kit took a large slice , the rest went on fuel for the Land Rover 's seven thousand mile round trip . |
| 11 | He took a large , flat loaf from the bag , sliced it across its diameter , and handed a piece down to me . |
| 12 | When it was Sally 's turn she took a large breath . |
| 13 | He lifted the glass of pastis , and took a large swallow . |
| 14 | He took a large swallow of pastis , and looked at his watch pointedly . |
| 15 | She felt cold , although the central heating had been on all morning , and took a large brown woollen shawl out of a drawer and wrapped it round her as she sat in the beanbag and listened . |
| 16 | Tom , meanwhile , took a large parcel out of the cupboard and placed it in front of him . |
| 17 | Airtours has linked up with Pickfords and Owners last week took a large slice of German-owned Thomas Cook . |
| 18 | That the strength behaviour of whiskers is no different from that of much bigger crystals was confirmed by Dash who took a large ( 2 cm. ) crystal of silicon , which is normally quite a weak material , and polished it very carefully . |
| 19 | early orders did not materialise , but Intercontinent Corp took a large share in Harlow Aircraft and bought three PC-5s as overseas demonstrators . |
| 20 | From a cupboard , she took a large , brown , straw hat and a dark grey coat ; and after first pinning the hat on to her hair she shrugged herself into the coat . |
| 21 | She took a large and happy bite . |
| 22 | It was a highly successful chevauchée : Lancaster relieved Pont Audemer , captured Verneuil , took a large number of prisoners and carried off much booty . |
| 23 | Billy picked up his pint of ale and took a large draught . |
| 24 | And as if to brook no further argument , Madame Gautier took a large paper bag and emptied the entire contents of the cookie jar into it . |
| 25 | Flora took a large bite out of her third scone . |
| 26 | She took a large draw and held the smoke in her lungs for about ten seconds before letting it out . |
| 27 | Once he took a large bone from the table and stood it on the Queen 's plate . |
| 28 | From another box he took a large rose . |
| 29 | Colonel Windsor refilled it , and Tubby took a large swallow before gathering himself together to reply . |
| 30 | We all took a large piece of the treasure , and some used it sensibly , and some did not . |