Example sentences of "took out [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Fellow debt counsellor Noel Adair said the increase in debt to banks was mainly due to people who took out personal loans while they were in full employment and later lost their jobs and were unable to meet repayments .
2 He yanked open the bathroom cabinet and took out antiseptic and fresh dressings .
3 He took out fresh underwear and fresh socks .
4 According to the People newspaper , Roy Heaney took out local advertising to promote his new shop , Crown Bookmakers .
5 They took out large orders of tea and coffee on cardboard trays , and after wondering for a while if they were anything to do with the film business Lucy finally decided that every last one of them was probably either a builder or a shopfitter .
6 AN IDEA for transmitting signals through the mains wiring has been traced back to 1897 , when Joseph Routin and C. E. L. Brown of Zurich , Switzerland , took out British Patent number 24833 .
7 She took out little leather boxes and opened them one by one .
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