Example sentences of "took out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took out the biggest picture of all , the one that showed a distraught Harriet Shakespeare supported by another woman . |
| 2 | He took out the torn fragment with ‘ BORVEL NEM AKT printed on it and showed it to Vic . |
| 3 | At the Gloucester Forest Eyre of 1282 two of the verderers were convicted of falsifying their rolls of presentments ‘ in that they took out the names of the living , and put in the names of the dead ’ . |
| 4 | and the kid had a fright when he took out the kite |
| 5 | He leapt and took out the window to the President 's bedroom with his left shoulder . |
| 6 | Opening the saddlebag , he took out the photograph . |
| 7 | The Lyle family took out the lease in 1920 and spent their own money on the restoration of Barrington Court and the creation of the Gertrude Jekyll-inspired gardens , which are only partly on Trust owned land . |
| 8 | Then he opened the cage , took out the part ( which now looked slightly different ) and dropped it into another bin . |
| 9 | Maud took out the pillow , untucked the counterpane , folded away three fine woollen blankets and a crocheted shawl , and then lifted out one feather mattress and another , and a straw palliasse . |
| 10 | Orwell has left us with a graphic description of a typical reader , the elderly lady who always took out the same books , year-in year-out — a thing not possible incidentally in today 's rapid-turnover public libraries — with the word , ‘ I do love a drop of Dell ! ’ referring to the popular writer Ethel M. Dell . |
| 11 | We took out the 1-iron on the tee . |
| 12 | He took out the photograph which he always carried with him and compared it to the woman he had just seen . |
| 13 | He took out the letter and tossed it on the counter . |
| 14 | Thiercelin took out the picture again . |
| 15 | Almost reluctantly , Yanto took out the small cudgel designed for the task and struck the fish sharply on the back of its shining head |
| 16 | He opened the safe door and took out the fish as though it were stuffed with rubies . |
| 17 | ‘ Hello Son , ’ said Bert fondly , as he took out the inevitable packet of Woodbines and offered one to Yanto . |
| 18 | I went round another corner and took out the map to find out where I was , but it did n't help . |
| 19 | Took out the map , found it must be the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Avon Gorge . |
| 20 | She levered herself away from the door , crossed to the heavy old sideboard and took out the bottle of whisky and a glass . |
| 21 | Neither will they cover , what they call a ‘ pre-condition ’ , that is , some illness or disability that existed before you took out the policy . |
| 22 | We took out the Magellan global navigation system , borrowed ADF radio , life-raft and vests and packed our bags . |
| 23 | Nicholas dropped to sit on a block , and picked up a stone , and took out the knife he had been given back . |
| 24 | Delaney took out the remainder of his plastic explosives . |
| 25 | Delaney took out the nearest , then rolled away and sought new cover . |
| 26 | But I was stunned when they took out the curlers — it looked even worse ! ’ |
| 27 | So I brought it to Gary Brawer , the San Francisco luthier who does a lot of my setup work and he filled it up — took out the springs and the bar and filled it all up with ash and we put in a regular DiMarzio stop tailpiece , with through-the-body strings . |
| 28 | Don had been experimenting for years before he took out the patent in 1970 and significantly stated that ‘ The difference in camber and relative incidence on the central fore and aft sections serves to stabilise the kite in pitch ’ . |
| 29 | He placed it on the table and took out the contents . |
| 30 | He put it back in the bag and took out the towel , soap and toothbrush . |