Example sentences of "took another [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Morgan took another biscuit and accepted another cup of tea . |
| 2 | She eyed the biscuit plate and the Clarion Cry simultaneously — surely he would not mind if she took another biscuit ? |
| 3 | Her imperial era was over , though it took another decade and two major anti-terrorist campaigns in Borneo and Aden to complete the transition . |
| 4 | He took another choux pastry to console himself . |
| 5 | Mr Patel took another swing at the un-canny Scot and hit the young police officer . |
| 6 | Trapped like a guilty thing between them , Frankie lowered his head and took another bite from his worm-cake . |
| 7 | He took another bite . |
| 8 | She took another bite of fruit . |
| 9 | She smiled modestly , and took another bite of chocolate biscuit . |
| 10 | He took another bite of his shortbread . |
| 11 | She lowered her eyes , took another couple of spoonfuls of her pudding , and then remembered . |
| 12 | I took another overdose , but I was too tired of living and too tired to die properly . |
| 13 | However , on the anniversary of her husband leaving home she drank heavily and took another overdose that night . |
| 14 | Biff nodded and took another pull . |
| 15 | Miss Jarman sniffed heavily , took another mouthful of port and when it had gone down said testily : ‘ We 've much to talk over y'know that . |
| 16 | Laidlaw took another mouthful of beer then got to his feet and walked to the stairs at the end of the room . |
| 17 | He stopped suddenly and took another mouthful of lamb . |
| 18 | Instead , he took another mouthful of red wine , inspecting the rich ruby liquid through lidded , thoughtful eyes before glancing up at her and inspecting her flushed face with lazy intensity . |
| 19 | She sat back in the large , embracing armchair and took another mouthful of the splendid Spanish omelette . |
| 20 | She felt the sting of treacherous tears , her enemy in these past few months , lurking , waiting to consume her , and she hastily took another mouthful from the bottle , biting her lips , slightly numb from cold and champagne , to stop the tears spilling down her cheeks and overwhelming her completely . |
| 21 | Guido swirled his drink and took another mouthful . |
| 22 | He took another mouthful from his glass . |
| 23 | It took another year before the group felt confident enough to organize its first semi-open event — a disco . |
| 24 | THE ALREADY long running battle between the Ffestiniog Railway and the Welsh Highland Railway ( 1964 ) Ltd. , took another twist this week . |
| 25 | Then in 1976 when the sterling bubble burst the constraint took another twist , with a falling exchange rate helping to boost the inflation rate and depress real wages . |
| 26 | Cornelius took another leap . |
| 27 | Then , as they headed north towards Paris , the weather took another turn for the worse . |
| 28 | GARY STEVENS ' injury torment took another turn for the worse yesterday when the Rangers full-back was ruled out for up to six weeks with a stress fracture of the knee . |
| 29 | Irene moved even closer as the conversation took another turn . |
| 30 | THE upheaval in the top management of Barclays , Britain 's biggest clearing bank , took another turn yesterday with the news that Peter Wood , finance director since 1991 , is leaving to join Standard Chartered , writes Magnus Grimond . |