Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] take [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let the dress fall and took a shy step towards him . |
| 2 | It is time for certain philosophers to come and take a hard look at the data which we have collected before they dismiss our models and our philosophical assumptions so glibly . |
| 3 | In spite of running a home in the country , and being the mother of four splendid children , including twins , and running her Kanga dress business not only in Beauchamp Place , but worldwide , Dale Tryon finds time to work and take an active interest in this good cause , for which Lord Mottistone is the Chairman . |
| 4 | The important thing is to recognise that it is happening and take the relevant action . |
| 5 | So — ’ He stopped and took a deep breath . |
| 6 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 7 | Luce surfaced and took a deep breath . |
| 8 | My horse Paddy obviously did n't share my enthusiasm to explore and took a considerable amount of cajoling , digging , tapping and firm slapping before he would lift one hoof from the ground and get going . |
| 9 | Stop and take a good look at the main structure — the tiles , battens , rafters , purlins , beams , wall-plates , trusses , joints . |
| 10 | A few days later , Grace McNeil , who had just lost a much-loved Rough Collie and had been sent to us by her vet , came and took the young male , Robbie . |
| 11 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 12 | She gulped and took a deep breath before falling against Nathan 's chest . |
| 13 | He stirred and took a deep breath in his sleep . |
| 14 | The more entrenched feeding problems can be very difficult to treat and take a long time to show improvement . |
| 15 | Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up . |
| 16 | The argument he used was still being used in the time from which I came , give or take a little rodomontade . |
| 17 | The time taken to complete one revolution of the Earth is decreasing over aeons of time but at the moment it is , give or take the odd second , 24 hours ; this defines the solar day . |
| 18 | The idea has got about during the past three weeks that there is really not much difference between the parties , give or take the odd howl of anguish from the higher-tax-paying classes . |
| 19 | Cells in bottle-wrack will be more genetically uniform within plants t–an cells in splurge-weed ( give or take an occasional reverse-mutation ) . |
| 20 | Jill grinned and took a deep breath . |
| 21 | Of the other Iberian kingdoms , Léon was not subject to Rome , but the marriage of Alfonso IX of Léon to a daughter of Sancho I of Portugal threatened the security of the king of Castile , who obliged Alfonso to separate and to take a Castilian princess , Berengaria , instead . |
| 22 | Robyn swallowed and took a hasty pace backwards , struggling desperately against the compelling strength of his gaze , the overwhelming male sexuality that exuded from him . |
| 23 | ‘ The name he used — ’ she swallowed and took a hasty breath , aware of his taut features , the sudden stillness of his body ‘ — Because I believe there already was another actor somewhere on the Equity list with the surname Drew . ’ |
| 24 | Robyn swallowed and took a deep breath , trying to compose herself so that when he returned she could say that it was all right , she felt fine now . |
| 25 | Then she went and took a quick shower . |
| 26 | I kept wanting to relax and take a good look at the garden but something is n't quite working . |
| 27 | Mandy hesitated and took a deep breath . |
| 28 | Maidstone paused and took a deep breath . |
| 29 | At the door he paused and took a small lamp from his pocket , then examined both the locks . |
| 30 | ‘ Come and take a good sniff of this day , ’ he said , pushing open the window . |