Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [pron] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He showed a particular liking for Richard who took full advantage of the situation , though it caused Edward some uneasiness . |
| 2 | His 69 Test wickets cost 38.72 each , and against England he took 28 wickets at 43 — expensive , but good enough to put him high on the list of all-rounders . |
| 3 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 4 | There was a large contingent of buyers from Eire who took 32 rams in total . |
| 5 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 6 | I caught all through and finished with 7 lb 4oz but that was no match for Paul who took 9 lb 12 oz to the scales . |
| 7 | At Milan he took high-speed films while his animals ran along the force plates . |
| 8 | just missing out on a win was local powerboater Steve Kerton … in the French round of the world formula one championships at Chalon he took second place but is still chasing hard for the crown … which he 's never won … |
| 9 | It is illustrated by Rowlandson who takes evident delight in depicting the encounter of the gentry with peasant life ( Fig. 26 ) . |