Example sentences of "[art] [noun] took a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1355 Edward III appointed the Black Prince his Lieutenant in Aquitaine , and the prince took a small force there in the autumn of that year . |
| 2 | The fast disappearing figures of the two girls waved back then disappeared as the bike took a left hand bend . |
| 3 | The pastry took a terrible pounding at times , and Bessie kneaded the dough with a vengeance as she talked of Kate Kerrigan , one of her sworn enemies . |
| 4 | And this week the case took a dramatic twist with the high-seas arrest of Roderick , the dead couple 's 26-year-old son . |
| 5 | In Williams v Singer ( 1920 ) 7 TC 387 , the courts took a pragmatic approach to a particular trust and held that if income arises to trustees of a life interest trust but it is paid direct to the beneficiary ( so it never actually comes into the trustees ' hands ) then the trustees are not liable to tax on the money . |
| 6 | The clerk took a deep breath and hid his smile . |
| 7 | The electorate took a dim view of this practice when the government used it to get the consumption tax through in December . |
| 8 | On Jan. 30 the violence took a new turn with a report of a direct confrontation between Albanians and Serbs in the village of Kosovska Vitina . |
| 9 | THE POUND took a new battering yesterday . |
| 10 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 11 | NEW ZEALAND off-spinner Dipak Patel captured a Test best 6–113 as the Kiwis took a first-innings lead of 106 over Zimbabwe , bowled out for 219 in Bulawayo . |
| 12 | All the craftsmen took a real pride in their work , receiving only one shilling and threepence an hour but still realising how much better off they were than previous generations . |
| 13 | The horseman took a great pride in his horses , as we have seen ; and when he turned out on the highway he was careful to see they were braided up , the brasses highly polished , and the bounces — the ‘ lovely coloured worsted ’ , as one horseman called them — properly displayed . |
| 14 | It has been suggested that the Masons took a terrible revenge for the revelations of The Magic Flute and brought about Mozart 's death ; but Schikaneder , who was equally guilty , escaped unscathed . |
| 15 | DESPERATE Chancellor Norman Lamont 's hopes that shoppers will spend their way out of the slump took a triple bashing yesterday . |
| 16 | The judge took a dim view of all this and told Howard , ‘ You are a man who drinks vast quantities every night . |
| 17 | Then the act took a new turn . |
| 18 | ‘ The lad took a savage beatin' . |
| 19 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 20 | In this scenario , the Diet took a subordinate role only until the socialist and communist parties accepted the system of liberal democracy and spent less time arguing for an alternative . |
| 21 | The Duke took a great deal of interest in matters culinary , and spent 15 minutes deep in conversation with Gareth , who has not yet revealed what was discussed . |
| 22 | Having cleaned up at Lingfield , the Muddles took a circuitous route to Southwell to follow their dream of building a new super track . |
| 23 | However the assignment took a little bit longer than it er than if he 'd been on the other product range . |
| 24 | The other took a gloomy view of the situation . |
| 25 | The FA took a unique decision here , declaring that clubs would be elected alphabetically to the five divisions . |
| 26 | However , the Commission took a practical view of the effect of such restrictions in assessing their compatibility with the competition rules . |
| 27 | Dame Jocelyn said she believed the corporation took a national perspective of what people wanted but admitted : ‘ A couple of times , yes , we have overstepped the mark . ’ |
| 28 | The affair took a sinister turn four months after the investigation began when a young American banker , due to appear in court on fraud charges connected with offshore banking transactions , died in mysterious circumstances . |
| 29 | The Chief Inspector put flame to his pipe once more and under cover of the smokescreen took a thin file out of the desk . |
| 30 | In the UK , the Government took a long look at the spectrum before launching a fifth and sixth TV channel . |