Example sentences of "[pron] take a [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To give the children a surprise on their next visit , I took a small toy lion from my plastic carrier bag and pressed it into a hole in the edge of the doorway . |
| 2 | Within a few months I took a small office space oh dear I ca n't remember . |
| 3 | We took a stand at the ABA Expo , as Rumpole would say , alone without a leader — in this instance the Law Society which took a discreet hospitality suite on the 38th Floor of the Hilton Hotel . |
| 4 | Ten British and French companies combined to form the Channel Tunnel Group ( subsequently Eurotunnel and TML ) which took a 50 year lease on the Channel Tunnel . |
| 5 | I passed the pack and she took a small gold lighter from her purse . |
| 6 | After a BSc Botany/Zoology degree at University College , Swansea , she took a part-time illustration course at Swansea Art College , went freelance and taught botanical illustration for a year or two , then did an MA in graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic . |
| 7 | She took a white lace handkerchief out of her bag and dabbed a corner of it carefully at the corner of her eyes before the make-up ran . |
| 8 | She took a thick manila envelope from her attaché case . |
| 9 | Among them are a portrait of the beauteous Dorelia with whom she took a passionate walking trip across France and who later lived in a ménage à trois with her brother and his wife . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's fine , ’ she said , but as soon as she took a few practice steps forward , the edges of the bale , on either side of the binding rope . |
| 11 | Then she took a little tin brooch from her pocket . |
| 12 | Yes in the F A Cup fourth round third replay between Leeds United and Arsenal at Elland Road , it was the visitors who took a two goal lead in the first half . |
| 13 | So if you took a six week period then you 're looking at somewhere around four and a half thousand pounds worth of income . |
| 14 | Now if you took a medical practice booklet they range from three hundred and ninety up to twelve hundred . |
| 15 | ‘ You took a wrong path years ago , but that does n't mean to say you ca n't change , if you want to . ’ |
| 16 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 17 | The voltage is usually 220v and we recommend you take a universal plug adapter for electrical appliances . |
| 18 | They are not actually all that difficult , as we 've been finding in the teaching that we 've been doing where indeed we have students who take a ten week course , sort of once a week , and by about week six they 're already beginning to do that , they 're beginning to work out their own problems erm puzzles and games and little language understanding programs and that 's commonplace , actually . |
| 19 | Study of the Hebrew language is strongly encouraged by the department but is compulsory only for those students who take a full honours course in our subject . |
| 20 | One takes a high level reservoir and if there is more electricity available than the demand requires , then some of that can be used to pump water up into the high level down . |
| 21 | Further north , near Cairns we take a spectacular railway trip through steep mountain scenery over all creaky bridges near rushing waterfalls to a shacksville for tourists set among lush rain forest . |
| 22 | And we take a long range view if you 're heading on the motorways this afternoon . |
| 23 | In some cases down to nil if we take a five year contract . |
| 24 | Okay I suggest we take a five minute break before we go on and just talk about regionalization and get a coffee or whatever . |
| 25 | We take a discrete time model where the individual lives for two periods , working in the first , using savings from the first to provide for retirement , and there are no bequests . |
| 26 | If we take a quick snapshot look at each of the main groups ( phyla ) we find in the aquarium , there are commonly representatives of the Coelenterates , principally corals , anemones and sea fans ; Crustacea in the form of crabs and shrimps ; starfish , sea cucumbers and sea urchins represented Echinodermata and various Molluscs such as cowries , sea slugs and clams . |
| 27 | They took a winding dirt alley that led through the back of the village between houses and outhouses . |
| 28 | BRITAIN 'S dressage riders made history today when they took a European Championship team silver medal in Lipica , Slovenia . |
| 29 | The friends laughed and squealed with delight as they took a short boat trip to see the crocodiles and hippos that live on the lake . |
| 30 | A spell of what Parrott described as ‘ the best snooker I 've played this season ’ enabled him to take a 6-2 interval lead which he then increased to 8-2 before Taylor showed his renowned tenacity by winning the next four frames . |