Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb past] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mechanically he had taken each drink offered without thinking , for the simple reason that he had spent the entire journey staring out of the cabin window into the infinity of space . |
| 2 | Slowly she imagined taking one step after another until she reported that she could physically go no further because the slope of the ceiling was so steep . |
| 3 | While we were bad off she had to take that job , my eldest daughter . |
| 4 | Lynn Carter had put in her time down there on the sexual shop floor — there were two teenage sons to prove it — but now she 'd taken early retirement . |
| 5 | Zborowski told Carco how he had taken fifteen canvases to a merchant the other morning and wanted very little money for them , but the merchant sent him away … |
| 6 | He could n't fathom why she 'd taken such exception to Eleanor . |
| 7 | The Swiss played us off the field in both our European ties a year ago , yet we managed to take three points from them . |
| 8 | Your dear brother left quite a few problems behind when he failed to take that corner . |
| 9 | Neville Chamberlain returned that day from France , where he had taken ten days ' rest , and the last session of Baldwin 's leadership began . |