Example sentences of "[coord] was taking [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When the accused entered the room , he had appreciated that something had or was taking place because the youths had been leaning over his fiancee . |
2 | Maggie had risen and was taking breakfast when he came in . |
3 | He suffered from insomnia and was taking barbiturates . |
4 | While he ran thorough hands and eyes over his shattered body , Kathleen started cleaning up the chest area ready for the heart monitor after checking the IV line that was running in Haemacel and taking blood for cross-matching , dodging round the radiographer who had brought the portable in and was taking X-rays . |
5 | He told his defence advocate , Herbert Kerrigan , QC , he had been a registered heroin addict for several years and was taking methadone . |
6 | He had sent three runners off in the horse-box and was taking Mackie to assist , leaving me to my slowly growing first chapter in the dining-room . |
7 | One morning , when I put the lights on , the Lunar Wrasse had the Lionfish cornered and was taking chunks out of it . |