Example sentences of "[vb past] to take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A CRAZED donkey nearly tore the arm off an eight-year-old boy as he stopped to take a holiday snap . |
| 2 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 3 | She tried to take a step , but the suit would n't respond to her commands . |
| 4 | Apart from straightforward fountains , ornaments depicting cherubs , mermaids and similar characters can be purchased , each designed to take a pump outlet so that water can spout from its mouth ( Fig. 6 ) , or a shell , or any similar object that they might be holding . |
| 5 | I pretended to take a stone out of my shoe . |
| 6 | Minutes later she was being ushered out of the small but clinically precise kitchenette , and invited to take a seat on one of the chesterfields as he placed a tray containing two bone-china coffee-mugs , milk and sugar on the glass-topped table between them . |
| 7 | Joe came to take a look . |
| 8 | Your share price seemed to take a bit of a knock the other day when Roy made some comments about referring media conglomerates to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 9 | She seemed to take a fancy to a green patch further into the field and began to amble slowly towards it . |
| 10 | He knew how to upset actors and seemed to take a delight in it . |
| 11 | Yet , when she was asked by the coroner to step into the witness-box , she seemed to take a grip on herself , drawing on some inner strength . |
| 12 | ‘ It seemed to take a lot of counting up . ’ |
| 13 | Hector McDarroch , on the other band , seemed to take a pleasure in showing off his grisly implements , filling the long-needled syringe right in front of my eyes and squirting the cocaine ceilingwards a few times before he started on me . |
| 14 | Someone from the Vienna art gallery arrived to take a death mask , and crowds of people were soon queuing to view the body , which was laid on a bier in a black suit with a cowl over its head . |
| 15 | I remember one particular occasion when , on finding ‘ Cheer up Mona ’ written on the blackboard when I arrived to take a class , I went absolutely potty , threatening dire punishment on the whole class — the entire school almost — unless the culprit came forward . |
| 16 | Dave happened to take a telephone call from a British Rail official who wanted to know if the Bank could provide a counselling service for workers facing redundancy . |
| 17 | The plaintiffs obtained an injunction to restrain the defendants notwithstanding that the product in question ( a swizzle stick embossed with the name of the ship upon which it was to be used ) was available to anyone who happened to take a cruise on that ship . |
| 18 | I 'm here to tell you that if Alan is right and big Arnie ( pictured left ) did the body beautiful business behind the Co that night , anyone who happened to take a photograph of him should send it in to me pronto . |
| 19 | But if , instead of jumping you walked , one step at a time , and were given one small coin as a reward every time you happened to take a step in the right direction , you would reach the scorpion in a very short time . |
| 20 | I forgot to take a couple when I got back to England . |
| 21 | Once I forgot to take a flashlight with me when visiting a friend , and found myself outside the house in pitch blackness , unable even to find the edge of the pavement or the garden hedge . |
| 22 | His grandfather shook a fist at him and turned to take a chest from a Campbell sailor . |
| 23 | The old-fashioned bottle , shaped to take a cork ( figure 7.3a ) was replaced about 1900 by the bottle ( still hand-made ) provided with a rim for a metal cap ( figure 7.3b ) In the 1920s the bottles became machine-made and there was a progressive " takeover " by the beer can with soldered edges and an unfossilisable paper label ( figure 7.3c ) . |
| 24 | She sizzled and singed , then the fire began to take a hold and flames leapt across her skin . |
| 25 | But the results were good ; people praised her cooking lavishly , and she began to take a pride in doing it well . |
| 26 | Theology began to take a direction that Pius XII found uncomfortable . |
| 27 | He began to take a liking to John Lydon , who beneath the carefully cultivated exterior of ennui , Branson recognised as being extremely bright , ‘ if rather lazy ’ . |
| 28 | A success both in front of the box and on the critics ' pages CHANCER created a vogue out of a rogue — the identity of Stephen Crane ( Clive Owen 's role ) catching the attention of the country and reflecting the social changes in the early 90's as the enterprise culture began to take a tumble . |
| 29 | Ungo went briefly into exile , but in 1979 he returned to take a seat on a civilian-military junta , resigning after three months [ see pp. 30045-46 ; 30322 ] . |
| 30 | Angered by the incident , Blower demanded a written apology and then threatened to take a writ out against McAvennie . |