Example sentences of "they took [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Balancing between them took a great deal of agility . |
| 2 | The men in the smithy seized him ; and one of them took a hammer and drove a nail into the sole of his boot . |
| 3 | But this day I was n't there anyway and er they went into this shop in the , er and they came out , or one of them took a , a fruit cake . |
| 4 | One of them took a handful of the stuff . |
| 5 | Occasionally presents to them took a peculiar and inconvenient form . |
| 6 | Those of the ground crews that we spoke to were not at all enthusiastic about this mode of travel — in fact a lot of them took an extremely dim view of it . |
| 7 | Both of them took an active part in the artistic life of the community , pioneering clubs and founding exhibition societies . |
| 8 | The foresters of fee had rights of pannage and common of pasture in the forest for themselves and their men , and some of them took the nuts gathered in the king 's demesne woods . |
| 9 | Not all Unionist MPs ever supported the coalition , but almost all of them took the Whip at some time ; the Unionists made up three-quarters of the government side of the House . |
| 10 | For certain it is that she did leave your enclave with my men , and with them took the road to Ramsey . |
| 11 | To his surprise , very few of them took the quality papers : middle-of-the-range tabloids were the norm . |
| 12 | If they took a whirl at the minister , he would have a fine sight of the fun . |
| 13 | They took a vow like those of the Middle Ages where someone swore to go on crusade if his wife 's life was saved . |
| 14 | And they took a long time making it . |
| 15 | And they took a long time serving it . |
| 16 | This also meant that at the opposite pole of this evolutionary sequence there had existed a stage which was the exact opposite , a stage when men or women paired freely with whoever they took a fancy to , irrespective of any rules or regulations . |
| 17 | They took a pace or two and then , suddenly , Karl turned back and spat a couple of words . |
| 18 | In 1969 they took a hard line . |
| 19 | They took a crate of beer back to his flat in his mother 's home . |
| 20 | They took a tiny , cramped lift to the top floor of the building and were admitted by Hawick , who was wearing an expensive blue-green sweater , and slacks , the clothes sitting easily on his long , slim frame , the dark hair beautifully cut , a little too long , flopping on his forehead . |
| 21 | In its Brady deal they took a dim view of a proposal to encash the country 's paper at just 45% of its face value , which attracted a mere 7% of the total debt tendered . |
| 22 | You see , when they took a century 's dust and dirt off those walls , they completely changed the acoustics , swapping grubby absorbency for beautiful , bright marble which bounced the sound all over the place . |
| 23 | Yes , said Surkov , they took a great interest in my work ; and Rozanov nodded . |
| 24 | COLCHESTER confirmed their position as favourites to win the Vauxhall FA Trophy when they took a 3–0 lead in the first leg of their semi-final with Conference rivals Macclesfield , at Layer Road on Saturday , writes Peter Ernest . |
| 25 | The Services continued to run at the opposition and after Fenn was hauled down just short they took a half-time lead when quick hands gave Crossland sufficient room to veer inside at pace and score beneath the posts . |
| 26 | I was standing outside laughing , and they took a picture of me standing there laughing . |
| 27 | They took a passage to the left , opening each door in turn and flicking on the interior light-switches for each room . |
| 28 | They took a double blanket … rolled him in it like you roll a papoose on a cradle board … put where there were mules , not in soldier tent . ’ |
| 29 | Those critics of the police who argue that they took a partisan position can at least point to legal authority that would have justified a different approach . |
| 30 | Inland Revenue employees discovered this when they took a claim — that the Revenue 's requirement that they transfer from manual methods to using a computerised system was in breach of contract — to the High Court . |