Example sentences of "they took the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 For certain it is that she did leave your enclave with my men , and with them took the road to Ramsey .
4 To his surprise , very few of them took the quality papers : middle-of-the-range tabloids were the norm .
5 After a quick tidy-up they took the next train back to the Gare de Lyon where Monique had only twenty minutes to wait .
6 To provide a polite reminder that the country was started by Englishmen they took the Queen to a hostel called Raffles Hall and Westin Stamfords , another hotel .
7 They took the fish to an unaffected stretch of canal 150 yards away and realising bigger fish were still distressed returned on Thurday to finish the job .
8 Asking both men and women how many times they took the driving test before getting through , the researchers found that men had a significantly higher success rate , with 57 per cent passing at the first attempt .
9 They took the lead when Steel headed in Hughes 's perfect cross as Spurs ' formation began to look as ragged as a returning Battle of Britain squadron .
10 ‘ I think it was incredible that they took the line that they did by seeking to say it was the Prime Minister who should apologise and not the Daily Mirror . ’
11 WHEN delegates of the Whitbread Merit Table clubs took time off from their deliberations over leagues last week to enjoy a day out at the University Match , they took the opportunity to complain to Cardiff about the legions of players who have made the journey to the Arms Park in recent months .
12 They took the honours yesterday for the most attractive play despite the loss of their captain Katie Dodd with the recurrence of a long-standing muscle injury .
13 They took the land as coparceners .
14 That slaughter , when it comes , is reported in the baldest possible terms : ‘ … the people went up into the city , every man straight before him , and they took the city .
15 They took the road past Mr Zamoyski 's shop and pulled up by the bowling green .
16 In many forests they took the lop and top , and in some cases the stump , of all trees given by the king from the woods in their bailiwicks , or taken there for his use .
17 It was little more than Rangers deserved when they took the lead 10 minutes later when the impressive Sinton played a delightful one-two with Holloway before scoring with a rasping drive .
18 The reason for the difference seemed to be that the DHSS paid for nursing home treatment in a number of instances : ‘ They took the pension and attendance allowance and the DHSS paid the rest . ’
19 In 1909 they took the par as 84 , and agreed that in mixed foursomes , when short of a male partner , ladies could ‘ play with other ladies ! ’
20 Fairley asked politely as they took the floor .
21 And in the Stop Hinkley Centre , Jill Sutcliffe , an experienced campaigner who had seen Luxulyan from the gantry head , was ready to encourage and advise the uncertain before they took the stage in front of the cold , piercing gazes of the lawyers and the Inspector .
22 They took the form of both the grandmother and father doubting the decision and persuading her to change her mind ; and from medical advisors and social workers seeking to persuade her to keep the child .
23 They took the oath , for the most part , in order to be able to pursue their chosen careers in the armed forces .
24 I was kept hangin' about , while they took the poor sod away .
25 In 1990 they took the opportunity to rebuild them as well as allocating extra money to services such as education in the wake of legislative changes .
26 Ryan had come along just a few weeks after they took the braces off her teeth and the tits started to look like something ; in those few weeks Jo had had more attention from boys than she could handle .
27 But more often they took the little leafy lane which led from Thrush Green to Upper Pleshy , Nod and Nidden , the lane that threaded half a dozen or more sleepy thatched villages , like hoary old beads upon its winding string , before it emerged upon the broad highway which led to Stratford-upon-Avon .
28 When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive .
29 You remember she had the apartment where Sean and Michael stayed before they took the house at — ‘
30 They took the form of in-depth discussions not only of environmental scanning itself ; but also of the analysis and interpretation of the retrieved information , and its use in strategic decision making .
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