Example sentences of "we took [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we took one house in the queue would form again . |
| 2 | We took one wrong turning — Vanessa firmly blamed me — but it was soon corrected . |
| 3 | After lunch we took one of the trains hauled by 1618 which took us to Horsted Keynes and up the new extension to New Coombe Bridge . |
| 4 | But we had to take precautions.On the ground we took one or two ricochets which made marks on the skin of the aircraft , but nothing was punctured . |
| 5 | We took four years to do it , partly so people would get accustomed to the idea , and it was fantastic that during those four years people worked at least as hard and as well as they had in the previous four . |
| 6 | We took four or five weeks to get across the Atlantic , being pursued by enemy submarines — all very worrying ! — and while Ben was setting Auden 's Hymn to St Cecilia and writing A Ceremony of Carols I started to put the Grimes scenario into shape . |
| 7 | We took great care to avoid these . |
| 8 | We were very close in the sense that I could ask him anything at any time , and we took great pleasure in each other 's company . ’ |
| 9 | Some multicentre studies have been published in aggregate and separately , and we took great care to avoid including the same results more than once . |
| 10 | er the coach to er to er Bowness on the bus we took thirty nine pound erm with discount from last year people who er bought some last Christmas we made twenty three pound on that the library , only thirty pence course , we 've had trouble with the library because we ca n't leave it here now and er so that 's why it 's s so low the , the income . |
| 11 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 12 | until we took that train |
| 13 | We took that wall to pieces with supreme care , with an almost surgical skill . |
| 14 | I you know if we took that course as an example and wh what would |
| 15 | We took that hill at a cracking pace , and as we handed over at the crest , and dropped back to the end of the column , Fr Courtney called out ‘ Well done I ’ to us . |
| 16 | at the time and we took that with us , which was an old fashioned , a really old Victorian suite which we got rid of when we moved into this house . |
| 17 | That 's what , oh no we were on a boat and we took that , but it was a similar boat to what we went on . |
| 18 | Oh yeah well we had a blanket on an'all and we took that off |
| 19 | Well Terry said it was because , we took this , we took that , we took , taken a place on Pranting Street and it still do n't work |
| 20 | Well in the other house we had , we had like an airing cupboard here and we took that out and had a shower where the airing cupboard was and we would of had |
| 21 | In the Meer area we , we , we 've built Meer First School into an annexe and we took surplus places out , so we have done something , and he does n't seem to even acknowledge that , which I find concerning . |
| 22 | You were asleep , so we did n't wake you ; but we took little Billy to see . |
| 23 | Although we took little heed of his departure , Ruth and I watched Alec being interviewed on TV when he returned . |
| 24 | We took little William with us into the garden . |
| 25 | We took ready-filleted salmon , some cooked prawns , a packet of mixed rice and mayonnaise , and wrapped them in filo pastry for a delicious seafood parcel , ideal as an alternative Christmas dinner or for a Boxing Day buffet . |
| 26 | We took each other , body and soul , for granted when we were little , Harriet , we do n't quarrel , we do n't . |
| 27 | For an overview we took each party 's average score across the four party images , and each leader 's average score across the twelve leader images . |
| 28 | We took essential supplies and equipment to six orphanages in the Bucharest area , in a convoy of two horseboxes and three container lorries — the improvements since last year within the orphanages were extremely encouraging , making our efforts seem very worthwhile . |
| 29 | That is an added reason why I think we took such a mistaken view in a situation where it is clear that the Ibos are the brains of the establishment and will always remain in a position of effective leadership when there is no state of war . |
| 30 | At the dump , we took two yellow bags which had been left by the truck and put them in the boot of a car . |