Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] took a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
| 2 | For example , the German authorities in the 1960s sought to offset upward pressure on the deutschmark ; as a result they took a relaxed view of the development of a foreign deutschmark bond market and German residents ' purchases ( which entailed a capital outflow ) . |
| 3 | Even before the crash I took a great deal of exercise — you have to work at staying in shape . |
| 4 | As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi . |
| 5 | As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi . |
| 6 | In the drawing-room he took a great deal of persuading to sit down , and then , when Louise finally joined them , drifting in in her rose-silk dress , Grégoire seemed so overcome that he forgot to rise . |
| 7 | One Sunday afternoon we took a trancelike ride in the car out to Roxbury , and parked , and strolled the streets , and there she was , standing at her front door in a blue dressing-gown with her arms folded and with a look of amused reproach on her face . |
| 8 | I was in the United States when the invasion of Iraq the invasion of Iraq into Iran , and I saw the whole situation with the aid of erm the United States mass media , so actually erm I had different ideas about erm what is the outcome and what is the results of the erm invasion was , and I took erm throughout the conflict I took an opposing view , because I always viewed the Iraquis as being aggressor and they inflicted damaged to a neighbouring country and erm they had erm no whatsoever rights to do anything like that and we see it again when erm they invaded Kuwait , they have no right at all erm they it is just the policy of the governing body of the Iraqui regime . |
| 9 | Lorre put his arm around the bush , soothing it as if it were a favourite niece in whose person he took an unhealthy interest . |
| 10 | On occasion he took a personal interest in the apprehension and punishment of poachers who took his deer , and his Attorney-General took proceedings in the Star Chamber against offenders in the Wiltshire forests . |
| 11 | In the morning we took a shared taxi back to Minya . |
| 12 | At any rate it took a long time to synthesize . |
| 13 | From his jacket pocket he took a small vanity mirror and adjusted his hair . |
| 14 | With trepidation I took a stronger hold of it and it came away altogether but with a sharp dagger of soreness , like digging out a splinter . |
| 15 | When it was Sally 's turn she took a large breath . |
| 16 | Now that the Government is giving tax relief on private health insurance we took a fresh look at all the schemes which qualify . |
| 17 | With his wife and daughter he took a small cottage in the Market Square , ( adjacent to the Red Lion and opposite the White Lion ) , and there seven more children were born , though not all of them grew to maturity . |
| 18 | His eyes blazed with a sudden fury , and as she cringed away from him in horror he took a deep breath and ruthlessly controlled himself till nothing but the white-boned knuckles showed his internal rage . |
| 19 | But of course it took a little bit of time , an hour or so , and th , the woman came round again , they said ca n't do you today |
| 20 | On his second wave he took a steep drop and his nose dug in . |
| 21 | Instead of emitting a long-drawn groan I took a deep breath . |
| 22 | At the end she took a deep breath , before joining in the rapturous applause , wishing the lights could be turned up . |
| 23 | But last summer they took a deep breath , and a brave risk . |
| 24 | Middlesbrough 2 Plymouth Argyle 1 ON a day when former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton was on top form it took a top goal to beat him . |
| 25 | When she approached the youth he took a hesitant step back but froze to the spot on seeing Graham 's threatening look . |
| 26 | From another box he took a large rose . |
| 27 | At the end it took a photo-finish camera to separate them , the Scotsman winning the verdict in 10.25 seconds . |
| 28 | Last year I took a special interest in Arrow , believing it to be the major threat to Transworld . |
| 29 | From the bathroom I took a battery-operated razor , the toothpaste and a new toothbrush from my emergency supply still in their Sainsbury wrappers . |
| 30 | Out of his family 's travails he helped to make a fastness of domestic security — Cis , Ifor and the barricades of brothers , sisters , cousins , aunts , ever-open houses … out of the outwardly unpromising landscape of a war-battered , low-waged steel , coal and chapel culture he took a fine voice , musical knowledge , a skill in many sports , a love for learning : and he never forgot that a few shillings would and did make the difference between dignity and pity , poverty and decent comfort . |