Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] took [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-five years ago , the line built by George Stephenson in 1836 was saved from closure and took on a new lease of life as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway . |
| 2 | She rummaged in a Gucci handbag and took out a small bottle of aspirins . |
| 3 | He pointed to the horse and cart behind the ticket hut and took out a large gold watch from one of his pockets . |
| 4 | With that he reached into the pocket of his white overall and took out a small pair of scissors . |
| 5 | I sat with my head in my hands for a while , then I went over to my desk and took out a small framed photograph of Anne and myself which I always hid before she arrived . |
| 6 | Carrie folded her arms and stared up at him as he thumbed through the ledger and took out a grease-stained sheet of paper . |
| 7 | Twoflower reached into his pouch and took out a large round gold object , glanced at it for a moment , and slipped it back . |
| 8 | She glanced in the long mirror and , apparently satisfied , opened an oak chest and took out a drab fustian cloak of the type customarily worn by maidservants of the lower order , the which she had borrowed earlier from the servants ' quarters on a pretext . |
| 9 | He went to the far kitchen wall and took down a large hanging scales . |
| 10 | He walked over to one of the shelves in the end wall and took down a large box-file . |
| 11 | He unzipped his jacket and took out a scrunched-up copy of Motor Cycle News , opened it out , leaned against the wall of the lobby and began to read . |
| 12 | His wife went over to a casket and took out a small roll of parchment . |
| 13 | Bernice reached into a pocket of her waistcoat and took out a grimy piece of paper : a bar receipt from some long-forgotten dive on a far away planet . |
| 14 | Victorine opened the fridge door and took out a fluted blue bowl clotted with white . |
| 15 | Then he opened the right-hand drawer and took out a duplicated news-sheet which he slid across the desk towards her . |
| 16 | He reached into his tunic and took out a golden disc on a short chain . |
| 17 | He reached into the inner pocket of his tunic and took out a slender silver case . |
| 18 | On their way out they opened up a tool-box and took out a long slender chisel apiece . |
| 19 | The Assistant Secretary put a large floppy handbag on the table and took out a small handkerchief . |