Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pron] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Villa had always been in command , but a combination of poor finishing and fine goalkeeping by David Seaman prevented them taking full advantage . |
| 2 | Mr Mulroney said he took unpopular steps for the country 's good , privatising state companies and lowering inflation and fiscal deficits . |
| 3 | Then glancing at Agnes , she said , ‘ Aggie asked me to take some towels across to the house for the people coming in tomorrow . ’ |
| 4 | Gazzer saw her take one hand off the top of the gates and jam it into a wide split in the wood , then she crouched down and grabbed Simon 's jacket with the other hand . |
| 5 | Mr Hannis said he took two people in for ten weeks . |
| 6 | From 1984 the anti-nuclear policy of the then newly elected Labour Government in New Zealand led it to take successive steps which the United States regarded as contrary to its obligations under the Pacific Security Treaty . |