Example sentences of "[adv] took [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cases involving taxi drivers usually took place at night in remote areas ; it was an easy form of attack . |
| 2 | So when modernity in Berlin — in the arts , in the massive new development of the city — took shape , so to speak , against the state , it also took shape in opposition to the identity of the German Bürgertum . |
| 3 | He tried to devise new and better ways of operating the machines in the bottle works where he was employed and , realizing that he needed to increase his knowledge of science and mathematics if he was to exploit his ideas , he went in the evenings to the nearby Mechanics ' Institute and also took lessons in trigonometry from a local clergyman . |
| 4 | In 1982 the Honduran government effectively took control of COLPROSUMAH by giving official recognition to a small splinter group . |
| 5 | In presidential elections held on Nov. 8 , 1988 , the Republican Party candidate and then Vice-President , George Bush , defeated his Democratic Party rival Mike Dukakis ; he duly took office as President on Jan. 20 , 1989 . |
| 6 | Again , when civilized states extended their frontiers they frequently took occasion to prospect for and exploit sources of precious substances and most notably of gold . |
| 7 | Graham Shaw , ex-Cadbury Schweppes , said he always gulped when he received a headhunter 's bill , and certainly took cost into account in choosing between the methods . |