Example sentences of "[vb past] take a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rothschild and his successors tried to take a fresh look at issues too remote , politically inconvenient or otherwise ignored , and come up with clear , concise proposals for action , if possible on a single sheet of paper . |
| 2 | When we were out front earlier today , Rocket tried to take a short cut across the front garden , Candy saw her off , like a . |
| 3 | In the 1952 election campaign the Republicans promised to take a tough line with the Russians , and the appointment of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State seemed the first step in fulfilling that pledge . |
| 4 | Aberdeen arrived back from Turin this afternoon , knowing they 'd taken a major step towards the quarter finals of the Cup Winners Cup . |
| 5 | I can only say how much I cherished the " Well done , lad " , from him after I 'd taken a difficult catch in the deep off his bowling . |
| 6 | After the initial wave of guilty surprise , finding that the beautiful girl she 'd seen at the market had been Roman 's younger sister , she 'd taken an immediate liking to Anneliese . |
| 7 | ‘ I know it 's ridiculous , but it felt as if I 'd taken an enormous jump into the dark , that night with you … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ However , in due course a few , a very few indeed , intelligent teachers came to take a cool look at what was happening and they realised that for the vast majority of children the majority of our educational processes add about as much to the mental stature of our children as a diet of sawdust would add to their physical stature … . , |
| 9 | The animal seemed to take a perverse delight in terrorizing him . |
| 10 | He seemed to take a pessimistic view of your complaint , whatever it was . |
| 11 | Sad to say , I had learnt to be suspicious of good-looking young men who for no particular reason seemed to take a sudden interest in me . |
| 12 | He walked around watching the instructors putting the men through their paces and , as on his last visit , seemed to take a particular interest in what was going on in the boxing ring . |
| 13 | For instance , heads of department seemed to take an unselfconscious view of leadership and of their management style . |
| 14 | It was somehow better than making her own suppositions , which seemed to take an awful amount of energy and caused a lot of stress . |
| 15 | It seemed to take an enormous amount of courage to actually walk up to the door and knock . |
| 16 | OH HOW WE DANCED takes a nostalgic look at what was an important phase in our social history . |
| 17 | She turned to take a reassuring glance at the gondola , but it was no longer there . |
| 18 | Russia under Peter the Great and Catherine began to take a major part in the affairs of Europe . |
| 19 | When she was thirteen , Gerry , who was her sister Rosie 's boyfriend at the time , began to take a strong interest in her . |
| 20 | However , things began to take a downward turn in 1923/4 ; and Young Buffalo was taking to the firewater . |
| 21 | Even in the 1660s Charles II had been complaining in London that his correspondence with his sister , the Duchess of Orleans , was being regularly opened in the French post , while from about 1748 Louis XV himself began to take a good deal of interest in work of this kind . |
| 22 | Upon leaving the Institution , he was apprenticed to a bookbinder but this did not satisfy his ambitions , and he began to take a leading part in the affairs of the deaf . |
| 23 | He rebelled early in his career against the constricting standards of the Victorian era and while still in his teens began to take a passionate interest in Welsh poetry . |
| 24 | " Through a peculiar accident , I began to take a passionate interest in music in my ninth year and even started composing immediately . " |
| 25 | But when they began to take an interpretive attitude toward their conventional practices , the situation became much more complicated . |
| 26 | He decided to take a salaried job in a posh West End gallery and within a year had landed the directorship of the Marlborough Gallery 's contemporary art venture , the New London Gallery in Albemarle Street . |
| 27 | Dauntless decided to take a firm stand in the matter . |
| 28 | ‘ All the officers of the Trust had a meeting to discuss training and we each decided to take a specific subject for one or two training sessions . |
| 29 | 27–10–1851 The Session were having difficulty in clearing the manse debt and decided to take a monthly collection at the church door until it was cleared . |
| 30 | In front of the studio back cloth of a painted garden , each mother in turn sat for a portrait with her offspring , and when that was done Ernest offered to take an extra group of them all , as a free gift . |