Example sentences of "took a quick [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she took a quick sighting down the shaft and launched herself into space . |
| 2 | Duncan Lee , at scrum-half , took a quick tap penalty , driven on by John Ainslie who gave Witchard the scoring pass . |
| 3 | He took a quick look at the window . |
| 4 | She took a quick look at the castle , standing huge behind the emerald green foreground of Castle Meadow . |
| 5 | Yanto took a quick look between the bars and felt his bowels sag . |
| 6 | As he raced up the narrow track he took a quick look over his shoulder . |
| 7 | Then she took a quick look at Vern and said to me , ‘ You must come and see my photos , Bina . |
| 8 | Brian took a quick look at his wife . |
| 9 | On May 10th , 38 people tottered to the top , took a quick look at the view and scrambled down again . |
| 10 | We found the nest with two brown spotted eggs , and the pair hovered overhead as we took a quick look , giving me a chance to photograph them against the blue Arctic sky . |
| 11 | They went up on to the platform , and took a quick look into the Porter 's room . |
| 12 | She ran , she dodged , she took a quick look behind her . |
| 13 | He took a quick look . |
| 14 | I took a quick look at my Leeds record book last evening and was shocked to find our longest unbeaten runs in the 80 's usually consisted of about 70% draws i.e. 9 unbeaten with only 3 wins . |
| 15 | Travis frowned up at her for a second , then took a quick look around and nodded . |
| 16 | ‘ I only took a quick look , he 'd been dead a long time , it was n't nice , and yet — it looked like Uncle Mosse . ’ |
| 17 | Next she got a blood-pressure cuff , with its attached meter , and took a quick reading , to find that , as she had feared , Faye 's blood-pressure was significantly higher than it should be . |
| 18 | She took a quick peep at the kettle , then went on : ‘ Some of our group even went to America , that 's supposed to be the important place to be . |
| 19 | Ignoring most of its recommendations the new government took a quick decision on one of the major ones , abolishing the area tier of management . |
| 20 | Then she went and took a quick shower . |
| 21 | He shook his head , smiling ironically , then took a quick swig from the can , before turning down the volume of the TV and picking up the phone . |
| 22 | Freddie grabbed at his glass and took a quick swig of ale then put it down with a bang on the wooden table . |
| 23 | His mouth worked , but nothing happened , and he took a quick swig of whisky . |
| 24 | But she rejected the notion as he leaned back against the cushions and took a quick swig of his brandy . |
| 25 | I took a quick peek inside : bed , drawers , small bathroom with shower . |
| 26 | She took a quick step backwards . |
| 27 | Boz took a quick step forward and before Seb could raise his guard the gipsy swung a wild punch . |
| 28 | She took a quick step forward and saw the flicker of surprise on the man 's face . |
| 29 | But before she could say anything further Ross — who had remained silent so far — took a quick step forward and gathered her into his arms . |
| 30 | Roman took a quick glance at her heavy frown and kissed her again . |