Example sentences of "and he took a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his research ended when his grant ran out , and he took a mundane job as a sub-editor on the Sunday Times colour magazine just before the Wapping dispute began . |
| 2 | He had squirrel eyes which darted about and he took a good look at her legs beneath her short skirt . |
| 3 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |
| 4 | Marc 's face was suffused with colour and he took a violent step forward . |
| 5 | It alerted him at once and he took a tight grip on her arm as she swung away to leave him . |
| 6 | Curwen 's estates lay on the west Cumberland coalfield , and he took a particular interest in the collieries inherited from his father and his second wife , as well as others which he purchased and leased in the area . |
| 7 | His mouth worked , but nothing happened , and he took a quick swig of whisky . |
| 8 | And he took a poisonous viper and forced its mouth open , and inserted a glass under its fangs and drew out a couple of drops of deadly poison . |