Example sentences of "when i took [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | like , when I took a big breath it were the |
2 | When I took a rolled-up sample of legal tender , printed by the Royal Mint , applied one end to my right nostril , placed a restraining finger upon my left nostril , rested the other end of the said note upon a mirror or any other shiny reflective surface , upon which was displayed a slender tranche or ‘ line ’ of exotic Colombian snuff , and breathed in as deeply as my lungs would allow , I was merely relaxing in a manner by no means untypical amongst overworked show-business operatives . |
3 | I saw his grave when I took a short cut through the churchyard — a modest , friendly , even jolly little grave , where in summer moon-daisies and red clover grew , and quaking grass which little children call shivery-shakes . |
4 | At first he thought I was mad , but when I took the live animals out of my pocket to show him , he believed me . |
5 | I certainly learnt next to nothing at St Aubyn 's and when I took the Common Entrance examination for Eton I failed so ignominiously that the authorities wrote to my mother that it would be futile for me to try again . |