Example sentences of "he [vb past] take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to take a pessimistic view of your complaint , whatever it was . |
| 2 | As he spoke he began to take a backward step , and for an instant Gentle 's dizzied brain almost thought it possible the man would retreat into nothingness ; be proved spirit rather than substance . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was not until 1881 that he decided to take a medical degree ; his work up to that time had been in the physiological laboratory under Brücke , where , for six years , he had studied the central nervous system . |
| 6 | In spite of his attempts to concentrate as much work as possible into his days in London , he still found he had to take a great deal of it back to Shamley Green . |
| 7 | He had to take a deep breath to stop himself tasting the delicate spot again . |
| 8 | This was true even of the private apartments of the Imperial family , to such an extent that if the Emperor , while working late at night as he often did , wanted a book from his library , he had to take a lighted candle with him . |
| 9 | In between times during the day he had to take a short ladder , laid across the bike and make sure the lamps were clean . |
| 10 | He had taken a great deal of trouble . |
| 11 | The uppers had come completely away from the soles of the toes and the treads had been worn so smooth he had taken a hot knife to them in an attempt at a retread ! |
| 12 | It was the first time he had taken a real look at the premises from the back . |
| 13 | At one time he had taken a mild interest in literature , especially erotic works , but of late it had flagged . |
| 14 | He had taken a personal interest in them ; there , he said , a little pettishly , Edouard would find room for no complaints . |
| 15 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
| 16 | An applicant for a job with a finance company claimed he had taken a lengthy career break which turned out to be a prison term for robbery . |
| 17 | It was where he had taken a vivacious Puerto Rican paediatrician , Carmen Rodriguez , on their first date . |
| 18 | ‘ Sit down , ’ said Stone , after he had taken a large mouthful of the whisky . |
| 19 | I also spoke to the chief investigator of the Senate committee , who said that he had taken a large amount of information about this to the first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington , but the British government had hampered any further investigation . |
| 20 | Smith said that he had taken a pre-match risk only where the fitness of Andy Goram was concerned . |
| 21 | He had intended to head back to the funicolare station but perhaps he had taken a wrong turning somewhere in his hurry to get away from Maidstone 's apartment . |
| 22 | After being pulled over , John sheepishly explained that he had taken a wrong turning for his home in Gosforth , Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 23 | In September of that year , he had taken a high line with Henry VIII , letting him trundle up to York only to gaze north at an empty road , for James , probably at the persuasion of his council , failed to keep his appointment with the English king . |
| 24 | He had taken a deliberate risk with his own life . |
| 25 | He paused to take a long draught of his own coffee . |
| 26 | He continued to take a keen interest in anything connected with espionage , and in 1915 published German Spies in England . |
| 27 | He left to take a permanent job . |