Example sentences of "he take [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He takes out a Danish pastry . |
| 2 | He took over a small department and greatly expanded it , planning a large new building , which ensured further expansion . |
| 3 | After serving as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East and Paris , he took up a new job in Berlin on the very day in 1930 when the Reichstag election heralded unprecedented barbarism in Europe . |
| 4 | In 1873 he took up a similar appointment with the Great Eastern Railway . |
| 5 | In 1978 he took up a Senior Registrar post in Diabetes at the General Hospital , Birmingham , and in 1981 his present post as Consultant Physician at Dudley Road Hospital , Birmingham . |
| 6 | They were n't able to give him this so he took up a reciprocal heading and dropped down to 2,000 ‘ ft ‘ and eventually found Humberside — all the time trying to figure out what had gone wrong . |
| 7 | Instead he took up a lucrative coaching post with the Botswana Youth team . |
| 8 | He took on a starring role in the Plough Lane Crazy Gang production and gained more notoriety when he was sent off for elbowing a village postman in a pre-season friendly on the Isle of Wight . |
| 9 | Looming over his huge desk , he took on a frightening aspect . |
| 10 | ‘ And he has so many patients with much worse ailments that he took quite a robust view of my case . ’ |
| 11 | Then he took out a black leather hip holster and from that , a metallic dull revolver with a barrel about three inches long . |
| 12 | He took out a long piece of paper , and read : |
| 13 | Fagin then locked the door and from a hidden hole in the floor , he took out a small box , which he placed carefully on the table . |
| 14 | ‘ He took out a beautiful silk handkerchief It was a big square , with a green and golden pattern . |
| 15 | He took out a folded piece of paper . |
| 16 | After finishing his grub he took out a big spanner and proceeded to check the bolts on his plough , he also knocked off the clods of earth in between the blades . |
| 17 | He took out a full licence in 1967 , gradually making a name for himself . |
| 18 | He drank some of the vodka before opening another drawer from which he took out a large folder . |
| 19 | He took out a large photograph and placed it on her knee , taking her cup from her with the same effortless movement . |
| 20 | In 1933 he took out a British passport , falsely claiming his place of birth as Galway , Ireland . |
| 21 | He took out a thin plastic ruler . |
| 22 | He took down a large earthenware flask from a shelf above the range , unstoppered it , and poured a measure of golden liquid into Cleo 's mug . |