Example sentences of "he took [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably he took her nothingness for the numbness of shock . |
| 2 | Driven by a need she had never felt before , she pressed herself closer , her lips parting in an unconscious invitation , and heard the rough , wildly exciting groan Luke gave before he took her mouth in a kiss that burned with a raw fire . |
| 3 | ‘ Let them start to understand , ’ he said as he took her hand in a playful threat . |
| 4 | My rebellion was only half-consciously directed at my father 's choice of reading matter for me , although his disapproving and often angry comments made it clear that he took my behaviour as a personal affront . |
| 5 | He took my money to the bank for me yesterday — after Madge 's house being broken into . |
| 6 | He took my elbow in the palm of his hand . |
| 7 | He took my arm in a fatherly way and said , ‘ I am eighty-one . |
| 8 | Reid must have sensed my dismay , for he took my arm in a friendly grip and said , ‘ Dinna take it too much to heart , Laddie , I 've done my ‘ trops ’ too . |
| 9 | Throughout the RPF years , he took his message to the French people in person . |
| 10 | ‘ He took his suit through the full panoply of law — Doctors ’ Commons , then a court of common law , and finally the House of Lords . ’ |
| 11 | He took his text from the First Book of Samuel : |
| 12 | The Old King was soon in possession of the heiress of Deols , and sent her to Chinon for safe-keeping ; then he took his army to the Limousin . |
| 13 | He took his case to an industrial tribunal which was due to resume next week . |
| 14 | On 4 December he took his leave of the observers from other Churches in a prayer service which scandalized a number of the bishops because it breached the old rules against communicatio in sacris . |
| 15 | He took his seat at the fireside , mug in hand , and glanced across at her . |
| 16 | Smiling at the round of applause from his audience , he took his seat on the front chaise longue and the show began . |
| 17 | He took his seat in the House of Lords on 4th July , 1859 , ‘ but never took much part in the debates ’ . |
| 18 | The Anfield boss , starting his five-match UEFA ban from the dug-out and dressing room , waved a defiant clenched-fist salute as he took his seat in the directors ' box and his team followed his passionate lead . |
| 19 | In the abbey church of St Hilary in Poitiers where , four years earlier , Earl Patrick of Salisbury had been buried , he took his seat in the abbot 's chair to receive from the hands of the Archbishop of Bordeaux and the Bishop of Poitiers the sacred lance and banner which were the insignia of the ducal office . |
| 20 | No doubt he took his seat in the Dail arrayed in a coat of many colours and of many shreds and patches . |
| 21 | He took his seat in the House in February 1833 , but did not enjoy his position for long as , in the following month , he caught a chill and died in London 28 March 1833 . |
| 22 | Ismail Mahomed became the first black judge in the country 's history when he took his seat in the Supreme Court on Aug. 12 . |
| 23 | Occasionally , he took his hand off the gear lever and reached out for hers , and sometimes he glanced towards her with a look so full of tenderness that she felt she could weep for joy . |
| 24 | Sharp whey-like sweat came off hum as she smelt his closeness ; he was walking her backwards into the recess of the arched double doors of a neighbour 's carriage entrance , sticking to her awkwardly , like children playing at dancing , standing on each other 's feet , and when he had her against the door , he took his hand from the underside of her breast , and fingering her nipple , made it rise , then tweaked it till it stood up higher ; twinges darted from her breast to her groin , and Rosa closed her eyes with a little gasp . |
| 25 | We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’ |
| 26 | In May he took his protest to the rooftop of Long Lartin prison in Worcesterhsire . |
| 27 | He took his example from the Inns of Court , London , an enclave where general traffic had been excluded . |
| 28 | Just 22 months after walking out on the Merseyside club , the 41-year-old Scot received a warm reception from the Kop as he took his place on the Blackburn Rovers bench . |
| 29 | Smooth , dark and handsome in morning dress and blue cravat , he took his place in the wedding pictures with one of the grandest families in the land at Althorp , Northants . |
| 30 | In 1155 , the customs confirmed by Louis VII for Lorris on the royal demesne established that no parishioner should have to pay taxes on food intended for his own consumption or on grain grown by his own labour ; he should be exempt from tolls when he took his produce to the neighbouring towns of Etampes , Orléans , Milly , or Melun ; if required for a chevauchée , he must be allowed to return home at the end of the day ; the only labour service he owed his lord was in carrying seigneurial wine to Orléans twice a year ; and the burgesses of Lorris as a whole were exempted from seigneurial tailles . |