Example sentences of "and [pers pn] took an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | An East and West Association had been formed and I took an early opportunity of asking if I might address it . |
2 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
3 | And he took an old newspaper from the heap . |
4 | From early youth Cayley was a keen proponent of parliamentary reform , and he took an active part in local Whig politics . |
5 | His dark brown gaze locked on to her own wide open blue eyes , and it took an enormous effort for her to look away from him . |