Example sentences of "when [pron] 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 . |
| 6 | His mother died , then his wife , out with the local hunt , when she took a bad fall . |
| 7 | When she took the last fence it brought her right around the wood , opposite the point where the Master had asked them to fan out . |
| 8 | I could understand how she felt ; I realized that anyone who convinced herself that , when she took the holy biscuit she was uniting herself with God , would find it easy to convince herself that in death she would be united with her daughter . |
| 9 | In particular , during the discrimination trials , the children ‘ dutifully ’ followed the example set by the model , even when she took an indirect route to the boxes , which more than doubled the distance to be travelled and ‘ was clearly incompatible with the subjects ’ eagerness to get to the containers ' . |
| 10 | It 's , it 's already once cove covered the whole wall , but when we took the other fence down , the high fence eh , you know , they damaged everything . |
| 11 | COLCHESTER confirmed their position as favourites to win the Vauxhall FA Trophy when they took a 3–0 lead in the first leg of their semi-final with Conference rivals Macclesfield , at Layer Road on Saturday , writes Peter Ernest . |
| 12 | The McGimpsey brothers hit the headlines when they took the Irish government to court over the Republic 's constitutional claim to Northern Ireland . |
| 13 | The committee of the Canine Supporters Charity crossed their fingers tightly when they took the brave step of hiring the Wembley Exhibition Centre . |
| 14 | When they took the old oven out , I brought the cooker down myself , and the fittings for the kitchen units . |
| 15 | It was not only the student movement that suffered in this way ; the black movement in the US , especially when it took a revolutionary form in the Black Panther Party , was violently suppressed , and in Latin America democratic and radical movements were destroyed , and military dictatorships were installed , often with American help , as in Chile . |
| 16 | There can be no sense in the DTI 's refusal to publish the House of Fraser report on the grounds that it might prejudice a Serious Fraud Office inquiry when it took the opposite course over Blue Arrow . |
| 17 | O'Brian , 24 , was on the run from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers when he took a small glass tube of diamorphine — described in court as pure heroin — to the house in Guide Post , Northumberland . |
| 18 | The Telegraph reported : ‘ It was this try , in fact , that put paid to England 's chances for when he took a bouncing ball in his stride and raced unopposed 60 yards to the line , England were in full attacking trim and had narrowed Wales 's lead from 13 points to four . |
| 19 | When he took a closer look he was horrified . |
| 20 | When he took a green ribbon from her and tied it loosely round his waist , Joseph was even more disturbed . |
| 21 | DISABLED John Pearson caused traffic chaos when he took a wrong turn on to one of the country 's busiest roads … in his 8 mph invalid buggy . |
| 22 | The composer 's father , Leopold , unwittingly started the rot over two centuries ago when he took the six-year-old Mozart to market , as it were , on the celebrated tour of Europe 's courts and palaces . |
| 23 | Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path . |
| 24 | Strike a chord Until two weeks ago , Mr Lamont was a trusted ally of the Prime Minister , always present when he took the big decisions . |