Example sentences of "[pron] took [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Magdalen 's communal life I took little part . |
| 2 | ‘ Immediately , though I took little notice of it when I was in Cheshire , I admit . |
| 3 | I took that part to mean about trust between him and the board , ie he trusted them to let him have the final say etc etc . |
| 4 | When I took that layabout lecher off the Queenie 's hands , she was only too bloody grateful . |
| 5 | Before I took that stand , I made it plain what I was going to do . |
| 6 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 7 | Erm very attractive building , and I think in fact ten years ago when I took that photograph . |
| 8 | So , I had a look at the powers of the police authority and they 're restricted to financial and administrative responsibilities and if I took that argument further , of course the Chief Constable has to take that into account . |
| 9 | I took that line , so the main , the main character goes skiing for the first time , ca n't do it , and is frustrated because everybody else around him can do it including his girlfriend which er adds insult to injury and there is in there of course , a very attractive dashing Austrian ski instructor ; that 's the catalyst really for the drama . |
| 10 | I took that view for many good reasons , partly because I always believed that it would play far too much into the hands of the Government . |
| 11 | When I left I took all medicines down here you know . |
| 12 | The beast did n't appear to have seen me and I took several photographs . |
| 13 | I took this threat rather lightly and for good reason , because some fifteen minutes later he was on the telephone to me talking about a completely different matter , as though the previous conversation had never taken place . |
| 14 | I took this bass out on a gig and got on very well with it . |
| 15 | So I took this Whitley up for 10 , 15 maybe 20 minutes and just made quite sure that all the engines were running perfectly , made a spot check on each engine and tested its flying capabilities — hands off and a few simple things in everyday testing . |
| 16 | it 's my go because I took this card . |
| 17 | I took this bandage off and put a cold compress on , making a proper patella dressing , got the ambulance and got him off to hospital , and put in a Report about this broken gas-lid . |
| 18 | I took this horse off a French Dragoon north of the town . ’ |
| 19 | At the time , I took this decay merely as a sign of the times ; I was comfortable with decay . |
| 20 | ‘ Mandy , if I took this bet , you might feel driven to play Cupid . ’ |
| 21 | Linda , 51 , says : ‘ I took this picture for myself — for the beauty and the magic of it . ’ |
| 22 | I took some work to show him and he was very generous about it . ’ |
| 23 | I can only say I took some heart in all of this from the following interchange which had taken place on 1 May between my good friend Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson ( Member of Parliament for the New Forest ) and the prime minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 24 | I took some clothes and tools , and also a box of Spanish gold and silver money . |
| 25 | Last year , I took some English . |
| 26 | I took some photographs ; then , tired and happy , lay on the mound and watched some large , white clouds with grey bellies drift like giant manta rays through the swirling air . |
| 27 | Cos I took some photographs of Sammy , he got a picture of Sammy in there , picture of Nat . |
| 28 | I took some measures through the Arts Council to help the cash flows of some of the institutions that were threatened by the delays in that funding . |
| 29 | I took some tapes with me to Saint-Moritz and listened , and thought , my goodness , this is quite wrong . |
| 30 | I took some pills . ’ |