Example sentences of "[pron] took one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | As we got round the corner , Jo and I took one look at each other and ran . |
2 | ‘ I took one look at that memento , and then I went to my room and packed my suitcase . |
3 | I took one look at the set and an involuntary shudder caught my throat . |
4 | A friend and I took one tablet apiece . |
5 | Instead , I sent him one of me that I took one weekend , with the sun coming in the window and shining on my hair . |
6 | All that flashed through my head while I took one step out of the Ladies . |
7 | I took one hand off the grass and put it on a shoulder-blade , and said , ‘ Something 'll work out , you 'll see . ’ |
8 | It is , therefore , of particular significance to Lafayette as this new range , which took one year to develop , is launched into the market place . |
9 | The pathetic , skinny dog was scratching around the dustbin searching for the slightest bit of food , until she took one look at me and shot off with her tail between her legs . |
10 | She took one look at Joe 's face and began to scream . |
11 | She took one look at the sand dunes drifting around our sitting-room and shook her head . |
12 | He bent her supple body back ; she took one look over her shoulder and saw nothing but fast-flowing black water . |
13 | She took one stick and leaned on my arm for a little walk round the house . |
14 | She took one hell of a beating . |
15 | Then she took one step more towards me so that a bar of light fell across her face and I could see the angry expression on it . |
16 | She took one step forwards and shouted , ‘ Yes , I 'm in the middle of my ball period , if you want to know , ’ and the brandy slopped out of her glass and dropped into the part of the carpet that was orange and was never seen again . |
17 | She took one step forward and picked up the paperweight from the vicar 's desk — a large pebble upon which Mrs Longhill had painted wild flowers as a birthday present for her husband . |
18 | She took one step forward , then realized she could not go on . |
19 | She took one step forward and toppled Mitch fully dressed in to the swimming-pool without a moment 's hesitation . |
20 | She took one glass off the tray , unbalanced the entire thing , and stood there looking sadly down at her water-stained skirt . |
21 | For the next Test , starting at Hobart on Friday , Peter Sleep , the veteran leg-spinner , has been called into the squad at the expense of Geoff Lawson , who took one wicket in this Test . |
22 | You 've just said that you took one look at Lotta and wanted her without knowing a thing about her , and now you 're telling me exactly the same thing . |
23 | ‘ You took one look at her love and thought , oh no , this little bud ca n't be love . |
24 | They 're the classic example of a band that thinks with one brain , and if you took one component out it would n't happen . ’ |
25 | So so you can if you took if you took one week off every three assignments |
26 | As we took one house in the queue would form again . |
27 | When the Quins arrived at Sudbury at midday they took one look at the pitch and declined to play . |
28 | They took one look at the group of adamant women and ordered the publican to complete the round . |
29 | They took one look at him and scampered over the fence as quickly as rats over the timbers of a sinking ship . |
30 | He took one bottle out to put his own in , took another one out to put a second one in , and this proceeded up the line and down the next until he realised he was always left with one in hand . |