Example sentences of "[pron] took down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 2 | Back home , I took down a catalogue of works by Leslie Hakim-Dowek , one of the artists exhibiting in the show . |
| 3 | I took down the curtains , the pretty curtains that she had made , because they hid my window and made the earth smaller . |
| 4 | I took down the battered , broken-spined A-Z I keep taped to the driver 's sun visor and pretended to be looking something up . |
| 5 | Then , from a shelf in the pantry , she took down a large covered dish , sniffed at the contents , and , smiling now on the child , said , ‘ Nothing much goes rotten in here . |
| 6 | She took down a couple of volumes , flicked through them , placed them back . |
| 7 | Forcing herself to be patient , she took down a leather-bound copy of Grimms ' Fairy Tales and opened the pages . |
| 8 | The troops who lined the streets at his execution kept the spectators out of earshot , but on the platform were two clerks who took down the King 's last speech in shorthand and , somewhat surprisingly , it was published in the London newspapers . |
| 9 | Video producer Rob Small reveals : ‘ When we took down the lighting rig at the end of the shoot soot from the candles left black patches on the ceiling . |
| 10 | Can you just check that we took down the following . |
| 11 | They took down the bucket labelled ‘ Buoyancy ’ and experimented with stones , shells , pieces of wood , metal bottle tops , forks , sponges , plastic boats and animals , plastic bobbins and two plastic cups , one of which sinks when filled with water and the other which floats just under the surface . |
| 12 | From the top of the kitchen-dresser he took down a jar . |
| 13 | He took down a book and walked back to the fire . |
| 14 | He took down a second mug from the dresser and poured tea for them both . |
| 15 | He took down a copy of Wordsworth 's collected poems . |
| 16 | He took down a large earthenware flask from a shelf above the range , unstoppered it , and poured a measure of golden liquid into Cleo 's mug . |
| 17 | He took down the picture of Uncle John and put it in the drawer of his desk . |
| 18 | He took down the end one , and carried it to his desk . |
| 19 | He took down the lengthy list of produce prices , all in US dollars and cents , eradicated the zeros or ‘ nulls ’ which indicated a space in the message , and according to the day of the month set the lines of figures against prepared lines of letters . |
| 20 | He took down the painting and planned to leave with it , but then he heard Sabine and a man shouting in the lounge . |