Example sentences of "[pron] took down the " in BNC.
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1 | I took down the curtains , the pretty curtains that she had made , because they hid my window and made the earth smaller . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Can you just check that we took down the following . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | He took down the picture of Uncle John and put it in the drawer of his desk . |
8 | He took down the end one , and carried it to his desk . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He took down the painting and planned to leave with it , but then he heard Sabine and a man shouting in the lounge . |