Example sentences of "[adv] took [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | fraid so … only took them just over a minute as Paul Devlin poked the ball home from a corner |
| 2 | Sadly , it only took me about ten seconds to think of this merry lot so I 've probably missed lots of good candidates … |
| 3 | Sadly , it only took me about ten seconds to think of this merry lot so I 've probably missed lots of good candidates … |
| 4 | she obviously took them both for the same thing did n't she ? |
| 5 | What , when I went down for , so I called back later , about half an hour later and she was awake so I just took her then . |
| 6 | ‘ To begin with the police would n't touch me , they just took me home to my parents . |
| 7 | It just took me aback . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He just took it away ? ’ |
| 9 | He bloody soon took it away . |
| 10 | Our route soon took us away from the stream to open rolling countryside . |
| 11 | The sudden rush of cooler air as the door was thrust open took her completely by surprise . |
| 12 | " You accepted the fact that you were there to be developed , improved and polished , " Eva comments , even if in her case she once took it rather too literally . |
| 13 | He went into motor racing for the fun of it and it seems unlikely that he ever took it as seriously as others thought it should be taken . |
| 14 | After asking what they would like to drink , Vitor provided cut-crystal glasses of vinho verde , but his duties as host quickly took him away to pour refills and greet other arrivals . |
| 15 | A BOY of three picked up a terrorist car bomb in the street — and innocently took it home to show his mum and grandma . |
| 16 | Now she thinks , not his cock but his tongue , I should have cut his tongue out with them , his slow quicksilver tongue ; for he partly took me backwards out of my joy , into an old timidity that 's there still ; and it 's made a meal of me sometimes teaching , when the sharper ones have had me squirming for my lazy luck . |
| 17 | I very nearly took you then and there , standing up , in a cold dark cave … after that I needed a little time to sort through my feelings , sabiha tieghi … ’ |
| 18 | He nearly took it too fast , and Lenny Campion put a nervous hand on the padded dash as the car tipped sideways and the rear end tried to break away . |
| 19 | A police spokesman said the vehicle was not in working order and the thieves probably took it away on a trailer . |
| 20 | The directness of my attack clearly took him aback . |
| 21 | Words were n't his natural medium , but these days , when I went to help out in the shop , he inevitably took me aside — blackmailing me with samosas , sherbet fountains and the opportunity not to work — for an extended ear-bashing . |
| 22 | It seemed to me that no one really took us seriously , or perhaps both the Cutter Service and the Investigation Division were still getting their acts together . |
| 23 | A burly captain of the guard arranged for our horses to be stabled and immediately took us upstairs into what Agrippa called the Lion Chamber , a long , wooden-panelled room with black and white floor tiles which shimmered in the torch light . |
| 24 | His sports and hobbies frequently took him away for the best part of the weekend ; work also ate into parts of Saturday and Sunday . |
| 25 | I said , no , and she said oh I have lots of times , I only live at Manchester , you see , and of course , you had to go by boat you see , and I caught the boat train from Ipswich at eight o'clock in the morning and I got to Manchester at lunchtime about one and then went on to Liverpool and the train there took us almost down to the docks . |
| 26 | I then took her forward slightly to the evening after the operation , a time when she was fully awake and over the more drastic effects of the anaesthetic . |
| 27 | He covered his face with his hands , then took them away and looked down at the earth . |
| 28 | You should of said well alright , I 'll take them away then took them right away then , |
| 29 | and then took them home with him . |
| 30 | The silver train , drawing into the station , first hid him from view , then took him away . |