Example sentences of "[conj] took [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father remembers the whirr and bite of the saw that took off the top of his skull . |
| 2 | He made a sweeping gesture with his arm that took in the wilderness of derelict factories beyond the perimeter fence . |
| 3 | Creggan looked at her and then , mantling his wings , glared angrily at the world outside the Cages , a glare that took in the Zoo , the Men , the trees , the wind and even the sky , and said loudly , ‘ I can face anything , anything ! ’ |
| 4 | He reined in his horse and made a gesture with one hand that took in the flat dead wasteland and the strangled trees and the black barrenness . |
| 5 | He took one hand off the controls to sweep it out in a large gesture that took in the whole of the City of London . |
| 6 | FlyPast had the honour of visiting the very busy 35 Squadron at D F Malan Airport ( Cape Town 's main airport ) and to fly with the general transport element on a formation training sortie that took in the Cape Town coast and the all-dominating vista of Table Mountain . |
| 7 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |
| 8 | Slowly he righted himself and took off the mask , although she could not see his face for she was not looking at him . |
| 9 | When she reached Ruth 's area , she moved the screen out into the room and took off the shawls , flowers and bells . |
| 10 | Margery drank and took off the flying-helmet and lay face-down on the bed . |
| 11 | They lashed alongside and they lowered the stuff right onto the onto the coble To start with we rowed it ashore with a couple or oars or maybe four oars and took off the cattle and that the same way just . |
| 12 | I decided to chance it and killed the bike 's engine and took off the helmet . |
| 13 | Democratic contender Paul Tsongas added fitness to his campaign and took to the swimming pool to improve his image . |
| 14 | A few sprouted wings and took to the air , without bothering to become birds first . |
| 15 | In November 1983 , for example , Michael Hickey pulled on five jumpers , five pairs of trousers , four pairs of socks , several bin liners and a blanket , too a sheet on which he had written ‘ We are innocent ’ and took to the roof of Gartree maximum security prison . |
| 16 | They 'd already split their team to cover both the gym and some other place , and then split it again to follow you , so Blagg only got the leftovers , spotted them , and took to the hills . ’ |
| 17 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 18 | I joined the feathered legions and took to the air . |
| 19 | Er took it up the field and took to the school then we got at it and it and bath full of feathers . |
| 20 | In the Wintertime they had a boat they called the Redloch and she went to Stramness and took sillocks from Stramness and took to the gut factory here in the Wintertime . |
| 21 | Owen bellowed orders , and the bushes threshed as the Welsh circled their enemies and took to the thickest of the woodland on their way to the river valley . |
| 22 | ‘ Then the twenty-five ships from Denmark sailed over to Siward 's ships and took aboard the men from the wrecked ships , and greeted the ones on the three ships that were not damaged , and , led by the three ships , set sail across the mouth of the estuary . |
| 23 | Our close friend Bobby Radiasa , whom we trained as a soundman and took around the islands on our last expedition , was amongst the first intrepid handful of Bali 's surfers . |
| 24 | ‘ Where 's Sarah ? ’ he demanded , and took in the scene in front of him . |
| 25 | They stood beside Ace , and took in the panorama that was laid out like a map below the edge of the plateau . |
| 26 | Hope flicked to alert and took in the scene : five other parties , all yielding the centre to the couple who occupied it with proprietorial ease ; several guides being consulted , some read from aloud , everywhere the men pointing , the indies dipping their heads to listen or lifting them to question , with seeming humility , the words of the scholars and their translators . |
| 27 | Choosing a space on the edge of the wall , a respectful distance apart from the girls , I dangled my legs over the edge and took in the spectacle unfolding below . |
| 28 | Greg stood in the doorway , and took in the man and his work . |
| 29 | He sprawled sideways and took in the twitching , frightened balloon with its cross-hatched plumpness rounded out by the golden sun on one side , curving into purple dusk on the other , and the heavy , ugly , functional basket . |