Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] took the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we were at the park I took the down there cos |
| 2 | Sometimes during the mate 's watch I took the wheel and learnt to steer . |
| 3 | Probably the best measure of Paul 's capabilities is that he was an ever-present member of the side which took the Palace to the 1976 FA Cup semi-finals and of the promotion team of 1976–77 until he chose to leave us for Tampa Bay Rowdies in February 1977 . |
| 4 | KEN LIVINGSTONE was yesterday knocked off Labour 's national executive in a vote which took the Brent East MP and his left-wing associates by surprise . |
| 5 | It was the home side who took the lead in the twenty sixth minute when Doug Taylor beat Brian House on the right wing , put in a low cross and Pedro Herbert crept in behind the defence to score . |
| 6 | " Lean " consisted of lines of close-set text which took the compositor much longer . |
| 7 | Winger Jim Fallon beats the Gloucester cover for the try which took the Kingsholm semi-final into extra-time before Bath scraped through 27–18 . |
| 8 | After her death , he advertised for a housekeeper with a view to matrimony but unfortunately the first lady who took the job decamped after a few days , taking with her his prized possessions and helped by a male friend who apparently had kept in the background . |
| 9 | ‘ The girl sub-editor who took the call is still at Holborn police station . |
| 10 | After a quick tidy-up they took the next train back to the Gare de Lyon where Monique had only twenty minutes to wait . |
| 11 | In the split second it took the cursing Jube to work the action and fire , his target was no longer there . |
| 12 | But as the painting was not yet dry he kept it in his room , and when a buyer came unexpectedly to see Modigliani and offered him ten francs for her portrait he took the money . |
| 13 | Faced with that counter-attack , Murray stubbornly refused repeated appeals to simply say under which Law he took the unprecedented action . |
| 14 | From the heap of clothing he took the girl 's blue jeans , grumbling , ‘ After that downpour last night … ’ |
| 15 | It is said that when Christie moved into the new mill he took the machinery with him and this must have included the scribbler and carder. with the " Devondale " piercing machine , the slubbing Billy and spinning Jennys . |
| 16 | Sir , — May I congratulate the photographer who took the picture in last week 's edition showing a young boy looking up at the Queen with wonderment and awe . |
| 17 | Accused of kidnapping : The driver who took the law into his own hands . |
| 18 | Understandably thinking that he had achieved an odd escape , declarer gleefully played off three rounds of diamonds to discard his losing club , but now it was West who took the setting trick when he was able to ruff . |
| 19 | Her first detective novel , The Man in the Queue , a highly accomplished piece of a work for a novice hand , was published in 1929 under the pseudonym of Gordon Daviot — the name by which she preferred to be known , in both public and private — though for her seven other works in this genre she took the name Josephine Tey . |
| 20 | It 's a good job I took the dog out this morning cos it ai n't fit to take a dog out . |
| 21 | His ‘ Organ ’ Symphony , recorded in Les Invalides , never sounded particularly impressive on LP given rather cloudy sound which took the edge off what was obviously a fine performance , but CD remastering has done wonders for the engineering and the results are most exciting . |
| 22 | Emancipation was not to arrive without conflict and growing recognition of that truth stimulated a more radical strain in antislavery which took the form of the demand for immediate emancipation . |
| 23 | Following the prorogation of Parliament in November 1685 it was the Anglican establishment which took the initiative in opposing James 's policies . |
| 24 | And behind here , up there , was a big big deep shelf which took the suitcases comfortably . |
| 25 | It is to be noted that , in this , it was the laity who took the initiative . |
| 26 | The cameraman who took the pictures at a French villa near St Tropez told the Mirror : ‘ I definitely heard the child call out the word ‘ Daddy ’ to that bald man . |
| 27 | Menacing creatures of Greek mythology who took the form of beautiful maidens , the better to seduce and murder lone male travellers . |
| 28 | The manic-depressive who took the shot |
| 29 | AN OBJECT lesson for all those who bemoan the artistic indifference of government , last night 's Omnibus ( BBC 1 ) looked at a political leader who took the closest interest in art , a mediocre and embittered water-colourist who eventually turned to another medium — mass emotion and warfare . |
| 30 | The afrancesados were the collaborators of the War of Independence — the timid , the misguided , the conformists by nature who took the French side against the patriots . |