Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] took [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They swaggered to a classy , confident victory full of irresistible one-touch football that took the Magpies ever closer to Reading 's 1985 record of 13 wins in a row at the start of a season . |
| 2 | Inside it was cool and there was a seat that took the weight off her swollen feet , and they watched as gleaming brass plates were trailed in front of their eyes with the regularity of a hypnotist 's charm , and she looked at Dan and he said no thanks and walked out . |
| 3 | After gaining another Youth Cup winner 's medal in 1978 , Billy became a dominant central defender alongside Jim Cannon and was a key member of the side that took the Palace back into Division One in 1979 with the best defensive record in the club 's history ; Billy also gained the first of his eleven England Under 21 caps that season . |
| 4 | The freshly unveiled Natal anthem ‘ 15 Men of the Last Outpost ’ , a folksy ballad , was unwittingly to become a fitting epitaph for not only Natal but for nearly every other South African side that took the field against either set of Antipodeans . |
| 5 | She pulled hard on the wheel and took the left fork . |
| 6 | By the time he left his bedroom and took the path across the field she was out of sight . |
| 7 | Once out of the village they picked up speed and took a road that would zigzag through five hamlets before bringing them to the only cart track that wound up the lower slopes of the mountain . |
| 8 | Sir Leslie Scarman was re-elected President and took the chair . |
| 9 | But Becker held his nerve and took the set in just 38 minutes . |
| 10 | At this point , I accepted temporary defeat and took the dog , now very comfortable thank you , indoors . |
| 11 | Each clique treated the establishment as its club and took no notice at all of anyone outside the charmed circle . |
| 12 | Abel was granted a benefit in 1895 after fourteen years with the club and took the Surrey-Yorkshire game . |
| 13 | Coffee dripped from the bottom of the cup as DI Frank Gregson lifted it to his mouth and took a sip . |
| 14 | Feeling as if I was still asleep and having a very curious dream , I settled myself on the other side of the hearth from the stranger and took a sip of cocoa . |
| 15 | When they got to the bar he ordered a sandwich and took a bowl of tortilla chips to the table . |
| 16 | She picked up the sandwich and took a bite , and then heard Jack 's yell . |
| 17 | Because of the outbreak of war he abandoned plans to do research and took an industrial job , but in September 1915 he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as a private soldier and served with the British Expeditionary Force . |
| 18 | The big one looked sightly disappointed , then trotted back to their car and took a black shoulder-bag out of the boot . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose we are right to send you and Jeremy out to get Tristram rather than leave him to take the full consequences ? ’ he said reflectively , as he loaded her and her possessions into his car and took the wheel . |
| 20 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 21 | Donna reached for her handbag and took the photo out . |
| 22 | Jane went back to college and took a degree course . |
| 23 | She threw it down in disgust and took a drum which Corrie showed no inclination to use , thumping it furiously to express her feelings . |
| 24 | I paid off the tab at the Tomorrowman and took a stroll over . |
| 25 | Some of the men grumbled as they moved away , but all found some form of light and took a place in the line to join in the search . |
| 26 | Each relation had two fields , as in Hierarchy ( term&sub1 ; , term&sub2 ; ) Another relation , the Point relation , associated a paragraph with a term and took the form Point ( term , unique identifier ) . |
| 27 | He uncorked his canteen and took a long drink of water . |
| 28 | There was an embarrassed smile as Leary said : ‘ Oh no , I heard he was there so I walked through the harbour and took a look at it . |
| 29 | She walked round to the main entrance and took the lift . |
| 30 | Even though members of the erstwhile " bolting " party had declared him incapable of any further action and took a gloomy view in general of his morale , he somehow mustered his last resources and confounded their gloomy forecast by leading out a party of Sikhs and native pensioners to shovel under the downpour . |