Example sentences of "[noun sg] i took [art] " 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 | As a result I took no part in organized college sport , though despite lack of skill I enjoyed an occasional game of squash . |
| 4 | Waiting for my breath to find its heavy keel I took a turn around the hired loft . |
| 5 | Even before the crash I took a great deal of exercise — you have to work at staying in shape . |
| 6 | It 's a good job I took the dog out this morning cos it ai n't fit to take a dog out . |
| 7 | At one point I took a bowl of water to her : her mouth was bleeding and a trail of saliva dangled from her lower lip . |
| 8 | As we left the site I took a photograph of a Roman bridge . |
| 9 | The next day I took the first bus back to New York . |
| 10 | NEXT day I took the advice I had been given by my friends at the Union and went to see the exhibition of the Bibliotheca Corviniana in the National Library on Castle Hill , partly because Matthias I , or Matthias Hunyadi , known as Corvinus because of the crow motif on his banners , was one of the most striking and decisive characters in East European history , straddling the histories of Transylvania , Hungary , Bohemia and Austria . |
| 11 | One day I took the opportunity of asking Mrs Fairfax a few questions about Mr Rochester , as I was curious about him , and the little housekeeper seemed happy to talk . |
| 12 | One day I took the beasts hunting and they raised a big fat buck . |
| 13 | I continue to be very depressed , and last night I took a kitchen knife to my bedroom and drew blood from my wrist . |
| 14 | That night I took a stroll around the expensive quarter . |
| 15 | I was in the United States when the invasion of Iraq the invasion of Iraq into Iran , and I saw the whole situation with the aid of erm the United States mass media , so actually erm I had different ideas about erm what is the outcome and what is the results of the erm invasion was , and I took erm throughout the conflict I took an opposing view , because I always viewed the Iraquis as being aggressor and they inflicted damaged to a neighbouring country and erm they had erm no whatsoever rights to do anything like that and we see it again when erm they invaded Kuwait , they have no right at all erm they it is just the policy of the governing body of the Iraqui regime . |
| 16 | At midnight I took the decision to risk it . |
| 17 | In fact , of course , I did criticise them , although out of fear of my father I took the easier route and voiced that criticism upon my mother . |
| 18 | After breakfast on Sunday morning I took the ms of Jane Eyre to my little study and began to read it . |
| 19 | With trepidation I took a stronger hold of it and it came away altogether but with a sharp dagger of soreness , like digging out a splinter . |
| 20 | From the main road I took a bicycle rickshaw along the banana and coconut fringed lanes . |
| 21 | Finding a seat to the back of the church I took a prayer book , and kneeling down began to find the place . |
| 22 | Instead of emitting a long-drawn groan I took a deep breath . |
| 23 | And I 'll tell you the only reason I took the baby home was because Martin wanted her . |
| 24 | in the end I took a , a |
| 25 | It was so enjoyable that at the headwall I took a line up the steepest part , just so I could play about hanging from the holds . |
| 26 | Last year I took a special interest in Arrow , believing it to be the major threat to Transworld . |
| 27 | That 's happened , I could n't get any one year I took the triplets to the erm Goose Hill coffee morning in the Town Hall and I gave them all money for the tombola and one of them won a Creme Egg |
| 28 | Yes I , after I lost my daughter I had to go into erm , into the factory to make aeroplane pieces at Burnt Mill cos I was so bad with my nerves after I lost her , er just afternoons I had to go and then I was taken ill I could n't do it , well then after my erm , I got my family off to school I took a part time job in erm one of the factories making tea in the mornings for the office and coffees and that for the office and then in the afternoons I used to do the tea as well , I used to cycle there , I quite enjoyed it until my right hip started coming bad then I had to pack it in , but I was in there , I was there for about four years and I thoroughly enjoyed it you know making tea and that , I did n't have to take it round only collect the money to go round and collect the money , but used to have to put the trolley outside and they used to come and get their tea each one , of which they knew which was their mugs and cups ha , you know , I , I thoroughly enjoyed that job , really great |
| 29 | From the old way I took the track down to Whernside Manor and Deepdale Methodist Chapel , crossing the road there and taking the path through the woods where a millstone propped against a tree is all that remains of the old mill that once stood here . |
| 30 | From the bathroom I took a battery-operated razor , the toothpaste and a new toothbrush from my emergency supply still in their Sainsbury wrappers . |