Example sentences of "[noun sg] i took a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting for my breath to find its heavy keel I took a turn around the hired loft . |
| 2 | Even before the crash I took a great deal of exercise — you have to work at staying in shape . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As we left the site I took a photograph of a Roman bridge . |
| 5 | I continue to be very depressed , and last night I took a kitchen knife to my bedroom and drew blood from my wrist . |
| 6 | That night I took a stroll around the expensive quarter . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | From the main road I took a bicycle rickshaw along the banana and coconut fringed lanes . |
| 9 | Finding a seat to the back of the church I took a prayer book , and kneeling down began to find the place . |
| 10 | Instead of emitting a long-drawn groan I took a deep breath . |
| 11 | in the end I took a , a |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Last year I took a special interest in Arrow , believing it to be the major threat to Transworld . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | From the bathroom I took a battery-operated razor , the toothpaste and a new toothbrush from my emergency supply still in their Sainsbury wrappers . |
| 16 | Every time I took a big breath I were getting short pains all down this side ? |
| 17 | ‘ It 's about time I took a stroll round the club . |
| 18 | In desperation I took a typing course and moved fifty miles down the road to here , to the first job which would have me . |