Example sentences of "[noun sg] which took the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | " Lean " consisted of lines of close-set text which took the compositor much longer . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Following the prorogation of Parliament in November 1685 it was the Anglican establishment which took the initiative in opposing James 's policies . |
| 8 | And behind here , up there , was a big big deep shelf which took the suitcases comfortably . |
| 9 | In a pattern of development which took the form of a circus containing a garden at the centre , with roads radiating towards the cardinal points , the land was divided into small plots which were developed by various builders between 1843 and 1850 . |
| 10 | His words were lost in the sudden explosion which took the front off Police Headquarters . |
| 11 | However , it was the New English Bible and the Church of England 's Alternative Service which took the brunt of the prince 's speech as he presented the Thomas Cranmer Schools prize , sponsored jointly by the Spectator and the Prayer Book Society , at St James 's Church , Garlickhythe , in the City . |
| 12 | However , it was the New English Bible and the Church of England 's Alternative Service which took the brunt of the prince 's speech as he presented the Thomas Cranmer Schools prize , sponsored jointly by the Spectator and the Prayer Book Society , at St James 's Church , Garlickhythe , in the City . |
| 13 | The 34027 Locomotive Group still retain the prestigious opportunity of being able to say that it was their locomotive which took the first train hauled by a steam locomotive into Waterloo after some 25 years . |
| 14 | When Quincy Jones became a convert , validating the view that rap is the bebop of our time , he saw an opening for a magazine which took the music and its environment seriously . |
| 15 | The man , a publishing consultant , said : ‘ I was in the front coach of the Bournemouth train which took the full impact of the crash and where most of the 35 died . ’ |
| 16 | In the net it was obvious that it was only a small double which took the scales round to 12lb 12oz ; never mind it was about to become a film star , like it or not . |
| 17 | In our view it was Charles H. Cleveland 's ‘ Glite ’ for the North Pacific Products Co. which took the conical cambered diamond into the mass marketplace and stimulated the two-line variation of its basic single line operation ; but there was yet one other little known patent that pre-dated almost all these attempts to obtain control by rudder or lateral tension in the bridles . |
| 18 | Mike McGear , brother of Paul McCartney , and ex-member of The Scaffold which took the song into the charts in 1969 , said : ‘ Speaking as a world expert on goolies , there are definitely four of them . |
| 19 | Yep , the stunning Turrican 2 emulates its predecessor which took the Best Game award last year . |
| 20 | On Thursday 2 May , I opened with a slide show which took the Cabinet through all the changes and complexities of the subject . |
| 21 | He says , " I can not remember a dream report which took the form , " Well , I was dreaming of such and such , but as I was dreaming this I was imagining a different scene which was completely unrelated . " " |
| 22 | As much as anything it represents the conviction which took the communist leadership of a proto-state into and through two cataclysmic conflicts with a tenacity and disregard of human life that has characterized religious , revolutionary and patriotic wars . |
| 23 | At this time Ayatollah Khomeini was declaring that any country which took the Shah out of Iran would be doing the revolution a favour . |
| 24 | Formal Invitation which took the 3 ; 40 is their horse |
| 25 | The disaster at sea which took the lives of 165 oilmen is still the subject of inquiry . |
| 26 | In other words the impetus which took the community into school and the school into the community came from two different directions . |