Example sentences of "[noun sg] took [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delaney had already got one leg over the door frame that led below , and would have stopped for no one , except that his glance took in the obvious truth . |
| 2 | Preston 's glance took in the broad shoulders , a black beard , a lean , dark face and a big nose . |
| 3 | A hasty glance took in the gorgeous antique furniture crammed in as if it had been recently off-loaded by a dealer , the small , pristine cooker and the sink pushed against the soft ochre-washed wall as if it was an after-thought . |
| 4 | It was natural , therefore , that when the ancestors of plaice and sole took to the sea bottom , they should have lain on one side rather than on the belly like the ancestors of skates and rays . |
| 5 | Central News South took to the airwaves in January nineteen eighty-nine and tomorrow night we look back over our first four years . |
| 6 | He let his eyes travel over her , openly appraising , as his gaze took in the firm , high breasts , softly moulded by the cashmere of her sweater-dress , then drifted down to the dip of her waist and the womanly curves of her hips and thighs . |
| 7 | Rain took in the old expensive furniture , the floor length windows which , beyond their bolted shutters , would have coastal views . |
| 8 | The center of gravity in employment is moving fast from manual and clerical workers to knowledge workers who resist the command-and-control model that business took from the military 100 years ago . |
| 9 | Gloucester 's slalom racing team took to the slopes for the first in August coach Chantelle is a former all England champion |
| 10 | North Tees Health Authority 's promotion team took to the streets of Stockton inviting townsfolk to toast each other in vitamin high , but alcohol-free fruit cocktails . |
| 11 | Life in this place ’ — a tilt of the head took in The Pightle — ‘ must have been squalid . |
| 12 | The king took from the Persians only their attack on the constitution of 1812 ; the project for a Cortes was ‘ lost ’ in the unsympathetic deliberations of the Council of Castile . |
| 13 | When democracy took to the forest |
| 14 | And Mia Farrow 's career took off the moment she swam into Woody Allen 's myopia . |
| 15 | As his eyes began to focus , Our Father took in the vast emptiness before him . |
| 16 | Out of the corner of his eye the Captain took in the man 's elegant , obviously expensive clothes , noted the perfume not quite smothered by cigar smoke , and remembered the remark about whether it was worthwhile going to bed . |
| 17 | Reginald Mitchell died of cancer not long after the first Spitfire took to the skies . |
| 18 | ‘ IT MUST have been a big blow to the Dublin Theatre Festival ’ is not the thing to say to Tony O'Dalaigh who , as director of the festival must have imagined major profits blowing away as the Archaos tent took to the sky a few days before the French circus was due to perform . |
| 19 | As news of the shooting spread , large numbers of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets and soon some of the most intense rioting of the whole intifada was under way . |
| 20 | As soon as she climbed off the coach , she burst into tears , and Mum took in the situation at a glance . |
| 21 | Shakespear 's Sister took to the stage to what must be the worst intro tape I 've ever heard . |
| 22 | His hair took to the forming of dreadlocks . |
| 23 | Her quick scan took in the pale blue T-shirt , short sleeved , the short pleated skirt , the long shapely legs . |
| 24 | Fabliau(s) is in fact the form this word took in the dialect of the north-eastern corner of France in the twelfth to fourteenth century ( the final -s is a nominative singular case marker that is lost during this period ) . |
| 25 | Alter two long years of hard work , the Corsair took to the air once again on August 22 , 1976 as NX1337A. and , after the required air test schedule , it was repainted in its original ‘ 15F.22 ’ markings , complete with the black and yellow Suez stripes . |
| 26 | The Army took to the offensive after Wijeratne 's announcement , and by June 22 the government claimed to have driven the LTTE from the east , including their stronghold in Batticaloa town . |
| 27 | One may ask what account the firm took of the duties it owed of confidentiality and good faith , bearing in mind that , far from inquiring whether the BR board would object , it did not even say what it was doing . |
| 28 | The general election 's best dressed candidate took to the streets , somewhat gingerly , on Saturday . |
| 29 | Commenting on the hiding the Tory candidate took in the Upper Bann election , the Irish News stated : |
| 30 | Nearly 800 crew members with 74 craft took to the Wye at Hay on Saturday for the start of the longest raft race in the world . |