Example sentences of "[noun sg] took one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 6ft 2in Cambridge hit-man took one look at Old Trafford , which could n't tempt Southampton 's Shearer , and decided : ‘ This is the place for me . ’ |
| 2 | Without becoming enmeshed in too much technical detail , the Act took one step further the policy changes initiated by the 1980 Act which created assured tenancies and shorthold tenancies . |
| 3 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 4 | The ground Hostess took one look at our tickets and told us that a gentleman was waiting to speak to us . |
| 5 | The young father took one look then gripped his head with both hands . |
| 6 | My father took one side , perhaps it was the right side and perhaps it was the wrong side . |
| 7 | The wolf took one look , snatched it off the steel hook — then looked round for somewhere to hide . |
| 8 | The surgeon took one look at my eyes and said , bluntly : ‘ Well , they 're a right mess , are n't they ? ’ . |
| 9 | Until 1190 , they were kept up-to-date ; but in that year , Count Henry II of Champagne took one copy of the list with him when he set out for Outremer , and this may have inhibited his officials from making further changes in the copy left behind at Troyes . |
| 10 | The midwife took one look at me — the head was already on its way out — attached a fetal monitor and told me to push . |
| 11 | ‘ That old woman did the business , word-perfect , she was perfect , the jury took one look at that little old lady and he was off the hook , she never made a slip . |
| 12 | The man took one step closer , sword and dagger now half raised . |
| 13 | Her lungs were racked with fever and the doctor took one look at her and sent her to the isolation hospital . |
| 14 | When I got home my dad took one look at it and said , you look like a bleeding nancy boy . |
| 15 | ‘ We went to a black bookstore in Birmingham , the guy took one look , saw the gun on the cover and said no . |