Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [art] [noun sg] " 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 | I took a turn on a rope slide and had to sit on a tractor tyre on the way down . |
| 3 | From the top of Hope Street I took a short-cut across the waste-land surrounding the motorway . |
| 4 | Yes , I own my own cab but the real mushers would have me if I took a fare . ’ |
| 5 | The doctor seems to think I took a chill while out walking on Tuesday last . |
| 6 | I took a swig of wine and collapsed on to the bed fully dressed . |
| 7 | ‘ I slipped it in my pocket and forgot about it till one day when I was down at yon ford and I took a swig and , by God , it 's potent . ’ |
| 8 | When my jealousy put me upon such a vindictive conduct to you I took a bond for the money I had caused you to be troubled for . |
| 9 | ‘ I took a kick on the side of the knee and it was so unnecessary because the ball was two or three yards away . |
| 10 | I took a drink from one of the twenty-four plastic gallon containers which I had been collecting for two years . |
| 11 | The bastard knew when I took a drink . |
| 12 | I took a drink . |
| 13 | I took a stool next to Carradine , and downed the coffee . |
| 14 | From the main road I took a bicycle rickshaw along the banana and coconut fringed lanes . |
| 15 | So I took a nick out of my finger and ended up with from the top of my finger . |
| 16 | I took a Polaroid photograph and sent it to Colin Willock , our producer — but when I phoned him later , he said , ‘ How long did it take you to set that one up ? ’ ’ |
| 17 | I took a polaroid of fucking Karen last night in her underwear . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | I took a wet from my bottle . |
| 20 | ‘ Nobody south of Perth had heard of malt whisky in those days , ’ he said , ‘ so I took a bottle and six glasses into my final crit . |
| 21 | He straightened up , then bowed slightly , ‘ I apologise for barging in and finding you gloriously undressed on my bed , and for ordering you out while I took a shower . |
| 22 | This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill . |
| 23 | I took a sleeping-pill and went to bed straight after supper . |
| 24 | I took a couple of mouthfuls , handed the bottle back , wiping my lips . |
| 25 | I took a couple of steps forward , then heard something whispered from behind me , and looked back to see Janice hugging Ash , almost violently . |
| 26 | And it 's only just just lately since I split with the wife er I took a couple of months to sort myself out . |
| 27 | I took a couple of pictures anyway , not knowing what possible good they would do , then kicked the Shogun in the driver 's door just for the hell of it . |
| 28 | Opal Fruits and things like that I could of got them that but of course a great big bag of Minstrels , you could n't just let them rummage through that , so what I done I took a couple of handfuls out and put them in here |
| 29 | The night was dark , so I took a lamp . |
| 30 | I took a garret there , posing as an English student from the halls of Cambridge . |