Example sentences of "[pers pn] took in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I took in the traffic thundering by beneath me and relived in my mind my alarming experience , my trepidation returned . |
| 2 | I took in the spectacle with great personal satisfaction … |
| 3 | I took in the surroundings and kept them to myself . |
| 4 | My Lord the only point of interest and it 's really one that I took in the of the submission is that if you use an up to date nineteen ninety three figure for calculating it when it was first back to years three and a half , two and a half and one and a half years ago , then intre it would n't be fair if interest is awarded on that as well because in a sense the increase in the figure that inflation and the increased cost of living has produced because you use an up to date figure , probably equates with the interest and we can the figure an up to date one to avoid just that otherwise it would be getting the figures for each of those years and then working out interest . |
| 5 | She took in the scene and told Seth it was time they straightened out . |
| 6 | Along with her mother and British relatives , she took in the sights . |
| 7 | Tremors of feeling flickered through Wilson as she took in the scene . |
| 8 | Even when she was talking to you or giving you your change , you could feel her smile going somewhere over your shoulder as she took in the whole room behind you . |
| 9 | And then she took in the claw-like ends , curling inwards to grasp the stair . |
| 10 | She took in the bloated rage of the Captain , the eager faces of the card players who were savouring every minute , the dry Insurance man with his cool uncaring manner , the old harridan who 'd set it all in motion . |
| 11 | ‘ She was vile , ’ said Comfort , recovering fast as she took in the impertinence of anyone 's venturing to question her expenditure or appearance . |
| 12 | She was dressed in black , as always , making Riven wonder sourly if she were mourning someone , but there was a bright smile on her face as she took in the battered condition of Murtach 's patrol ; the bandaged Hearthwares , the clawed mounts and the weary eyes of them all . |
| 13 | She took in the lean , hard , semi-reclining figure and felt all those humiliating feelings of need surge through her . |
| 14 | ‘ We get off the stop after Salute , ’ he said warmly , as if pleased at her awed silence as she took in the building 's perfection . |
| 15 | Switching her eyes to Leo , she took in the strong bone-structure , the level grey eyes , and as she was about to turn and go back upstairs she saw Ryan 's knee begin to lift as he reached out to grab Leo 's arm . |
| 16 | Whatever she took in the way of rough spontaneous notes during a discussion would later be typed up in immaculate form . |
| 17 | It was Marie on her way home , her cycle slowed down as she took in the interesting spectacle , and Jenna looked up , startled , catching the gleam in the girl 's eyes . |
| 18 | Her smile of welcome faded as she took in the sorry state of Jenna 's appearance . |
| 19 | She paused for breath and his laser-blue eyes narrowed , sending tiny ripples of shock running through her as she took in the dark eyebrows , a strong nose and firmly sculpted mouth . |
| 20 | She knew a quick surge of satisfaction when the door flew open , but there was no time to revel in pride at her own achievement as she took in the scene beyond the door . |
| 21 | The crowd had parted to let them through , and Kathleen 's fear for herself vanished as she took in the scene . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , just the picture you took in the temple . ’ |
| 23 | All of us , conference members and colleagues alike , would like you to know how deeply we appreciated the very full part you took in the conference programme . |
| 24 | Yeah you do each one that you took in the list and then do do n't do the result if it 's c or above otherwise you do n't fit it , apparently that 's what she said she sa do the result if it 's good but do n't bother if it 's bad , or something . |
| 25 | At the lakeside Listvyanka hotel , we enjoyed a hearty Russian breakfast — fried spam with sour cream and tinned peas — as we took in the view . |
| 26 | It was nearly half a minute before we took in the situation , and then it was too ludicrous . |
| 27 | Leaving the legacy of Aurangzeb behind us , we took in the original façade . |
| 28 | Similar complaints were heard in the Church of England about the condition of curates during the nineteenth century , a time when what pay they got came from the parish priest under whom they served or whose place they took in the parish while he lived elsewhere . |
| 29 | Whatever momentous steps they took in the Devonian , the lungfish and lobe fins have been very conservative since , for the living lungfish are clearly similar to their Palaeozoic relatives and coelacanth lobe fins like the living genus ( Latimeria ) are known from Cretaceous rocks . |
| 30 | Ace 's eyes were full of mocking laughter as they took in the discomfited expression on the journalist 's face . |