Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] took [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colonel Windsor took a sheet of paper from his desk and wrote out the day 's Orders : Friday , 12 November 1920 To all section commanders Special General Order Section commanders are warned that the severest disciplinary measures will be taken against any sign of looting or retaliation . |
| 2 | Referee Ian Gilmour took no action at the time , but Wire general manager Ron Close revealed : ‘ We have looked at the video and are considering citing Jones for the tackle . ’ |
| 3 | The Australians looked to be heading out of the championship when New Zealand 's Peter Belliss and Gary Lawson took the opening set 7-1 and then recovered from 0-6 down to add the second 7-6 . |
| 4 | ‘ Leave it , ’ Herr Nordern said as Erika moved to take the call , but , as usual , the phone was hard to resist and , pulling a face , Herr Nordern took the call himself . |
| 5 | Kiwi manager Ian Taylor took the unprecedented step of telling the world what had happened because he wanted the ICC to investigate Pakistan . |
| 6 | The new trust will run Glasgow 's Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Queen Mother Maternity Hospital but Ian Lang took the decision because , he said , the trust 's hospitals do not have a significant teaching function . |
| 7 | With the emergence of rock , Little Richard took the song and wop-bama-lammed it into the charts ( 1958 ) to be followed in turn by Bobby Darin ( 1962 ) . |
| 8 | Konstantin Kavelin took the train from St Petersburg and persuaded Chicherin to write the first of his anti-governmental memoranda . |
| 9 | In the same year as Queen Victoria succeeded her uncle , King William IV , Dr. Edward Tuke took a lease on the Manor Farm House , in what by then was called Chiswick Lane , and it became a home for mentally ill gentle-persons . |
| 10 | Miss Honey took a few moments to let this curious statement sink in . |
| 11 | Miss Honey took a deep breath and let it out slowly . |
| 12 | Today Kim 's wealthy American boyfriend Richard Knorr took the stand . |
| 13 | Pat Johnstone took the package and placed it on her lap . |
| 14 | In the Christmas of 1979 , Richard Branson took a holiday from Virgin to go ski-ing in the Colorado resort of Aspen . |
| 15 | In July the Earls of Northampton , Oxford , Pembroke and Devon together with Sir Hugh Despenser , Sir Richard Talbot and Sir Richard Stafford took an army to the duchy and put Charles of Blois to flight at the battle of Morlaix on 30 September , while in October the king himself embarked for Brittany , aware that part of the duchy had already been regained for the Montfort cause . |
| 16 | Madge Grimsilk took a small hand torch from her bag , pressed the button and placed it behind the forest at one side . |
| 17 | Lucy Lane took the seat by the door ; Wycliffe settled behind his desk . |
| 18 | The NILP was represented by a strong contingent which carried the party banner and for the first time Ivan Cooper took a prominent part in the proceedings . |
| 19 | Accompanied by David Bonser , director of THORP Division , chief engineer Maurice Bullock and Jim Coote , health and safety manager , THORP Division , Ken Jackson took the media party on a guided tour . |
| 20 | In 1517 David Cecil took a 21-year lease of land in Essendine at a rent of £18. 3s. 3d. ; not being the freeholder he was not mentioned in the muster , and there is no means of telling whether his global assessment of £46 at Tinwell embodied the profit of this farm which he very possibly sublet . |
| 21 | Miss Rose took the photograph and scrutinised it . |
| 22 | He is the first western born challenger for the title since Bobby Fischer took the championship in 1972 and the first British player this century to be this close to the world title . |
| 23 | Miss Harker took a piece of chalk and held it up . |
| 24 | At Sussex , David Daiches took the view that the acquisition of knowledge must involve " a world of cultural understanding that is real " for the student . |
| 25 | In the general election , Lyndon Johnson took the state by a landslide , but his majorities were notably slim in southern counties . |
| 26 | Branch manager Richard Fairhurst took a back seat for the day , as he rode along on the back of a tandem . |
| 27 | Smith and partner Griff Rhys Jones took the stage after Jimmy Tarbuck . |
| 28 | Skipper , Andy Melville took a knock last Saturday , but should be fit . |
| 29 | Miss Hervey took the reading and entered it , and Isobel settled herself in the chair , the baby on her lap , and unbuttoned her blouse . |
| 30 | Miss D'Arcy took the compliment , appreciated the censure and the mocking of Mrs Crump , and smiled the smile of the dumbly adoring at Hope , who was alerted by such a perfect response but nevertheless willing at this stage to receive it at face value . |