Example sentences of "[noun prp] take one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linda took one look at Jed and went on polishing the glass . |
| 2 | Lafayette took one year , and cost over £300,000 to develop and launch . |
| 3 | Dustin took one sip and told Claude that he was the only man he knew who could get fresh oranges out of a can . |
| 4 | Mrs Wallington took one look at her and put down her own coffee cup . |
| 5 | Bernal took one look at it : ‘ Of course , ’ he said , ‘ of course that 's how they must have done it . ’ |
| 6 | Reluctantly , he agreed , and Ernest and Ruth took one side while Alfred Carter and the youth took the other . |
| 7 | Turner took one look and groaned . |
| 8 | His Serene Highness Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar took one look at Rebecque 's orders , grunted his acceptance , and tossed the paper to his Brigade Major . |
| 9 | Isobel took one look at them and telephoned Edouard . |
| 10 | Isobel took one look at his face , and kept silent . |
| 11 | Julia took one look at her hostess 's face and decided to make some more tea . |
| 12 | What if Penry took one look at her and threw her out , bag and baggage ? |
| 13 | Venables took one look at Cranston 's angry face and agreed . |
| 14 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 15 | Amanda took one end of the mirror . |
| 16 | Independent producers , from whom the Government expects both ITV and BBC to take one quarter of their programmes , regularly complain that the broadcasters , like building societies , are reluctant to advance the full cost of a project . |
| 17 | Claudia took one look at him and decided to do as she was told , for the moment . |
| 18 | Mike took one look at her furious face , and Ace 's flabbergasted one , and put up a hand to hide his mouth , but he could n't stop his eyes from dancing with amusement . |
| 19 | Jack took one gulp , said ‘ Lovely stuff , and went off to tune in to the King 's Speech on the secret wireless , which only he could operate . |
| 20 | Amy Winship took one look at him and disappeared quietly through the door , and Ben Bradshaw winced . |
| 21 | She wondered rather wildly for a moment if they would both refuse to let go and imagined herself the unwilling participant in an unlikely tug of war , but Bernard took one look at Alain and released her . |
| 22 | Tubby took one swallow and then looked up at the Colonel . |
| 23 | Frau Hoflin took one look at her and refrained from asking her to pick them up and put them in the washing machine . |
| 24 | Teng took one arm , Chang the other , and pulled . |
| 25 | Uncle Alfred took one look and groaned . |
| 26 | Tuan Ti Fo took one step towards her then stopped , seeing her there in the shadows . |
| 27 | Yeah but Eric Eric took one bag and took how many four different samples and got four different readings out of one bag . |
| 28 | Tempy took one look at her mistress as she clung to the door handle , her back bent under the pain , and tugged on the bell-pull . |
| 29 | NI takes one subject each month — from overseas aid , trees or food to masculinity , Southern Africa or personal violence — and gives you the overview : ideas , arguments and analysis neatly distilled into 32 pages , enhanced by graphics , interesting charts and vivid photos . |
| 30 | Strachan took one touch , lined the ball up and struck with the trusty right foot . |