Example sentences of "[noun prp] took [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when Millie , from her seat , lifted her arm and waved to them , they looked at each other , giggled , then all waved back , which Millie took as a good omen and Rose Quinton took as a sign of comparative peace . |
| 2 | Eliot once muttered when they were left alone together , which Sherek took as a sign that he was uneasy in his company — but , over the next ten years and three dramas , the partnership proved a fruitful one . |
| 3 | Travis took in a deep breath . |
| 4 | Ruth took off the cloak , shivering — though , if anything , the sun seemed to reach her more warmly now . |
| 5 | As though running a mental checklist , Shannon took in the burnished golden hair rippling in thick waves to his staggeringly broad shoulders , then let her eyes wander down over his powerful chest to narrow hips and long , muscular legs . |
| 6 | In the United Kingdom the Roman Catholic and Republican minority of Northern Ireland took to the streets in protest against the injustices meted out to their kind by the Provincial Government and condoned in Whitehall ( see Cameron Report 1969 Cmd 532 ) . |
| 7 | Cozy Powell need lose no sleep as Alan took to the drums like , well , like a Parliamentary candidate takes to drums . |
| 8 | Elaborating on that point , Mr Gisby took as an example a 22-tonne load being moved 400 miles between London and Glasgow . |
| 9 | But it was the spirit of Henley , with huge crowds enjoying amateur sport , presented with administrative finesse , which Keller took as the yardstick for the international circuit . |
| 10 | When work for the proprietors on what was to become the famous Mason–Dixon line was complete late in 1766 , they began on the Royal Society 's behalf , at Dixon 's suggestion , to measure a degree of the meridian on the Delmarva peninsula in Maryland and to make gravity measurements with a clock sent out by the Society , the same one that Maskelyne had had in St Helena and Dixon took to the Cape in 1761 . |
| 11 | These were the only wickets Martin took in the match , but his allround contributions would probably have earned him the Man of the Match award had such been on offer in those days . |
| 12 | After reports that police reservists in the predominantly Serb town of Benkovac had been disarmed , by order of their Croat superiors , Serbs took to the streets there and in nearby towns . |
| 13 | Robert took in the neatly combed hair , the frail shoulders , the exquisite cheekbones with the red blemish on one side , and the huge , sightless eyes that roamed the blackness below him like inverted searchlights , as if to soak up the shadows . |
| 14 | Four wyverns from the Worlds Edge Mountains took to the air , swooping and marauding within the city while Goblin doom divers rained down causing panic and consternation . |
| 15 | On their way out of the church , Harry took from the rack of postcards one reproducing Sedley 's inscription . |
| 16 | But when Millie , from her seat , lifted her arm and waved to them , they looked at each other , giggled , then all waved back , which Millie took as a good omen and Rose Quinton took as a sign of comparative peace . |
| 17 | Claudia took in the rest of Dana 's clothes , her eyes wide with astonishment . |
| 18 | THE new University of Teesside took to the air yesterday . |
| 19 | He shrugged off his British Warm greatcoat and Steiner took in the badges of rank and red tabs of a staff officer . |
| 20 | One day Tod took from the trash a framed certificate and went and hung it on the toilet doornail . |
| 21 | Sounds said it , ‘ lacked that vital emotional jackboot , ’ Melody Maker had the sprawling 13-word judgement : ‘ Reasonable is the last thing I feel when I hear this shambling mess , ’ and even NME took off the gloves with : ‘ David Gedge 's approach is as suitable as yellow and red check boxer shorts : piss stained . ’ |
| 22 | She and Miki took to the stage again with Ministry , Miki sporting a rockerific white flying V. If I can remember correctly , Howard our manager was by this time on all fours with a bottle of tequila clutched firmly between his mitts — but this is what we pay him for . |
| 23 | Protesters in Germany took to the streets of Solingen after an arson attack by neo-Nazis that killed five Turks . |
| 24 | Keith Mills and Mike Timothy took to the water , made waves and generally splashed out for charity when they took part in the BT Swimathon in March . |
| 25 | They sipped their drinks in silence for several minutes while Belinda took in the details of house and garden . |
| 26 | But it was not the new road that Miss Danziger took in the rain that morning . |
| 27 | A passing warship , the Humber took off the four-man crew , then towed the cruiser into Liverpool for repairs . |
| 28 | Standards re-asserted themselves when press officer Daphne Davies took to the floor , wheeling about the boards in a beautiful solo waltz . |
| 29 | Glasgow took to the subway with a will , but an unexpected flood of passengers and an accident that injured 19 people , closed the circles until January the following year , when the Glasgow Subway Railway Company began operations in earnest . |
| 30 | Central Asian merchants bringing raw materials to the carpet-making , silk , gold , silver-thread , and ribbon manufactories of Amritsar took to the train . |