Example sentences of "[noun prp] took out a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they reached the prison , at Riom , and an official tried to argue that they had no authority to remove the canisters , Jacques Allier took out a pistol and levelled it wordlessly at the bureaucratic face . |
| 2 | Small took out a knife and skinned the lambs : bone and sinew were mangled behind their necks , and there was much blood , showing that the lambs had been killed by foxes , rather than taken as carrion by crows . |
| 3 | Said that in future he 'd be obliged if I kept careful note of when Mr Meredith took out a horse . |
| 4 | Woolley took out an old , soiled handkerchief and blew his nose . |
| 5 | Fardine took out a tin can from a cupboard beside the coop . |
| 6 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 7 | Walt took out a large coloured handkerchief and mopped his damp brow . |
| 8 | Sims took out a jeweller 's eyeglass and peered at the tiny negatives . |
| 9 | From his jacket pocket Robert took out a grubby sheet of paper — the translation of the mysterious manuscript that had been given to him in the pub nearly a year ago today . |
| 10 | Scholz took out a meerschaum pipe that was burned to a dark orange and blew through it . |
| 11 | Adam took out a cigarette and offered one to Goodenache , who took it . |
| 12 | Carey took out a disgorger and removed the hook . |
| 13 | Opening one of the drawers in his desk , Joe took out a small box . |
| 14 | Coun Garvey took out a private summons alleging assault against Coun Carr . |
| 15 | COMEDIAN Jim Davidson has been banned from his own home after his fourth wife Tracie took out a court injunction against him . |
| 16 | In 1670 William Gauntlett took out a patent of arms at the Herald 's College and in 1687 made the manor a little larger . |
| 17 | Peregrine Phillips took out a patent in 1831 for the contact or catalytic process for the manufacture of sulphuric acid . |
| 18 | As Tamar sank back into her seat , Tempy took out a bottle of smelling salts and held them under her nose . |
| 19 | The previous day Bull took out a newspaper advertisement promising to do better in future . |
| 20 | Maureen Harris took out a high interest mortgage after her husband was made bankrupt . |
| 21 | Mr Palumbo took out a private prosecution on his behalf and that of other residents after the sewage killed animals , fish and plants . |
| 22 | Mark took out a cigarette , and began to smoke . |
| 23 | WH Smith took out an injunction against the five after it discovered what it says was a plot to launch a music chain to rival Our Price . |
| 24 | You 'd think that she was still in her sixties , Constance thought approvingly , as Louise took out a cigarette and , crossing her legs decisively , made herself comfortable on the sofa . |
| 25 | Alice took out a ten-pound note — not enough , she knew , and placed it in front of Mrs Whitfield , who took it up , smoothed it flat , placed it in an old-fashioned cashbox in a drawer , wrote out a receipt . |
| 26 | Next Charlie took out a small leather box and opened the lid to discover Tommy 's Military Medal and the simple words ‘ For bravery in the field ’ printed across the back . |
| 27 | Melissa took out a fifty-franc note . |
| 28 | Conway took out a pencil and a piece of paper , and began to draw a map . |
| 29 | Taft took out a packet of Camel cigarettes . |