Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] took [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Given there are some 100,000 climbers in the UK and only 100 or so took part , I ca n't help but think that a tremendous message of indifference . |
| 2 | Here a national outcry was provoked when fifteen white police officers either stood by and watched or personally took part in the systematic assault of a black man whom they had stopped after a car chase . |
| 3 | Between 1962 and 1976 breeding was established , or probably took place , regularly in 17 areas holding between 20 and 25 pairs . |
| 4 | And it was Mrs Crumwallis who ran up the stairs and incompetently took charge . |
| 5 | Halfling refugees poured down the river Aver in a convoy of boats , barges , and improvised rafts , and eventually took refuge in Nuln . |
| 6 | In the presidential elections held on Feb. 2 , 1986 [ see p. 34350 ] , Oscar Arias Sánchez of the social democratic National Liberation Party ( Partido de Liberación Nacional — PLN ) won 52.3 per cent of the vote and duly took office on May 8 . |
| 7 | Her new owner was prepared for some difficulty , and so took Anna to a good professional horsebreaker ; but to no avail . |
| 8 | ‘ And perhaps took poison there , ’ said Auguste eagerly . |
| 9 | He still drank , began to smoke , and only took notice of his wife and child to shout at them or hit them , usually when he was drunk . |
| 10 | In the same year the British abandoned Palestine , never a welcome responsibility and lately become ungovernable , and henceforth took care of their Middle Eastern interests through a group of client states and the fortress colony of Aden . |
| 11 | Before people could generally read , learning was by word of mouth and much took place in the countryside along the paths , particular truths being imparted at certain places , which thereby took on special significance . |
| 12 | Shortly afterwards , Turkish military forces invaded the other two countries , and finally took Baku — with great slaughter . |
| 13 | , , and later took part in the Council 's trade mission to Madrid and Barcelona . |
| 14 | Later she mastered Braille , learned to type and later took lessons from a teacher for the deaf so that she could go to school , then college and later spent her life lecturing all over the world . |
| 15 | Nicknamed Cold Turkey , it was used to ferry supplies and personnel from the mainland to the New Guinea battlefields and also took part in the Nadzab landing which , at the time , was the world 's largest airborne troop assault . |
| 16 | He was narrowly pipped at the post on time in the prestigious Derby event and also took runner-up in another speed event . |
| 17 | He tried to devise new and better ways of operating the machines in the bottle works where he was employed and , realizing that he needed to increase his knowledge of science and mathematics if he was to exploit his ideas , he went in the evenings to the nearby Mechanics ' Institute and also took lessons in trigonometry from a local clergyman . |
| 18 | Heard it , and instantly took advantage of it . |
| 19 | I wrapped guilt around me like a thick overcoat , wallowed in it and even took shelter in it . |
| 20 | Ken liked cruises and frequently took Lou on them , too . |
| 21 | Now , I must confess I had n't seen much of Mr Wogan before I met him because , when I got my television set at Low Birk Hatt , Richard Megstone , the nice young gentleman who looked after the Youth Hostel in Baldersdale and kindly took care of my electrical things , said I had a choice — either BBC1 or Channel 4 . |
| 22 | Mr Macdonald said that Wolfenden was walking through a park when police started to ‘ gallop ’ after him and then took hold of him . |
| 23 | They were briefed extensively by experts about different aspects of the subject , and then took part in a three-day debate organized by the government-funded Foundation for Public Information on Science , Technology and the Humanities . |
| 24 | He turned to Emily and kissed her hand and then took Hari in his arms in a bear hug of an embrace . |
| 25 | But Alton restricted the opposition to four points in that opening spell and then took control to score four good tries themselves . |
| 26 | Anarchy on a smaller scale is provided by photographer Kurt Buchwald who set up a ‘ Photography Forbidden ’ sign in front of innocuous subjects and then took photographs to see what happened . |
| 27 | From 1971 to 1972 he was at Woolwich as a technical staff officer , and then took command of 4th Field Regiment , RA , in Northern Ireland . |
| 28 | She watched as he quickly sized up the situation and then took command . |
| 29 | I took all these points on board , and indeed took care to explain them to the volunteers before we began work . |
| 30 | Much of the blame for this lies with the Americans who shied away from disarming Somalia 's bandits and instead took guns from soft targets : small businessmen and relief-agency bodyguards . |