Example sentences of "[coord] took [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel now that if everybody looked after their own surroundings or took more notice of what 's going on immediately around them , the world might be a better place … ‘ |
| 2 | The verderers hurried along the forest path and took little notice of Marian . |
| 3 | Her family did not much understand gardening either , and took little pleasure in the fruit of their unskilled , social labours ; as far back as she could remember , Clara could recollect her mother 's perpetual nagging at her father to cut the lawn , her father 's occasional outburst of resentment against the boys who trampled on the borders . |
| 4 | Protestant commentators were very aware that the papacy retained the right to depose excommunicated rulers , and took little comfort from the fact that many English recusants had taken a special oath of allegiance to the crown . |
| 5 | On occasion , distinguished local people such as Lord Brooks were landlords , at other times the owners were quite remote and took little interest in their holdings . |
| 6 | This includes the comment under 1028 that Cnut drove Olaf from Norway and took that country , the entry on his return to England in 1029 , and that on Olaf 's death at the hands of his countrymen in 1030 . |
| 7 | There may be ten of us on Scotland Place on a Saturday night when the Morning Star got chucked out and the licensee was a feller called Pat McEwen ( he had a marine store dealer 's in Chaucer Street and took that pub ) . |
| 8 | So he calls the heart a wild beast liable to impulsive leaps out of control , a situation archetypally illustrated in the story of the Fall when Eve 's eyes leapt to the apple and her heart followed and so she leapt from Paradise to the pains of mortality and took all men with her . |
| 9 | Rachel was undeniably wonderful with the baby ; and took such joy from having Maggie with her that it was impossible for even Phoebe to feel much guilt about the times when she was free . |
| 10 | She returned to the bedside and took both Dorothy 's thin , blue-veined hands in hers . |
| 11 | Not for nothing was he known as Windy — when upset he really did ‘ blow his top ’ but his bark was worse than his bite — he was an excellent teacher and took both Standards Six and Seven . |
| 12 | SAN SALVADOR ( UPI ) — A band of human rights activists , apparently armed with hand grenades , stormed the Costa Rican Embassy and took several people hostage in an attempt to draw international attention to human rights abuses . |
| 13 | ‘ I came out in November and took this place for six months . |
| 14 | ‘ I climbed down the banking and took this photograph . |
| 15 | She swallowed and took some breaths . |
| 16 | He coughed so badly that he found his way to the bathroom and took some Liquafruta cough syrup . |
| 17 | She first read Solzhenitsyn during a study trip in England and took some copies back with her . |
| 18 | On that floor they found a variety of soft drinks , and took some bottles of lemonade , soda water and Irn Bru , and also half a bottle of Gordon 's gin . |
| 19 | and took some bread for the ducks |
| 20 | Those batteries were big , heavy glass things and took some carrying , particularly on a hot day . |
| 21 | She made herself some tea and took some aspirin and paced about the flat . |
| 22 | ‘ I fixed up months ago to meet my parents in East Berlin today and took some holiday for it , ’ fumed one man . |
| 23 | Mrs Clamp shook her head once more , went to the sink , reached up and over while on her tip-toes , turned on the hot water , rinsed her hands , wiped them on her blue-check , bri-nylon work-coat and took some cheese from the bike . |
| 24 | The estate agent suggested an asking price and took some measurements and then a photograph , standing on the edge of the lawn that had become a meadow , where Rufus had stood and taken photographs a year before . |
| 25 | Acting on his own initiative he found a mediocre painter whose technique was sound , and took some lessons in perspective from him . |
| 26 | Now children am I right in thinking that when Mrs came in and took some lessons with you when I was on a course that she taught you how to count up to thirty ? |
| 27 | Well , just photographs went to London and took some photographs , brought some postcards back . |
| 28 | Aqib , 20 , visibly upset by the decision , appeared to exchange words with the umpire and took some time before continuing his over . |
| 29 | ‘ The girl was very distressed and took some time to tell us exactly what had happened . |
| 30 | His voice quivered with emotion , he sniffed and wiped his eyes and took some time to recover . |