Example sentences of "[vb past] take [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as we travelled down a lovely wooded valley towards the north coast at Alta , the sun appeared below the clouds near midnight and we stopped to take our first pictures of the midnight sun . |
| 2 | After she 'd taken her first sip , she said : ‘ Play it — go ahead , ’ and sat on the bed to listen where she would n't have to meet his eye . |
| 3 | After a switch to real race machinery , Bradl soon became known as a daring , go-for-broke rider and by 1987 he 'd taken his first European championship win and second overall in the series . |
| 4 | Edmund Mortimer , with blood running down inside the plates of his armour , heaved his mount out of the mire and up to firm ground , and wheeled to take his first brief survey of the field , and locate the main body of the Welsh cavalry , for only in hand-to-hand combat with them was there any respite from the steady and murderous attentions of the bowmen above . |
| 5 | She had taken her last look at this obscure outpost of the Soviet Union and now stood with her back to the low sun . |
| 6 | It was not till 14 August 1779 that the little five-ship force led by the self-styled ‘ Commander-in-Chief of the American squadron now in Europe ’ finally left Brest , but by the 21st it had taken its first prize and others rapidly followed . |
| 7 | He had taken his first steps forward in English politics by denouncing the emphasis on German politics ; he was able to shift to a position the King found acceptable by adopting the policy he later described by saying ‘ America was conquered in Germany ’ , and this approach suited Britain 's position very well . |
| 8 | It was the day I had taken my last exam in my finals so I was on a high anyway . |
| 9 | He paused to take his first mouthful of fish . |