Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] took a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would follow the police officers escorting the prisoner or prisoners up a flight of stairs into the small but impressive court-room , where I took a chair reserved for reporters at counsel 's table . |
| 2 | She was privately educated , and then went to Lady Margaret Hall , Oxford , where she took a third class in classical honour moderations in 1897 . |
| 3 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 4 | A graduate of Birmingham University , where he took a BSc in coal-mining , he joined Manchester Collieries Ltd , in 1944 . |
| 5 | A New Zealander , born in Dunedin and a graduate of Otago University , he went to Merton College , Oxford , in 1934 as a Rhodes Scholar , where he took a First in English . |
| 6 | He resumed his studies in 1948 at New College , Oxford , where he took a first class honours degree and was called to the bar a year later . |
| 7 | As a student at Columbia University , New York — where he took a degree and a doctorate — and subsequently as a teacher of biochemistry at Boston University , he continued to write in his spare time . |
| 8 | He was educated at Madras University , where he took a first in English , and Trinity Hall , Cambridge , where he gained firsts in both Natural Sciences and Law . |
| 9 | Geoff Griffin pictured on a recent trip to Lord 's , where he took a Test hat-trick and was no-balled for throwing |
| 10 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he took a pass degree and gained a BA in 1883 . |
| 11 | ‘ Nobody south of Perth had heard of malt whisky in those days , ’ he said , ‘ so I took a bottle and six glasses into my final crit . |
| 12 | There was no chance of them spawning while the tyrant Fire continued his reign of terror so I took a chance and moved the five Fires to another community . |
| 13 | He and Rosie were both impressed by the loose creance work I was doing , so I took a deep breath and removed all the equipment , except for the jesses . |
| 14 | I was n't sure , but the voice had a familiar ring , so I took a chance . |
| 15 | At the end of spawning I had over 20 eggs plastered to the sides of the aquarium , so I took a razor blade and carefully scraped them off and placed them in a margarine tub in their own aquarium water . |
| 16 | The night was dark , so I took a lamp . |
| 17 | There were mangoes on the table and flat bread and a dish of scrambled eggs , so I took a spoonful of egg and put it slowly down on the terrace , as I thought any human being would do . |
| 18 | The tandem was forever breaking down and I wanted to fix it — so I took a course in cycle mechanics . |
| 19 | It started on a Friday night in November when I felt a bit odd , so I took a paracetamol and went to bed with a hot-water bottle . |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't use the station and it 's a hell of a journey by coach , so I took a cab up to Preston Park , waited around , and caught a London train from there . |
| 21 | ‘ I forgot to ask if you like garlic , but there was some in with the vegetables so I took a chance , ’ she said , adding the tomato purée to the pot with care . |
| 22 | There was a lot to look at , so she took a long time coming back after school , stopping to watch the men mending holes in the roads , to watch the demolition team with their mighty metal ball swinging on its chain from the crane clearing the bomb-site , to watch carpenters erecting wooden hoardings around the cleared sites to keep the people out , to see bill-stickers on ladders pasting huge coloured pictures on to the hoardings . |
| 23 | She had always been interested in beauty culture and hair-styling , so she took a job with a small hairdressing parlour in Stepney to learn the tricks of the trade and when she felt she knew enough , gave in her notice and advertised her services : Lady clients visited in the comfort and privacy of their own homes . |
| 24 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 25 | ‘ So you took a job in Germany ? ’ |
| 26 | We thought they were going to follow us , so we took a really weird route home , ’ says Peter . |
| 27 | ‘ Then we realised there were plenty of tourists who could also use our products , so we took a risk and opened the shop . |
| 28 | Although there 's a trail , walking up in the sunshine would be quite unpleasant , so we took a short ride on the incline railway to a more acceptable horizontal trail . |
| 29 | We just sat there , we thought it was Christmas so we took a |
| 30 | Although it took a while and I crashed a couple of times , once I even knocked a dam down with a kite . |