Example sentences of "[pron] take [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Someone takes the hat round for us and the Craig Evans appeal is several pounds better off .
2 but I 've only , in fact , used ten because someone took the microphone in and put it back in the wrong place .
3 Waiting for my breath to find its heavy keel I took a turn around the hired loft .
4 So I took a nick out of my finger and ended up with from the top of my finger .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 Then I took a year off , and she kept going on and on at me that it 's time to go back to college , so I did in the end .
7 I got into Edinburgh and before I came up I took a year off and worked and travelled .
8 As I relaxed I took a look around to see what was going down , just as we pulled away from the lights and turned left .
9 There 's a big tree was wedged on er , I do n't know if it 's still there on Friday , I took a trip up to see it
10 I took a way out that I thought was best . ’
11 The problem there was the children climbing the fence and with just having spent five hundred and eighty pounds putting a fence up , spent another fifty four pounds although it 's not in the budget , I accept that , er was er a necessary expenditure which I took a decision on straight away because I did n't want to see our five hundred pound fence being knocked down within a week of being put up .
12 I TOOK a ride out to see Walt and Sally Maxted .
13 On the Sunday , late morning , I took a train up to see them .
14 I took a step back .
15 I took a step back .
16 I took a walk round there myself about that time , and Vecchi slugged me .
17 I finished up in Rome , home to so many of the works I lectured on , and on my last night there I took a walk down to Bernini 's Trevi fountain in order to throw in the coin that would ensure that somehow I would one day return .
18 I took a week off , ’ says Claire with an alarmingly capable smile .
19 When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again .
20 I took a leaf out of your book .
21 Yet Nixon continued to maintain his innocence : on 22 May , he stated that " I took no part in , nor was I aware of any subsequent effort that may have been made to cover up Watergate . "
22 I took the bottle back on deck , where Hands drank half the rum before taking the bottle from his mouth .
23 Full of hope , I took the watch in to a smart business in the Rue du Rhône , where it was examined by a stately manager .
24 ‘ And , as I said , Rob and I took the chest over when it was finished .
25 I took the afternoon off to see Ireland ( land of my birth ) illustrate just why Man City are a pile of shite , and then the agony of the evening .
26 ‘ But when I got behind the typewriter I thought , ‘ That ai n't gon na make a very good piece ’ and so I took the piss out of her something rotten .
27 I took the cover off last night and had them with er cornflakes and they were lovely .
28 I took the milk out of the fridge and poured some into my tea .
29 I took the ferry back to Picton , drove to Christchurch , and moved in to the flat in the university Hall of Residence which had been reserved for me .
30 I took , I took the cheque around on Monday , I had the , the last appointment on Friday and erm since I 've had the abscess , the tooth that 's got a crown on top , I think it 's been pushed up a little bit and my top teeth , the first two keeps catching was this
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