Example sentences of "[pron] take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 An' I took the bloody pill .
2 They form a national network and it is from their conference statement that I took the above quotations .
3 Erm I took the nine year old boat out and just went out in a boat we had Mary went as well , we were like the all job for mackerel put this guy 's
4 I took the easy way out .
5 I took the small knife from my left breast pocket and nicked my left thumb carefully .
6 I took the small thing out of his hand .
7 Later , I took the then editor of The Ley Hunter , Paul Screeton , there .
8 It was through the need to obtain money for this that I took the part-time job with Mrs Morton and her husband , Weary Willy .
9 I took the two videos off the shelf and re-boxed them and as soon as
10 As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ .
11 On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord .
12 I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane .
13 The next day I took the first bus back to New York .
14 I took the long cut home .
15 I took the only option that I could see was open to me , and I ran away into the desert .
16 I took the religious name of Agatha , really my own , but if you ask the Lady Prioress , she will tell you I entered these walls as Marie Savigny . ’
17 ‘ As to the time of death , I took the internal body temperature at eight o'clock .
18 His eyes lingered a dry moment on mine , as if to make sure I took the implicit compliment ; and then , as if to limit it , he turned out the lamp .
19 I took the other half , inspecting it in a similar manner .
20 At first he thought I was mad , but when I took the live animals out of my pocket to show him , he believed me .
21 I sat cross-legged just by the blaze , staring into it from up-wind until it was out and only the metal of the Black Destroyer remained , then I took the sooty skeleton and buried it where it had been ruined , at the bottom of the hill .
22 Twenty years ago I took the same journey to look at the ruins of Glastonbury , destroyed by Fat Henry and his evil spirit , Thomas Cromwell .
23 I took the welcome opportunity to stand up .
24 After lunch in Sunderland , I took the coastal route home , hoping the notorious Hartlepool to Middlesbrough line could secure my fortune .
25 Feeling ridiculous , I took the next train straight back .
26 In fact , of course , I did criticise them , although out of fear of my father I took the easier route and voiced that criticism upon my mother .
27 In my father 's house , I took the back room .
28 I TOOK the little cinder that was the remains of the wasp and put it into a matchbox , wrapped in an old photograph of Eric with my father .
29 I was shaking by the time I got the thing to the Bunker , nearly frightening myself to death with my paranoid imaginings , but I prevailed ; I took the filthy skull there and I cleaned it and stuck a candle in it and I surrounded it with heavy magic , important things , and got back cold and wet to my warm little bed safely .
30 I took the seven hour road journey to Siret with my friend Diana .
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