Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] took a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colonel Windsor took a sheet of paper from his desk and wrote out the day 's Orders : Friday , 12 November 1920 To all section commanders Special General Order Section commanders are warned that the severest disciplinary measures will be taken against any sign of looting or retaliation . |
| 2 | The 17-year-old Middlesbrough all-rounder took a hat-trick as Zimbabwe B were dismissed for 230 on the opening day of a four-day match at Harare Sports Club . |
| 3 | In the same year as Queen Victoria succeeded her uncle , King William IV , Dr. Edward Tuke took a lease on the Manor Farm House , in what by then was called Chiswick Lane , and it became a home for mentally ill gentle-persons . |
| 4 | In the Christmas of 1979 , Richard Branson took a holiday from Virgin to go ski-ing in the Colorado resort of Aspen . |
| 5 | The Brooklyn Museum took a 12% cut , trimmed salaries across the board , cancelled at least one major exhibition , and closed for two weeks . |
| 6 | Miss Harker took a piece of chalk and held it up . |
| 7 | David Quest took a forkful of Ginny 's scrambled eggs . |
| 8 | Skipper , Andy Melville took a knock last Saturday , but should be fit . |
| 9 | John Warren reports that dragon boat racing took a step forward when the formation of an international federation took place in Hong Kong in June . |
| 10 | Then the burial party took a pace to the right and began digging the grave of another known soldier . |
| 11 | The first evening we arrived , after digging in , a few of us from Brigade H.Q took a walk through the village and found the local café . |
| 12 | They stopped outside a grocery shop with the name SAMUEL ISAAC EVANS above the door and Miss Evans took a key from her bag . |
| 13 | Audrey Patterson and Joan McGrath led the morning session with members of their Stroke club and in the afternoon Moya Hood took a movement class for mentally handicapped people from the Home Farm Trust in Avening , Gloucestershire ; the film ‘ Give us the Chance ’ completed a most informative and instructive day . |
| 14 | Dr Mortimer took a newspaper from another pocket . |
| 15 | The company 's computer-related business is carried out through a subsidiary , MT Computer Rt , in which IBM Corp took a minority stake in April 1992 . |
| 16 | Adrian Littlejohn had given United side a 61st minute lead to make up for two earlier misses from Brian Deane as the home side took a grip on the game . |
| 17 | The birth was fine , the bonding process took a couple of days longer , and I felt such a surge of energy rushing back into my system that I decided to open a shop at the end of the first week , and did in fact do so six weeks after the birth . |
| 18 | MIKE ATHERTON 's hope of retaining his England Test place took a blow today , when he was out to a careless stroke in front of Graham Gooch . |
| 19 | Pete Goss took a group up to the foredeck to demonstrate a spinnaker hoist , four were dispatched to the leeward rail to induce some heel and to those in the cockpit Nick commanded : ‘ Well , do n't just sit there , get tying knots . ’ |
| 20 | Alida Thorne took a china bowl and rose-patterned jug into her mother 's room . |
| 21 | As Chalmers admitted : ‘ The superb kicking of Gavin Hastings took a lot of pressure off us early on . ’ |
| 22 | Politely Aunt Louise took a mouthful and inclined her head in thanks . |
| 23 | Mr Plant took a bottle from the crate and advanced towards his visitor with it . |
| 24 | Her work was included in a recent initiative in Los Angeles , where local galleries invited dealers from other countries to mount exhibitions of their artists , and Matthew Flowers took a selection of paintings to Salander O'Reilly . |
| 25 | One of the councillors on the libraries committee took a copy of Gay News home to study so that he could n't be accused of being uninformed when the time came for him to vote for its rejection . |
| 26 | The Security Council took a position on the broader issue of Libyan sponsorship of " terrorist groups " , noting that the " suppression of acts of international terrorism … is essential for the maintenance of international peace and security " . |
| 27 | Clare Evans , 18 , of Barry , South Wales , told the jury that Mr Browning took a splinter out of her hand with a butterfly knife on 16 June last year , two days before he is alleged to have killed Mrs Wilks . |
| 28 | As a matter of interest , Mr Rees took a head count , asking how many members in the hall were aware of the impending changes ; apparently only about 30 per cent of the audience knew of the proposed amendments . |
| 29 | RONNY Rosenthal took a step nearer the Anfield exit door yesterday . |
| 30 | Did somebod body say took a go at my place . |