Example sentences of "[noun] and take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During our discussion , you told me that you were about to leave the manager 's job at Athletico and take up a similar position with Ipswich Town . |
| 2 | Catherine opened her purse and took out a coin . |
| 3 | Athelstan dug in his purse and took out a silver coin . |
| 4 | Twenty-five years ago , the line built by George Stephenson in 1836 was saved from closure and took on a new lease of life as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway . |
| 5 | Nigel Carr is back in the Ulster fold and takes up a new responsibility as a selector |
| 6 | As The Maniacs Came Killing I rolled three more into the trusty Smith and West Point and took up a manly pose . |
| 7 | Instead , she began to cry , reached for her handbag and took out a handkerchief , sniffed into it , looked at me sweetly , then embraced me . |
| 8 | She rummaged in a Gucci handbag and took out a small bottle of aspirins . |
| 9 | She reached into her handbag and took out the key . |
| 10 | Teclis returns to Ulthuan and takes up the position of High Loremaster in the Tower of Hoeth . |
| 11 | He crossed to his locker and took out a comb , running it through his short black hair . |
| 12 | He befriends a battered child , stays faithful to Tess Truchart despite the show stealing advances of Madonna 's Breathless Mahoney and takes on an all-star super cast of grotesques that include Al Pacino and Dustin ‘ Mumbles ’ Hoffman . |
| 13 | Then she shut the jewel-case and took out the key . |
| 14 | He watched Harry for a while and then , cautiously , opened the mini bar and took out a block of chocolate . |
| 15 | Expertly , he tied her hands behind her back , felt inside her pockets and took out a key . |
| 16 | He reached into his back pockets and took out a wad of old notes . |
| 17 | Then he searched his pockets and took out a cigarette packet and shook it , but it was empty . |
| 18 | He fished in his pockets and took out a ten-shilling note and a little silver . |
| 19 | He pointed to the horse and cart behind the ticket hut and took out a large gold watch from one of his pockets . |
| 20 | With that he reached into the pocket of his white overall and took out a small pair of scissors . |
| 21 | He said nothing , merely walked away leaving them to push it open and then shut it after them , and on Philippa explaining to his departing back that she wanted to look for her earring and take back the vases and one or two things ‘ out of his way ’ , he said as ungraciously as he could ‘ I suppose so ’ . |
| 22 | He used ceremonial occasions to launch scathing attacks on conservatives and took on the role of the spokesman of all Hungarians , inside and outside the country . |
| 23 | Her face became twisted and not so pretty , and as her voice grew louder it lost its cultured tones and took on a snarling harshness . |
| 24 | He stepped aside with a flourish and , after a moment 's hesitation , Hari removed the cloth from her basket and took out the satin slippers . |
| 25 | Duncan opened the folder and took out the slim report . |
| 26 | I sat with my head in my hands for a while , then I went over to my desk and took out a small framed photograph of Anne and myself which I always hid before she arrived . |
| 27 | She opened the desk and took out a powder compact and lightly touched her reddened lids . |
| 28 | Woodward opened the folder that was on the desk and took out a paper . |
| 29 | Robyn opens a drawer in her desk and takes out the appropriate chit . |
| 30 | The doctor arrived within minutes and took over the resuscitation attempts . |