Example sentences of "[noun] took [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vanne took the first boat trip across Lake Tanganyika to Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve with Jane in 1960 , when the authorities refused to give a 20-year-old girl permission to set up camp on her own . |
| 2 | Dundalk clinched the double with victory over Derry in the 1988 FAI Cup Final and the following season the Brandywell club took the first step towards a unique treble with a stunning 4–0 win in the League Cup final at Oriel Park . |
| 3 | Gloucestershire trainer Chris Broad saddled the first winner … and Wantage jockey Graham McCourt took the second race … |
| 4 | Brave Piper took the seventh round on my card , while drawing three others , and impressed English judge Mickey Vann to make him a round up going into the climatic 11th , which made a joke of Piper 's manager Frank Warren having objected to Vann as a judge . |
| 5 | Matilda took the second slice and started eating it slowly . |
| 6 | Does he recall that he said that if the business community took the first step he and the police would give it whatever support and back-up it needed ? |
| 7 | Fittingly the local-born lad took the first spot kick which completed the first leg of what could see the city 's two clubs meet for the first time in the last four . |
| 8 | Villa away … the premier league team took the first leg 2-1 at the Manor … |
| 9 | The world champion took the third frame , but with Wattana winning the fourth everything at this point suggested a tense final . |
| 10 | The French inventor Louis Daguerre took the first photograph of the Moon in 1839 or slightly earlier , and since then literally thousands of detailed pictures have been acquired , including those transmitted back-to Earth by the Moon-probes of the late 1950s and the 1960s . |
| 11 | Edberg had nothing to offer as Becker took the second set triumphantly in just 27 minutes to a great roar from the delirious crowd . |
| 12 | Davide took a third orange , and the sharp vegetable knife his mother had been using , and cut into the rind , sliding his eyes sideways to get the attention of the children , of his little brother Franco , of Caterina , and his cousins before the heat pushed them as well over the edge into sleep . |
| 13 | The ropes took the first opportunity of falling into the waterfall and freezing solid , bending at unpredictable angles , more or less imitating wire hawser . |
| 14 | In 1985 , however , the Ministry of Agriculture took a first step towards meeting environmentalists ' objections , with a new ‘ Guidance for Drainage Authorities ’ on investment appraisal . |
| 15 | In the match of the tournament , Drake took the first set 6–3 only to see his advantage melt away as Alger powered his way back into the reckoning with a blistering 6–1 win in the second . |
| 16 | But in these nursery nests , the kittens took the first nipple they came across , regardless of whether it was in a familiar position on the female 's belly , or even which belly it was . |
| 17 | The CO took the next trip , to Nordhausen on April 4 , but on this occasion carried an eighth crew member who acted as a second pilot . |
| 18 | The Government took the first step to outlawing the station by writing to the European Commission and to Red Hot Television , which broadcasts from Denmark , reporting the ban . |
| 19 | Lucille took a last look in the mirror , decided there was nothing that could be done to make herself any more elegant or beautiful , and so picked up her small bag that contained the precious pasteboard ticket . |
| 20 | Fedorov took the first blow on the arm . |
| 21 | As soon as the farmer took the last sheaf away the gleaners were free to enter . |
| 22 | Alaskans faced with choosing Mr Bill Clinton or Mr Jerry Brown for their presidential candidate took the third option , with the majority voting ‘ do n't know ’ . |
| 23 | It is therefore extremely encouraging that , only this morning , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State took the 250,000th call on the single market hotline — and he could give the answer to the caller 's question . |
| 24 | The East Lothian man took the third set 7-1 , came from 1-4 down to take the next 7-4 and then opened the decider with three singles . |
| 25 | Bob took the first contact sheet from the developing fluid and hung it up . |
| 26 | Blake took a last look at Victorian London . |
| 27 | Blake took a last look at the soldiers using highpowered explosives against the demons . |
| 28 | Zara Wolseley took the first set of her Under-18 match with Jo Ward 6-4 but at the end of a hard encounter saw Ward claim the next two sets 6-3 6-2 for victory . |
| 29 | Gold medallist Sally Gunnell took the last leg as our 4 x 400 metres women qualified for their final . |
| 30 | THE LABOUR PARTY took the first step yesterday towards diminishing the power of the trade unions in its policy-making procedures . |