Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] took [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dyarchy had always depended for its successful working on the exercise of tactful influence by the British governor and his officials , who had their reputations invested in preventing the resignations of their Indian colleagues ; but Irwin 's formulation took the controlling role allotted to influence much further . |
| 2 | Lowes did in fact trace many of the images unerringly to their source ; and what was even more interesting was how Coleridge 's mind took the raw material of some explorer , and twisted it and mixed it with many other ideas to produce the incomparable poetry of The Ancient Mariner and Xanadu . |
| 3 | The grypesh were clawing over their own dead to get through the gate whilst swords and staves and Ratagan 's axe took a fearful toll . |
| 4 | Though the majority of those reviewing Braverman 's work took a positive view of his thesis , there have been a significant number of detailed criticisms and revisions to his argument . |
| 5 | Trainer Jeremy Glover landed his biggest win when Rambo 's Hall took the 1989 cavalry charge at Newmarket and his confidence is sky high again . |
| 6 | The Government 's stance took a further knock yesterday when the Conservative Bow Group published a survey showing senior British industrialists were not as vehemently opposed to the Charter as ministers . |
| 7 | In the early 1980's Marian 's life took a major turn . |
| 8 | Firstly , he was well placed inside the far post to prevent a Leeds equaliser when McAllister 's shot from Strachan 's corner took a wicked deflection to beat the otherwise defiant Coton . |
| 9 | The College in Coleman 's reign took a long time to recover from the difficulties of its early days . |
| 10 | They were two minutes away from their sixth barren scoreline in manager Don Howe 's 15-match reign when Thomas 's shot took a violent deflection off Sansom to leave goalkeeper Ogrizovic moving to his left while the ball sailed inside his right hand post . |
| 11 | They were two minutes away from their sixth barren scoreline in manager Don Howe 's 15-match reign when Thomas 's shot took a violent deflection off Sansom to leave goalkeeper Ogrizovic moving to his left while the ball sailed inside his right hand post . |
| 12 | Then , in the middle weeks of December , Baldwin 's reputation took the sharpest plunge , to its lowest point , of his whole active career . |
| 13 | So it was to the same mortuary as Jacob that the undertaker 's van took the two coffins . |
| 14 | Diana 's family took the drastic action after the late Earl Spencer suffered a stroke — because they feared the ghost of his father Jack was KILLING him . |