Example sentences of "[noun pl] took [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the May and June protests journalists took a leading part in demanding greater freedom of the press , and sympathetic reports of the pro-democracy movement briefly appeared in newspapers and broadcasts . |
| 2 | All the craftsmen took a real pride in their work , receiving only one shilling and threepence an hour but still realising how much better off they were than previous generations . |
| 3 | In the event Labour received marginally more votes than the Tories , in an election in which the two parties took a larger share of the total votes than ever before , but because of the geography of electoral support in relation to constituency boundaries it was the Tories who gained the majority of seats in Parliament and formed the next government . |
| 4 | Earthquakes took a high toll , as at Turnovo , and some of the more famous examples , like Rila Monastery , near Sofia , have been rebuilt much later ( see Volume 4 ) . |
| 5 | NEW ZEALAND off-spinner Dipak Patel captured a Test best 6–113 as the Kiwis took a first-innings lead of 106 over Zimbabwe , bowled out for 219 in Bulawayo . |
| 6 | All four heads took the unprompted view that there was a desperate need for professional library staff in secondary schools . |
| 7 | Last season 's Nat West Trophy finalists took a firm grip on their Benson and Hedges semi-final by reducing Lancashire to 119 for three from 39 overs at lunch . |
| 8 | Last season 's Nat West Trophy finalists took a firm grip on the game by reducing Lancashire , finalists twice in the last three years , to 119 for three from 39 overs at lunch . |
| 9 | At times the broadcasters themselves did not really understand the significance of what they were broadcasting , so it was hardly surprising that their listeners took the same view : enthusiasm , and the lack of it , are equally infectious . |
| 10 | For two summer holidays my parents took a Prep school outside Westerham and from here we bicycled over half of Kent with our Father or played on the small school fields or swam in the local swimming bath . |
| 11 | He believed that the threat was temporary and held that , if nobles took a broad view , their prospects were good , but he also sensed the extreme urgency of the state 's need to foster entrepreneurial activity . |
| 12 | It has been suggested that the Masons took a terrible revenge for the revelations of The Magic Flute and brought about Mozart 's death ; but Schikaneder , who was equally guilty , escaped unscathed . |
| 13 | The visitors took an early lead , but Haslemere quickly struck back , Terry Powell heading home from a corner . |
| 14 | As one would expect , incomers took a greater interest in discussing class — class is supposed to go a long way in explaining the membership of given social networks , and in the scope of such networks . |
| 15 | But just to be on the safe side Mrs Lawson was stationed in 11 Downing Street , giving her husband a convenient reason to visit the capital if circumstances took a sudden turn for the worse . |
| 16 | Design factors included the ease of using zips , whether the pockets took a 1:50,000 OS map , hood visibility , ease of adjustment of toggles , number and placement of pockets and general cut . |
| 17 | In the little time that remained , plans for Germany were made , and no doubt farewell visits took the three friends by now-familiar routes to the beach at Kilve , to Holford Combe and Hodder 's Combe , and far into the hills . |
| 18 | Its promoters took the extreme step of running independent Conservative candidates in by-elections . |
| 19 | The defendants took an aerial photograph of the plaintiff 's house and were sued for trespass to land . |
| 20 | They were pulled into the stewards room after the race as officials took a long look at an incident early in the straight.A ban would have ruled the pair out of the Cambridgeshire and the Arc , but no action was taken . |
| 21 | The second leg was in extra time when the Austrians took a 2-1 lead on aggregate . |
| 22 | The tours , new homes , new baby , and Diana 's illnesses took a heavy toll . |
| 23 | Other Western governments took a similar position . |
| 24 | Cardiff and Penarth charter boats took a few cod to 14 lb . |
| 25 | Instead , the dealers took the short-term view , judged that Clinton 's credibility would suffer , and began selling . |
| 26 | But following his hope GP at Assen last June , Zeelenburg 's fortunes took a spectacular turn for the worse . |
| 27 | Wright was the first of Souness 's multi-million pound recruits back in the summer of 1991 , but his fortunes took a savage nosedive in September after a string of poor Liverpool results against Aston Villa , Chesterfield and Wimbledon . |
| 28 | From then on fortunes took a downward turn : the Plumstead ground was situated in a remote corner of the capital and attendances were low . |
| 29 | The 28-year-old mechanical engineer 's fortunes took a dramatic twist midway through last season when his career hit rock bottom . |
| 30 | Having cleaned up at Lingfield , the Muddles took a circuitous route to Southwell to follow their dream of building a new super track . |