Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] took [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I only took one case on after I was married er and that er that was a maternity case I 'd been to the first baby . |
| 2 | Ludo and I just took one side each and approached every table with snapshots of Tamsin . |
| 3 | I then took another taxi . |
| 4 | With me being a football fan , Leeds Utd to be more specific , I never took much interest in tennis . |
| 5 | She felt the sting of treacherous tears , her enemy in these past few months , lurking , waiting to consume her , and she hastily took another mouthful from the bottle , biting her lips , slightly numb from cold and champagne , to stop the tears spilling down her cheeks and overwhelming her completely . |
| 6 | You never took that form to school . |
| 7 | You never took any notice of her . |
| 8 | My complaining was only effective cos we actually took direct action over some advertising for erm swim wear . |
| 9 | The build-up of ozone-destroying chemicals has slowed more rapidly than expected , even before international agreements to phase them out took full effect . |
| 10 | These meetings took place every year until 1965 , they usually took one day and the French participants used to call them ‘ Cashmere meetings ’ because , after voicing their disinclination to cooperate , they would leave and go to buy Scottish pullovers . |
| 11 | They never took proper time over it . ’ |
| 12 | But they never took any notice ? |
| 13 | They too took prompt action . |
| 14 | The clear , imperious voice , lately gagged by the folds of an archer 's cloak , was singing gently to itself , and did not fall silent even when he instinctively took one dancing step back from the collision , and then as readily translated the movement into a forward lunge that almost passed Adam 's startled guard . |
| 15 | Oxford did all the attacking but Luton did all the scoring … it only took one goal to win it and that came from Ceri Hughes midway through the first half … |
| 16 | He took care of him and the Greek verb means that he literally took total charge of his case , in other words he probably stayed up all night nursing him , and so he made the inn into temporarily a nursing home and we 're back into another area of the Board 's concerns . |
| 17 | Although the doctor 's status in the sick-room was rising , he still took second place to the clergyman . |
| 18 | He hardly took any notice of me . |
| 19 | It always took some while for the Thing to wake up . |
| 20 | It always took some time after her departure to get back into the old routine again … into the old pleasant routine . |
| 21 | But because inflation differentials were relatively small during the 1950s and 1960s , it often took some time for marked divergences in competitiveness to emerge . |
| 22 | He even took early retirement to attend the Hinkley event . |
| 23 | It then took some time to raise the heavy engine and cut the rope from the propeller , but I finally managed it before drifting ashore . |
| 24 | It is a clear indication of the quality of Vic Rouse 's goalkeeping ability that he succeeded the great Roy Bailey between the Palace posts , then went on to set up a club record 238 Football League goalkeeping appearances ( since exceeded only by the invincible John Jackson ) , and that it then took another goalkeeper destined for the 1st Division in Bill Glazier to oust him . |
| 25 | He then took some food which would last for a while and packed it into his bag . |
| 26 | he never took much part in college life and eventually became an object of derision among medical students , who called him ‘ Mummy Jones ’ . |
| 27 | The " fat " was well-spaced work , with less solid text , and it therefore took less time to set a page . |