Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | Waiting for my breath to find its heavy keel I took a turn around the hired loft . |
2 | So I took a nick out of my finger and ended up with from the top of my finger . |
3 | ‘ I could n't use the station and it 's a hell of a journey by coach , so I took a cab up to Preston Park , waited around , and caught a London train from there . |
4 | Then I took a year off , and she kept going on and on at me that it 's time to go back to college , so I did in the end . |
5 | I got into Edinburgh and before I came up I took a year off and worked and travelled . |
6 | As I relaxed I took a look around to see what was going down , just as we pulled away from the lights and turned left . |
7 | There 's a big tree was wedged on er , I do n't know if it 's still there on Friday , I took a trip up to see it |
8 | I took a way out that I thought was best . ’ |
9 | The problem there was the children climbing the fence and with just having spent five hundred and eighty pounds putting a fence up , spent another fifty four pounds although it 's not in the budget , I accept that , er was er a necessary expenditure which I took a decision on straight away because I did n't want to see our five hundred pound fence being knocked down within a week of being put up . |
10 | I TOOK a ride out to see Walt and Sally Maxted . |
11 | On the Sunday , late morning , I took a train up to see them . |
12 | I took a step back . |
13 | I took a step back . |
14 | I took a walk round there myself about that time , and Vecchi slugged me . |
15 | I finished up in Rome , home to so many of the works I lectured on , and on my last night there I took a walk down to Bernini 's Trevi fountain in order to throw in the coin that would ensure that somehow I would one day return . |
16 | ‘ I took a week off , ’ says Claire with an alarmingly capable smile . |
17 | When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again . |
18 | I took a leaf out of your book . |
19 | Yet Nixon continued to maintain his innocence : on 22 May , he stated that " I took no part in , nor was I aware of any subsequent effort that may have been made to cover up Watergate . " |
20 | I took the bottle back on deck , where Hands drank half the rum before taking the bottle from his mouth . |
21 | Full of hope , I took the watch in to a smart business in the Rue du Rhône , where it was examined by a stately manager . |
22 | ‘ And , as I said , Rob and I took the chest over when it was finished . |
23 | I took the afternoon off to see Ireland ( land of my birth ) illustrate just why Man City are a pile of shite , and then the agony of the evening . |
24 | ‘ But when I got behind the typewriter I thought , ‘ That ai n't gon na make a very good piece ’ and so I took the piss out of her something rotten . |
25 | I took the cover off last night and had them with er cornflakes and they were lovely . |
26 | I took the milk out of the fridge and poured some into my tea . |
27 | I took the ferry back to Picton , drove to Christchurch , and moved in to the flat in the university Hall of Residence which had been reserved for me . |
28 | I took , I took the cheque around on Monday , I had the , the last appointment on Friday and erm since I 've had the abscess , the tooth that 's got a crown on top , I think it 's been pushed up a little bit and my top teeth , the first two keeps catching was this |
29 | I took the present round , and had a cup of coffee . |
30 | I took the collar off , removed the stones , put the rest in the sack and took it to the gibbet . |