Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I 'd got a bit of an headache , well I took two tablets and it had gone before Steve come in and er I had me tea and I w I went like that and I thought God almighty ! |
| 2 | A week later I took two children and the three of us got there and back for £40.50 , which does seem a comparative snip . |
| 3 | I took deep breaths and felt for my moneybelt and the stiffness of traveller 's cheques secreted about me . |
| 4 | I took some clothes and tools , and also a box of Spanish gold and silver money . |
| 5 | and one woman said that the year , nineteen twenty one she was a bride of eighteen years old and she took Good Housekeeping and she 's got the whole lot although she 's now a very old lady , and she said my first lot of housekeeping was done in a house in Wales where we had water from the well we had to build the fires up by hand we could get Welsh coal cheaply but they had to you know use paper and kindle and we swept with brooms and my life has never been easier she said I had three children in four years and my life has never been easier she said and all these modern things came in life has got more and more complicated and difficult ! |
| 6 | She took one stick and leaned on my arm for a little walk round the house . |
| 7 | She took two cups and saucers from the dresser and put them on the table ; she got the milk from the fridge . |
| 8 | I wanted you to know how important you are ; how much I care about you — value you ; and … . ’ her voice quivered and stopped , but then she took another breath and finished her declaration steadily enough : ‘ and how much I want you . ’ |
| 9 | She took another breath and yelled , ‘ Hi , there ! ’ at the top of her voice , banging on the door with both fists as she did so — And heard the sound die away into a profound and unresponsive silence . |
| 10 | But Sophie loved Felix very much , so she took some money and escaped from her father to search for Felix . |
| 11 | So she took some tea and some bread-and-butter while she thought about it . |
| 12 | But she took some coffee and began to drink . |
| 13 | She cut two thin slices and then , from a plastic container , she took some margarine and spread it on the bread . |
| 14 | We took essential supplies and equipment to six orphanages in the Bucharest area , in a convoy of two horseboxes and three container lorries — the improvements since last year within the orphanages were extremely encouraging , making our efforts seem very worthwhile . |
| 15 | We took two hunks and , with the help of a carefully selected team of experts , made them even hunkier ! |
| 16 | Ian came with us part of the way , so we took two cars and left ours at the finishing point and Ian 's at the entrance to the track . |
| 17 | They took great care and were concentrating on a small area , trying hard not to tread on the bones . |
| 18 | They took legal advice and now they 're going to re-do the tender with the clause in it , we done it locally . |
| 19 | Pipe Major Tom Buchanan and the Boys and Girls of Monkstown Mossley School Band had a glorious day when they took second prize and Best Corps of Drums in the Novice Juvenile Band section . |
| 20 | We were taken to the XX hospital where they took many photos and asked questions . |
| 21 | They took some sandwiches and a bottle of cold tea , and they began to cut the long grass in Mr Wood 's biggest field . |
| 22 | They took any subject and made it manageable . |
| 23 | He took long strides and he walked fast but he walked easily too and without great exertion . |
| 24 | just missing out on a win was local powerboater Steve Kerton … in the French round of the world formula one championships at Chalon he took second place but is still chasing hard for the crown … which he 's never won … |
| 25 | And he took two boards and fitted them to the body , one to the breast and the other to the shoulders ; these were so hollowed out and fitted that they met at the sides and under the arms , and the hind one came up to the pole , and the other up to the beard ; and these boards were fastened into the saddle , so that the body could not move . |
| 26 | As I mentioned early the , the city of Sermaria it was under siege and the army of Seria was encamped all around it , Ben Hadad was a great warrior , he would of been the , the Alexander or the Napoleon of his day and he had set up this encampment around the city of Sermaria , nobody could get in , nobody could get out and very quickly the stocks of food and water er were used up , rationing would of been introduced but it only lasted for a certain period , they 'd got to the stage it tells us in the previous chapter that er , that a donkeys head was sold for eighty shekel 's of silver and some folk had even got to the , had sunk to the level of cannibalism , of eating their own children and the city was , when they heard about this they were in an uproar and they started blaming god and in between the city of Sermaria of all its suffering and hopelessness and helplessness and the army encamped about with all of their supplies , there was this area of no mans land in which they were caught up four men who were leapers and they were trapped there , they did n't want to go over to the Serians because they 'd be killed , they did n't want to go back into the city because they were n't allowed there and any way what was the point , they 'd only die of starvation in there and so these four men are caught up in no man 's land and yet their no better off than people in the city , now god had promised deliverance , through his serve and Eliger he had promised deliverance , Eliger said tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a se shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Semaria , he said the gates are gon na be open , there 's gon na be food and its gon na be a reasonable price and it says the royal officer who 's hand the king was leaning on said the man of god said behold , if the lord shall make windows in heaven could such a thing be , he said do n't talk stupid man , how can such a thing happen for us ? , he did n't believe what god servant said and Eliger brings out to him a terrible judgment , he says because of your unbelief you will see it , but your not participate in it but lets look at these four men for a moment , cos that 's where our real interest lies this morning , I just wanted to say three things in their experience , the first things is that they were amazed that , at what they found , because after they come together and they talk about it and they said well what shall we do and they weighed the pro 's and the cons and Semaria does n't look very attractive with its cannibalism , they said well the least if we stay here were gon na die , if we go into Semaria we 'll die , lets go down to the Serein camp , the worse they can do to us is put us to death and were dying men any way , but they may just take pity on us , we maybe allowed to grope around in their dustbins and get some scraps of food , they may at least allow us that , and so they make their way down just as evening is falling , they make their way down to the Serein lines and when they get there , they are amazed at what they find , you see their condition was helpless and hopeless , they were dying men any way , they were lepers , but they were dying of starvation , that was far more imminent than their leprosy , their problems and their needs were greater than themselves , they could not meet their own needs , their problems and their needs were greater than their government , the king in Semaria and all of his court could not meet the needs of his people and then in verse five , we read something there , they arose at twilight to go to the camp of Aramians or the Serein 's and when they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Serein 's behold there was no one there , they expected to at least meet a guard , there would surely be somebody on sentry duty even if the rest of the soldiers had gone in to their tents and were perhaps getting ready for their , for the evening , going to bed or whatever they were gon na be doing , having their evening meal , there would at least be somebody on guard duty , but when they got there , there was no one there , god had stepped in , god had intervened and the good news of the Christian gospel is that god has intervened in our , in the midst of our helplessness , in the midst of our hopelessness , god has intervened , he had stepped in to history , so often you 'll hear folks say , well why does n't god do something , why does god allow this to happen , why does god allow that one , why does n't he do something all they really show by that comment is their own ignorance , because god has done something , god has intervened , listen to what it says in John three sixteen , for god so loved the world that he gave , he 's only son and the er , the er apostle Paul and he 's writing to the Gallations , in chapter four and in verses four and five hear what he says there , but when the time had fully come god sent his son , born of a woman , born under law to redeem those under law that we might receive the full rights of son , er of sons , god has done something , he 's sent his son Jesus Christ into this world in fact his done the greatest thing he could do , he has done the very ultimate thing , he has sent his son into the world that 's the greatest intervention god could ever have made , it was far greater than , than just intervening in sm , in some small local event , were you see some catastrophe happening and you say well why does n't god do something there , or there 's a war situation going on in some other part of the world , well why does n't god step in and stop it , god has stepped in , not in a local situation , not in some er passing problem or need but he 's stepped into the greatest way possible by sending his son Jesus Christ into the world to dye for men and woman , to take away sin , to pay the price that god 's righteousness demands for sin so god has intervened and his intervention has changed the whole situation , its brought a whole new complexion on things , its changed the colour completely , no longer is the world now under darkness and in , and in pending judgment in doom , because Jesus Christ came and he took that judgment and that , that condemnation upon himself , he said I 've not come to condemn the world he said its already condemned , its already under judgement , the sword of Damocles is already hanging over the world and Jesus Christ came in and to take that judgment and that condemnation on himself and when he died there on the cross and rose again , there came that burst of light in a world that had been shrouded in blackness and darkness , a world that had been shrouded in sin suddenly for the first time sees the light , god has paid for himself the price of sin , god has intervened and changed the whole situation and the message of the gospel is that if you and I allow that intervention to effect us personally , then like those four men surely we too are amazed at what we 've found . |
| 27 | They drank their coffee and he took both cups and leaned across her to put them on the settle . |
| 28 | He took several puffs and Galvone was careful to keep quiet . |
| 29 | He took another breath and spoke . |
| 30 | He took some photographs and papers from his pocket , and showed them to Mrs Lyons . |