Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took countless calls from people seeking tickets up until then . ’ |
| 2 | I took early retirement from the College last year , so I have time available for this . |
| 3 | I won the race , I took three points from McLaren and from Ayrton Senna . ’ |
| 4 | While the wife was getting dressed I took another cherry from the packet and prepared the thing . |
| 5 | I took these definitions from the dictionaries I happened to have in my house when I was writing this . |
| 6 | She took two pills from a bottle by the bed on which she had thrown herself and crushed them between the pages of Mansfield Park . |
| 7 | She took three aspirins from her handbag and swallowed them , grimacing , with the last tepid mouthful of tea . |
| 8 | She took some bread from the pantry cupboard and placed it on the wooden table . |
| 9 | She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass . |
| 10 | We took these lads from the streets |
| 11 | Er , and eventually they took that tune from a melody from a Haydn 's string quartet . |
| 12 | They took 5 seats from the Tories to win control of the hung Council . |
| 13 | Gary Callander , the former Scotland hooker , is in cracking form again and , with John Jeffrey staying down and grafting at second row , they took particular encouragement from their scrummaging in an 18-29 defeat by the powerhouse Heriot 's . |
| 14 | He took five pips from an orange and put them in an envelope . |
| 15 | He took great pleasure from visiting their caravan at Loch Eck , near Dunoon , and enjoyed a good game of golf . |
| 16 | He took four pennies from his other pocket . |
| 17 | He took early retirement from Stormont in September , 1979 , and was a Planning Appeals Commissioner for Northern Ireland from December , 1979 , to February , 1989 . |
| 18 | He took two pears from a bowl and tossed one to Rostov . |
| 19 | He took these quotations from Lanfranc 's manuscript . |
| 20 | When Max Streibl , the incumbent , recently ran into trouble over allegations that he took free trips from a defence company , Mr Waigel spied an escape from his travails in Bonn . |
| 21 | His leadership characteristics include ingenuity and determination not only to unearth agents of change , but to see that they are profitably applied : he took robotic ideas from Austin Rover into food manufacturing . |
| 22 | He took another mouthful from his glass . |
| 23 | He took another cigarette from my fanned pack . |
| 24 | He took another sweet from the stewardess . |
| 25 | He took some money from his pocket and gave it to the taxi driver . |
| 26 | He took some bills from his pocket and tossed them on the table , then rose to his feet . |
| 27 | He took some papers from the table and began to read to her . |
| 28 | He took some papers from his pocket , and said : |
| 29 | It took twelve months from the Albert Hall speech in October 1934 until anti-semitism was used as the main plank of a political campaign . |
| 30 | But at times last season I felt it took second place from a few other clubs . ’ |