Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I took up a new hold at 500 feet over the pilot and was pleased to see the dinghy on the water , fully inflated , between the helicopter and the pilot — and upwind of him ! |
| 2 | Every room in the house contained some form of Bible and I took up a large ancient looking one and opened it as if it had been a door into a cave . |
| 3 | Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure . |
| 4 | And then this , this time I say well I 'm going to take away some money and I took away a negative amount and you 've finished up with more . |
| 5 | ‘ I have full responsibility for fund-raising and publicity and because I took on a new post it means I am introducing my own ideas in consultation with the directors and chairman . |
| 6 | I walked silently , testing every step I took on the rough paths , just as I had used to walk with my mother in the woods near Štanjel . |
| 7 | When I took on the marine operations every ship had a fiftyfour man crew and it seemed to me that this was inefficient , so I did a trip on a ship and I came back quite convinced you could actually run a ship with twenty-one men . |
| 8 | I took over a hundred members to the rally in Hyde Park , erm two thirds of my workforce , and it was magnificent to see all the trade unionists there , especially the G M B banners . |
| 9 | I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table . |
| 10 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 11 | I took down the battered , broken-spined A-Z I keep taped to the driver 's sun visor and pretended to be looking something up . |
| 12 | She took on a black lad and because she did that she was ostracised from the rest of the community . |
| 13 | When he started school , she only had to look after him before school started and after it finished , so she took on a part-time job as a lunch-time playground supervisor at the same school . |
| 14 | Sylvie could barely remember the woman who had drowned herself , but through his words she took on the grand status of a tormented romantic . |
| 15 | Now she has moved on again — in late October she took up a new appointment in Rotherham . |
| 16 | Grinning , she took up a seductive pose and started to wriggle her hips for him , swirling round sensually and then slowly undoing the clasp at her back . |
| 17 | She took up a late cancellation for a holiday and photographed the leaning tower of Pisa ; in Florence sat drinking a cappuccino near the Piazza San Felice , thinking of those two English lovers , the Browning poets , who had lived there ; threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome , wondering if she would ever come back . |
| 18 | From this , Mrs Lamport discovered she had misread one name and her researches into Mrs Piggott were scrapped while she took up the new challenge in the name of Mrs Pigou , a theatre-goer of French origin . |
| 19 | She took up the beautiful veil you bought me , put it on her own head , then turned to admire herself in the mirror . |
| 20 | Then she took up the discarded tray and looked back at him where he stood now , leaning against the wall between the French windows , his silver flask of brandy open as he sipped defiantly , watching her with a black scowl on his face . |
| 21 | Then , from a shelf in the pantry , she took down a large covered dish , sniffed at the contents , and , smiling now on the child , said , ‘ Nothing much goes rotten in here . |
| 22 | Forcing herself to be patient , she took down a leather-bound copy of Grimms ' Fairy Tales and opened the pages . |
| 23 | From a drawer she took out a cardboard box , and laid it on the table . |
| 24 | The Captain had no sooner opened his mouth to say : ‘ Your husband is n't in … ? ’ than she took out a crumpled handkerchief and huge tears were rolling down her fat cheeks . |
| 25 | Suddenly she came alive and her hazel eyes lit up as she took out a large album from a walnut bureau . |
| 26 | Then , seeing Peggy 's lips pouting sulkily , she took out a further three pence . |
| 27 | Tearing open a pocket in her bag , she took out the offending objects and thrust them towards Rourke . |
| 28 | She took out the small parcel and ran downstairs . |
| 29 | She took out the red spray and in letters a foot high , began " Greenham Common Women … " |
| 30 | She took out the electric beater and arranged it to beat cream , while Mrs Palichuk watched , fascinated . |