Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Jones , 43 , who runs the cafe in Ross-on-Wye , said : ‘ I took exception to the fact that she was selling teas outside our door without informing me first . ’ |
| 2 | I was a junior Minister and I took advantage of the dispensation which enabled me to vote no in that referendum . |
| 3 | I took hold of the snow hook , but to release it meant hauling in some slack on the line . |
| 4 | Gently I took hold of the door handle and moved it . |
| 5 | I do n't know why I took hold of the rope , but I did . |
| 6 | I took hold of the hand-rope , and the glimmer of light was soon a memory . |
| 7 | I took part in the obstacle course which when I was that age I found it difficult . |
| 8 | On 30 January I took part in the Prime Minister 's discussions with President Yeltsin , following which the British-Russian joint declaration and an agreement on consular posts were signed . |
| 9 | It had been most enjoyable with a tremendous amount of flying : I had been in every part of the Command — Persia as it was in those days , down the Gulf and all the way round the Gulf to Bahrain , Salalah , I took part in the search for the Imperial Airways Argosy airliner City of Glasgow that landed on the beach and was literally lost for a couple of days before one of the Shaihah crews found it away down beyond Sulwah Wells . |
| 10 | 1985 was special for me — as one of the National Display Team I took part in the CCPR celebrations at the Royal Albert Hall , and later in that year I successfully completed the Medau Teacher Training Course . |
| 11 | For some cruel reason I took heart from the very ordinariness of her misery . |
| 12 | Before I left school , the local papers were full of me , They were always saying things like ‘ This boy will go all the way to the top ’ and that , and I suppose you could say I took notice of the media . |
| 13 | So while Mala was attending to Posi as they plotted our course to Fraxilly through the primary and secondary Netlines — a bit complex , since we 'd be shifting through eight sectors even if we took the direct route — I took charge of the cylinder . |
| 14 | I took stock of the bees in the wisteria and the cat stretching itself under the table . |
| 15 | By now , rain had begun to fall , and I took refuge in the Imperial Hotel . |
| 16 | I took refuge in the truth , if not with the truth he wanted . |
| 17 | I took account of the time . |
| 18 | Mr Smith asked her to outline the Government 's plans for the community charge and whether she took responsibility for the effects of the tax : |
| 19 | She took advantage of the last half-hour before the grimy little park closed to wander round it . |
| 20 | She took hold of the ill-formed , chubby hand , and encouraged with a hopeful lie . |
| 21 | We greeted each other for the afternoon , but before I could sit down she took hold of the fabric of my kilt and gently fingered it . |
| 22 | She took hold of the doll and bent it slightly forward . |
| 23 | Gratefully she took hold of the stick and started tucking in . |
| 24 | There was Lord Weymouth ( without shoes , of course ) John Berkeley , of Berkeley Castle , the Bishop of Bath and Wells , and Pat Smythe , one of my great sporting heroines when she took part in the Bideford Horse Show and I was the cub reporter covering the event . |
| 25 | Two days after she was launched she took part in the 1986 Round the Island Race , but did not feature too high in the overall results . |
| 26 | Her first foray into short-handed sailing was in 1982 when she took part in the Round Britain Race . |
| 27 | In 1915 she took part in the famous women 's international peace conference in The Hague . |
| 28 | She took part in the annual Great River Race on the Thames , crewing a rowing skiff with sister Nicola Mardall and brothers William and Christopher Garnett . |
| 29 | There was no horsing around from Linda Whitelock when she took part in The Drymen Agricultural Show near Glasgow . |
| 30 | And as she took part in the publicity drive for her memoirs , she stressed the importance of close ties with Washington . |