Example sentences of "[pers pn] took out [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table .
2 From a drawer she took out a cardboard box , and laid it on the table .
3 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 .
4 Suddenly she came alive and her hazel eyes lit up as she took out a large album from a walnut bureau .
5 Then , seeing Peggy 's lips pouting sulkily , she took out a further three pence .
6 Tearing open a pocket in her bag , she took out the offending objects and thrust them towards Rourke .
7 She took out the small parcel and ran downstairs .
8 She took out the red spray and in letters a foot high , began " Greenham Common Women … "
9 She took out the electric beater and arranged it to beat cream , while Mrs Palichuk watched , fascinated .
10 She took out an unexpected wisp of lace and linen , and dabbed at the nose .
11 If you took out a unit-linked endowment mortgage some years ago , now is the time to check it out .
12 Erm , Andrew , er , I , I find that earlier on the , the only life cover you 've really got is one that you took out a few years ago , a very small one , and you took that out for a set number of years .
13 He took out a key and let himself into the building .
14 Then he took out a black leather hip holster and from that , a metallic dull revolver with a barrel about three inches long .
15 From his saddlebag he took out a frayed and crease-torn map .
16 Once settled in an armchair , he took out a shortish but fairly carbonized pipe and began smoking .
17 He took out a second mortgage , and off they went .
18 He took out a long piece of paper , and read :
19 He took out a small black leather address book .
20 Fagin then locked the door and from a hidden hole in the floor , he took out a small box , which he placed carefully on the table .
21 Barbados had witnessed a rather different Hanif a year earlier as he took out a 16-hour 10-minute lease on the crease and sculpted a monumental 337 against Worrell and Co .
22 He took out a beautiful silk handkerchief It was a big square , with a green and golden pattern .
23 He took out a folded piece of paper .
24 After finishing his grub he took out a big spanner and proceeded to check the bolts on his plough , he also knocked off the clods of earth in between the blades .
25 He took out a full licence in 1967 , gradually making a name for himself .
26 He drank some of the vodka before opening another drawer from which he took out a large folder .
27 He took out a large photograph and placed it on her knee , taking her cup from her with the same effortless movement .
28 In 1933 he took out a British passport , falsely claiming his place of birth as Galway , Ireland .
29 He took out a thin plastic ruler .
30 He took out the remaining hand-grenade that Frankie had given him in New Orleans and slipped that into his inside pocket .
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