Example sentences of "[pers pn] took down [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Forcing herself to be patient , she took down a leather-bound copy of Grimms ' Fairy Tales and opened the pages . |
| 5 | Can you just check that we took down the following . |
| 6 | He took down a second mug from the dresser and poured tea for them both . |
| 7 | He took down a large earthenware flask from a shelf above the range , unstoppered it , and poured a measure of golden liquid into Cleo 's mug . |
| 8 | He took down the lengthy list of produce prices , all in US dollars and cents , eradicated the zeros or ‘ nulls ’ which indicated a space in the message , and according to the day of the month set the lines of figures against prepared lines of letters . |