Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now whether it made a lot of difference or no , I could n't tell you , but they believed it er the set of tools they had were the best in the yard , you know , so obviously they took a wee bit of pride in them and looked after them . |
| 2 | So he took a young lamb , whose mother had died , and carried it in a basket across the fields to Mrs Hurst 's house . |
| 3 | And so it took a great deal of time erm , in the nineteen thirties , for farmers to cease production . |
| 4 | Finally I took a few ends of each colour ( I had n't got much to deal with ) and knitted pieces about twenty stitches by twenty rows , clipped them all together and sent them in with my resignation . |
| 5 | Finally he took a whole lot of bottles out in the hope that in the ensuing muddle they would all finally be fitted in . |
| 6 | Fifteen minutes later she took a deep breath , desperately trying to steady the nerves fluttering like trapped birds in the pit of her stomach . |
| 7 | And now she took a better look at him , Folly could n't help noticing the strong , muscular lines of the broad back under that white shirt . |
| 8 | Now he took a deep breath and forced himself to keep calm . |
| 9 | Every so often he took a square-shaped flask from the inside pocket of his coat and stuck it to his lips like a trumpet . |
| 10 | Eventually he took a short lease on a much smaller house in Upper Brook Street . |
| 11 | Eventually he took a hefty drop in income by abandoning the lucrative corridors of merchant bank Kleinwort Benson . |
| 12 | Then I took a deep breath . |
| 13 | Then I took a deep breath . |
| 14 | Then she took a deep breath . |
| 15 | Then she took a deep breath . |
| 16 | Her voice trailed off a moment , then she took a deep breath . |
| 17 | Then she took a deep breath , telling herself not to be such a fool , and stand her ground . |
| 18 | Then she took a deep breath . |
| 19 | Then she took a deep breath . |
| 20 | Then she took a little tin brooch from her pocket . |
| 21 | Then she took a cleaner but st ill crumpled paper from the tin . |
| 22 | Then she took a quick look at Vern and said to me , ‘ You must come and see my photos , Bina . |
| 23 | Then she took a quick sighting down the shaft and launched herself into space . |
| 24 | And then we took a remote truck down to Carl 's house and did a few things in his den . |
| 25 | There they took a different path from the High Elves and wandered far from the mainstream of Elf culture , declaring themselves independent of the Phoenix Throne . |
| 26 | Seven minutes before the interval Duncan Ferguson smashed a header against the crossbar as the home side piled on the pressure , then it took a diving header from Grant Tierney to take a David Robertson cross off Mark Hateley 's toe . |
| 27 | And even then it took a few more strangled moments before she could force her numbed brain to function with anything more coherent than a scream of anguish . |
| 28 | She only took her sunglasses off when she was inside the dark little shop but even then it took a few moments for her eyes to adjust . |
| 29 | Then he took a loud drink and looked out of the window . |
| 30 | Then he took a brilliant catch at deep square lag to dismiss Lancashire dangerman Lloyd , and grabbed two wickets with his medium pace for good measure . |