Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
| 2 | For example , the German authorities in the 1960s sought to offset upward pressure on the deutschmark ; as a result they took a relaxed view of the development of a foreign deutschmark bond market and German residents ' purchases ( which entailed a capital outflow ) . |
| 3 | In theory an excise on home production of tobacco could have produced the same revenue as a tax on imports but in practice it took a strong and efficient government to levy an excise , while almost any government could find private businessmen who would pay a lump sum of cash in return for the right to collect the official rates of customs duties at a port . |
| 4 | London Irish thought they 'd scored a try here … the ref tho rightly gave a knock on … and the cherry and whites rolled on to take the lead with a penalty from Martin Roberts … another penalty apiece made it six three to Gloucester at half-time … but they deserved more … the forwards were fired up but so too was the exiles defence which took a fair old hammering … the turning point came at the start of the second half when referee David Matthews awarded Gloucester a penalty try … |
| 5 | Even before the crash I took a great deal of exercise — you have to work at staying in shape . |
| 6 | In Mandalay , Kington drove round with an Australian who took a detached interest while overtaking a pair of cyclists in line abreast , pedalling hand-in-hand all over the road . |
| 7 | Nevertheless she loved it just the same but had to sadly wave it goodbye , much to the relief of her cat who took a dim view of the competition ! |
| 8 | Eventually he was referred to a consultant who took a careful case-history and wondered if there might be some connection between the heavy doses of antibiotics he had received as a young man and the continuing diarrhoea . |
| 9 | As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi . |
| 10 | As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi . |
| 11 | Back in the cottage she took a long , hot bath , but the water failed to ease the tension in her body , even though she lay there for what seemed like an eternity , trying to will away the effects of the afternoon . |
| 12 | ‘ Green Jack , ’ Tallis said to herself , and as if the sound of the fanciful name from folklore had attracted its attention it took a quick , awkward step forward , sinewy body cracking like old wood underfoot . |
| 13 | In the drawing-room he took a great deal of persuading to sit down , and then , when Louise finally joined them , drifting in in her rose-silk dress , Grégoire seemed so overcome that he forgot to rise . |
| 14 | One Sunday afternoon we took a trancelike ride in the car out to Roxbury , and parked , and strolled the streets , and there she was , standing at her front door in a blue dressing-gown with her arms folded and with a look of amused reproach on her face . |
| 15 | Lowther was a confirmed Londoner and absentee landlord who took a keen interest in the detailed affairs of his estate . |
| 16 | ‘ He was a very caring person who took a great interest in the people in the business , he was very thoughtful . |
| 17 | On occasion he took a personal interest in the apprehension and punishment of poachers who took his deer , and his Attorney-General took proceedings in the Star Chamber against offenders in the Wiltshire forests . |
| 18 | In the morning we took a shared taxi back to Minya . |
| 19 | At any rate it took a long time to synthesize . |
| 20 | From his jacket pocket he took a small vanity mirror and adjusted his hair . |
| 21 | With trepidation I took a stronger hold of it and it came away altogether but with a sharp dagger of soreness , like digging out a splinter . |
| 22 | We took a stand at the ABA Expo , as Rumpole would say , alone without a leader — in this instance the Law Society which took a discreet hospitality suite on the 38th Floor of the Hilton Hotel . |
| 23 | Adams was a kindly man who took a keen interest in his staff and his fellow men . |
| 24 | The man who took a one hundred and sixteen thousand pound gamble and lost . |
| 25 | That the strength behaviour of whiskers is no different from that of much bigger crystals was confirmed by Dash who took a large ( 2 cm. ) crystal of silicon , which is normally quite a weak material , and polished it very carefully . |
| 26 | In Tunisia , in many ways the most developed and westernised of the North African countries , the government itself took a pro-Iraqi line . |
| 27 | When it was Sally 's turn she took a large breath . |
| 28 | Now that the Government is giving tax relief on private health insurance we took a fresh look at all the schemes which qualify . |
| 29 | With his wife and daughter he took a small cottage in the Market Square , ( adjacent to the Red Lion and opposite the White Lion ) , and there seven more children were born , though not all of them grew to maturity . |
| 30 | His eyes blazed with a sudden fury , and as she cringed away from him in horror he took a deep breath and ruthlessly controlled himself till nothing but the white-boned knuckles showed his internal rage . |