Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big one looked sightly disappointed , then trotted back to their car and took a black shoulder-bag out of the boot . |
| 2 | He uncorked his canteen and took a long drink of water . |
| 3 | Even though members of the erstwhile " bolting " party had declared him incapable of any further action and took a gloomy view in general of his morale , he somehow mustered his last resources and confounded their gloomy forecast by leading out a party of Sikhs and native pensioners to shovel under the downpour . |
| 4 | They stripped him naked , pegged him to the soil , tied a hollow pipe to his side and took a starving rat — ’ Mandeville slurped from his beer ‘ — not one of your English sort . |
| 5 | The little Hoflin did n't fall over and looked extremely pretty , and when the curtain came down he leaned for a moment on the rostrum and took a deep breath . |
| 6 | I was glad to do this , for I had kept in close touch with his work and took a deep interest in it . |
| 7 | I stood in the alleyway and took a shufty through my police-issue 200 × 6000 macroscopic laser-prism binoculars . |
| 8 | Replacing them both , he upended the main body of the telephone cradle and took a small screw-driver from a nearby drawer . |
| 9 | We often said they loaded the gun in the afternoon and took a long lanyard into a dugout some distance away and fired their gun once and never emerged to reload . |
| 10 | He was on his hands and knees and , although his leg hurt him , he moved quickly across the deck and took a long knife from among some ropes . |
| 11 | He reached out his hand for the glass of milk and took a large gulp . |
| 12 | Diana , who did the vacuuming , dusting , ironing and washing , was paid 1 an hour and took a quiet satisfaction in her labours . |
| 13 | I sank on to the bucket and took a long pull at the coffee . |
| 14 | Making sure his wife did not see him , he pulled a wineskin from underneath his cloak and took a generous swig . |
| 15 | Richards won the toss and took a long time to decide to bat ; when he did so Dilley bowled superbly , and five wickets went down for just 54 . |
| 16 | She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath before checking the next crate . |
| 17 | She closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath . |
| 18 | The old man dipped his nose and took a first careful sip . |
| 19 | But he accepted the proffered wine and took a long draught , letting a thoughtful silence fall . |
| 20 | I went back to my room and took a long bath . |
| 21 | He leant over to where keys hung on hooks in the wall and took a huge , rusting one down . |
| 22 | ‘ He always showed a good sense of fun and took a good deal of ribbing from the crew with the utmost charm and good humour , ’ said Morgan . |
| 23 | She tipped back her head and took a deep breath . |
| 24 | Then in the lake an old man came up from under the water and took a great scoopful of water and drank deeply . |
| 25 | I gave a crocodile smile and took a cultural break . |
| 26 | The other picked up his drink and took a long swallow , watching her over the rim of the tankard . |
| 27 | Becky did not flinch from the cold water but took a deep breath as I lowered her down beneath Our Lady 's statue . |
| 28 | Alexander Vass leaned back in his chair and took a slow sip of his coffee . |
| 29 | He decided to renew his Christian commitment and took a drastic step … giving away all his money and possessions … |
| 30 | Isa reached up on tip-toe and took a white cloth from the top of the gleaming tea-urn . |