Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Lowther was a confirmed Londoner and absentee landlord who took a keen interest in the detailed affairs of his estate . |
| 5 | ‘ He was a very caring person who took a great interest in the people in the business , he was very thoughtful . |
| 6 | Adams was a kindly man who took a keen interest in his staff and his fellow men . |
| 7 | The man who took a one hundred and sixteen thousand pound gamble and lost . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Dexter remembered that Blufton had a reputation as an executive who took a direct interest in the programmes his company made . |
| 10 | Robinson was an able engineer and administrator who took a keen interest in his men and their working conditions , especially those of locomotive footplate staff , whose spartan conditions he improved considerably . |
| 11 | Suddenly he was apprehended by an irate Scout master who took a dim view of being woken at such an hour . |