Example sentences of "[noun sg] we took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In the morning we took a shared taxi back to Minya . |
| 3 | Now that the Government is giving tax relief on private health insurance we took a fresh look at all the schemes which qualify . |
| 4 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 5 | It 's time we took a stronger line with wild-eyed enthusiasts who do n't think through the full consequences of their soft-hearted feelings . |