Example sentences of "[adv] he took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he took a young lamb , whose mother had died , and carried it in a basket across the fields to Mrs Hurst 's house . |
| 2 | Finally he took a whole lot of bottles out in the hope that in the ensuing muddle they would all finally be fitted in . |
| 3 | Now he took a deep breath and forced himself to keep calm . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Eventually he took a short lease on a much smaller house in Upper Brook Street . |
| 6 | Eventually he took a hefty drop in income by abandoning the lucrative corridors of merchant bank Kleinwort Benson . |
| 7 | Then he took a loud drink and looked out of the window . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then he took a steady pace backwards and looked down at her . |
| 10 | Then he took a clean white handkerchief from the back pocket of his close-fitting blue jeans , turned to the laundry trough to wet it , and wiped the blood from her fingers . |