Example sentences of "[adv] he took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so he took some bread down and then popped up to the gate where they these were sort of quite a way a way , and Gemma said you wait there with Jane and I 'll invite those people to come up , you see and erm , I 've got ta be a bit cool , went to the table to put some bread there course it an awful and she |
| 2 | He won a silver medal for 5,000 metres at the World Junior track championships last year and a couple of months later he took fourth place — again at Junior level — in the World cross country championships in Boston . |
| 3 | If things did not go well he took full responsibility . |
| 4 | No doubt it amused him , but although he did n't laugh outright he took this way of telling her she could forget it . |
| 5 | Then he took indecent photographs of some of them . |
| 6 | Then he took two packets of his swimming biscuits and a carton of orange from the back of the fridge , so his Mum would n't notice . |
| 7 | Then he took two detectives to the Queenshill Bridge over the river Severn , Shrewsbury Crown Court was told on the third day of the trial . |
| 8 | Then he took some money out of his pocket and paid for it . |
| 9 | Dr John Hill of Chemistry , another frequent winner , took a first prize for his portrait of ‘ Karen ’ , a lady framed by a parasol , indeed he took five prizes altogether . |