Example sentences of "[adv] took a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When both together took a few slow hops down one of the runs near-by , Hazel followed and little by little they all three moved out of the hall . |
| 2 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 3 | The artist calmly took a small mechanical device and positioned it against the side of her finger which wore a glittering pair of rings in emerald and diamond . |
| 4 | He also took a few new recruits , notably three young lieutenants , Harry Poat , Tony Marsh and Johnny Wiseman , all three of whom went on to make their mark on the regiment . |
| 5 | I also took a few injudicious swigs of potent farmhouse cider -but more of that liquid indiscretion in a moment . |
| 6 | When his eyes moved to her mouth , she swallowed drily , then took a long shuddering breath that locked somewhere in her lungs as he pushed the mac from her shoulders . |
| 7 | I was utterly depressed and silences fell in which she steadfastly looked away and then took a quick little bite of a glance . |
| 8 | All the published sermons preached at St Paul 's Cross in London from 1570 onwards took a firm Calvinist line on predestination , and the theology faculties at the universities dispensed doctrinal Calvinism to those training for the ministry ; meanwhile the laity were provided with the Genevan Bible in 1560 and a Calvinist catechism in 1563 . |
| 9 | The one currently being looked after by Les Stocker of the St Tigglywinkles wild animal hospital almost certainly took a new born lamb in the night , and had a furious fight with two of the farm terriers . |