Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Assad evidently took great comfort from the international onslaught on Saddam Hussein , his hated Baathist rival , and from the way the crisis reflected on another old adversary , PLO Chair Yassir Arafat . |
| 2 | In many battles they proved their willingness to spill their own blood in defence of the human lands and Teclis and Finreir both took many wounds . |
| 3 | Since Jasper and Bienvida never went to bed until Tina did but fell asleep wherever they happened to be , Jarvis hardly took this protest seriously . |
| 4 | UNITA also took second place in the legislative elections . |
| 5 | In addition to this and other commissions , Mozart also took some pupils , including the daughter of the Count of Guines , to whom he was attempting to teach composition . |
| 6 | The intrusive Boswell then took another liberty — ; that of pointing out to Johnson ‘ that he very often sat quite silent for a long time , even when in company with only a single friend ’ , at which Johnson reminded Boswell of an acquaintance who had once observed , ‘ Sir , you are like a ghost : you never speak till you are spoken to . ’ |
| 7 | Franco never took major steps when in doubt . |
| 8 | In its aftermath Mrs Thatcher apparently took greater care to consult the Cabinet more fully and was overruled by it on the proposed sale of British Leyland to the US-based General Motors . |
| 9 | Bill Larnach always took great pains with his lectures and , although he is an accomplished speaker , they never became monologues . |
| 10 | Whitney and Hughes both took four wickets , and all 10 wickets fell to catches , as in the Australian first innings : only once previously ( WI v India , Bridgetown , 1982–83 ) have the first 20 wickets in a Test fallen to catches , and the eventual 33 catches in this match was a new Test record ( as was the fact that no-one was bowled — a first for a completed Test ) . |
| 11 | Laura also took positive steps to boost her designing team and hired a graduate from the Royal College of Art whose brief was imperceptibly to modify the Victorian image . |
| 12 | Nora never took any notice of what she said either . |
| 13 | If it did sail against him , Cnut presumably took appropriate measures , and contrary winds need not have been the only force responsible for its repulse . |
| 14 | The Government of New South Wales apparently took this finding into consideration in deciding to abolish the immunity . |