Example sentences of "[noun prp] took a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dersingham took a dark-coloured paisley handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his lips and then his nose with it . |
| 2 | Madge Grimsilk took a small hand torch from her bag , pressed the button and placed it behind the forest at one side . |
| 3 | Antonio devoured half of his burger in one bite , whilst Susanna took a tiny morsel of lobster . |
| 4 | Hardy took a keen interest in their production , although , with two exceptions , the plays themselves were not his work . |
| 5 | ’ Ari took a sharp breath , which made Leila jump . |
| 6 | Lucy took a deep breath . |
| 7 | Hyacinth took a long time to respond . |
| 8 | St. David took a close look at his leg ‘ Sorry old son , nothing I can do . |
| 9 | Davies points out that Gorbachev took a conservative attitude to Soviet history for the first 18 months of his time in power . |
| 10 | Humphrys took a keen interest in sport throughout his life ; he is said to have bowled out W. G. Grace [ q.v. ] three times while at Oxford . |
| 11 | Rex took a deep breath , sprang out from hiding and drew down upon the boy in the business suit . |
| 12 | Rex took a precautionary step backwards . |
| 13 | Bert took a long sniff and looked at Yanto . |
| 14 | And as if to brook no further argument , Madame Gautier took a large paper bag and emptied the entire contents of the cookie jar into it . |
| 15 | Maisie took a ten-pound note from Robert 's pocket and waved it at him through the glass . |
| 16 | Jean took a deep breath . |
| 17 | Grimma took a deep breath . |
| 18 | ‘ It said — , ’ Sacco took a deep breath , his eyes bulged , and he attempted the foghorn mooing that was human sound : ‘ Bbbllllooooooooddddyyyee kkiiiddddddssss ! ’ ’ |
| 19 | Out of her pocket Mrs Wright took a revolting bone covered in fat . |
| 20 | Andy took a deep breath and patted my head , chuckling . |
| 21 | Hari took a deep breath and tasted the tang of salt in the air , soon it would be summer but she would be facing it alone . |
| 22 | Hari took a deep breath . |
| 23 | Nissen took a personal interest in Constanze 's crusade on behalf of Mozart 's music , and helped her a great deal . |
| 24 | Donna took a hurried bath , Julie made them some tea and , as the hands on the clock above the open fireplace crawled round to 3.56 , they both sat down , one on either side of the table in the centre of the room . |
| 25 | Shiona took a deep breath . |
| 26 | Shiona took a deep breath . |
| 27 | Corbett took a deep breath . |
| 28 | After a meeting in Damascus on Nov. 9 between Farouq al-Shar'a , the Syrian Foreign Minister , and Farouk Qaddumi , his equivalent in the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , Syria and the PLO took a further step towards the normalization of their relations . |
| 29 | Bernice took a few moments break from her search to reach up and snap it off . |
| 30 | Hartland took a fine gully catch to dismiss Russell ; Pringle ran one to Lewis 's one-and-a-half followed by a long walk . |