Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the system cost around £300,000 as compared to a traditional suppliers offer of £2.5 million and only took three months to design , install , train and make fully operational reflects well on the technology — even though the paper itself failed . |
| 2 | Doctor Jekyll loved his books and always took great care of them . |
| 3 | Instead he shrank warily into the background until coaxed or ordered forward , and always took full advantage of those times when Buddie showed an interest in him . |
| 4 | The 1970s and 1980s also saw the rise of institutional shareholders who often acted on similar information and hence took similar buy or sell decisions . |
| 5 | He lectured on the anatomy , physiology and pathology of the horse , and clearly took enormous pleasure in communicating knowledge . |
| 6 | Fire and ambulance crews were called to Lincoln Villas in North Ormesby and immediately took four casualties to Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 7 | Maldon 's David Boden smashed 78 in 36 balls and then took four wickets as Braintree 's unbeaten start came to a shuddering halt on Saturday . |
| 8 | He had one further glass of wine and then took 16 nitrazepam tablets , leaving four in the bottle . |
| 9 | Miss Emilia Thorne gazed at Willie , stared at Tom and then took another look at Willie . |
| 10 | For his part , the DGM began by spending a day a week at Banstead from April 1980 and subsequently took six weeks off from running the affairs of district administration , handing over to his deputy in order to work full time on the strategy for closure . |
| 11 | HE HAD pointy ears and never took any shit from the fat ones in the wigs . |
| 12 | Sometimes other service-providers failed to understand the symptoms of dementia and therefore took inappropriate decisions on clients ' behalf ; for example , a social worker who had been asked to assess a client for residential care failed to realise that questions about the client 's own preferences would have to be phrased in such a way that the client could understand what was being proposed for her . |
| 13 | Donald retired first at the age of 56 , after attaining the maximum pensionable service with an insurance company , but then took another job , with less responsibility , as book-keeper for a local garage . |
| 14 | He took his seat in the House of Lords on 4th July , 1859 , ‘ but never took much part in the debates ’ . |