Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [noun] take [art] " in BNC.

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1 You left the cinema your hand in your pocket clutching a non-existent ‘ rod ’ , you went rat a tat tat Chicago piano machine gun style and did a James Cagney hoodlum staggering along the pavement with your hands to your chest until you collapsed into a doorway mown down by gangsters ' bullets crying for Pat O'Brien or Joan Blondell to take the message to ma .
2 Carrington and Grant disappeared down the for'ard companionway while Talbot and Van Gelder took the after one .
3 The Australians looked to be heading out of the championship when New Zealand 's Peter Belliss and Gary Lawson took the opening set 7-1 and then recovered from 0-6 down to add the second 7-6 .
4 Andy Robinson ( left ) and Neil Back take a breather during the Leicester v Barbarians game .
5 They stopped outside a grocery shop with the name SAMUEL ISAAC EVANS above the door and Miss Evans took a key from her bag .
6 ‘ It turned out to be a beauty and Andy Fothergill took a good catch . ’
7 Belfast 's Roy Blackstock and Lorraine Aiken took the Latin American title and on their displayed form have a freewheeling , downhill run home to yet another All-Ireland title .
8 The coxswain and the quartermaster were killed at the wheel , and Nigel Tibbets took the helm .
9 John Power is prepared to run through a wall ; Willie O'Connor is as hard as nails and Liam Simpson takes no prisoners .
10 ANNADALE Striders turned up trumps once again in the Panasonic Track and Field League at Antrim on Saturday and Lisburn AC took the ladies title .
11 Prince Charles was installed as President at a degree congregation in Edinburgh in 1976 , and Sir Michael took the opportunity to underline to him that whatever ‘ the tribulations of our staff , who deal with the paper work of over 80,000 students and over 1000 courses , the Council itself and its committees and subject boards are concerned with one thing only , and that is quality ’ .
12 They feel they are creative enough to win , even without the injured John Barnes , whose place on the left flank will go to Chris Waddle with David Rocastle coming in on the right and Steve McMahon and Bryan Robson taking the middle .
13 Gerard handed Katherine her cup , and Mr Lee took a certain small pleasure in allowing him to pass over the second cup , even though he could have easily reached out and taken it .
14 Her work was included in a recent initiative in Los Angeles , where local galleries invited dealers from other countries to mount exhibitions of their artists , and Matthew Flowers took a selection of paintings to Salander O'Reilly .
15 Holywood Players and Lifford Players took the main awards , with Holywood 's ‘ 84 Charing Cross Road ’ winning the overall title of Ulster champions .
16 had beaten Farnborough Tennis ‘ A ’ , with Duncan Sibbick , Brian Clay and Dave Hewitt all winning two , and Graham Dickson taking a double for the tennis club .
17 The tackling of Selkirk 's back row/midfield triangle was a revelation and Graham Marshall took the opportunity to issue a reminder with Scotland 's team to face Fiji being named in midweek .
18 I shall return to these reservations in a later chapter , but for the moment it should be noted that well-qualified observers such as Martin Anderson and Donald Regan take a different view .
19 Ian Tonkin clocked 12 mins. 58 to improve 16 positions and Owen Pettifor took a further ten with 12 mins. 59 .
20 But after 20 minutes on the third day , umpires Steve Woodward and Owen Paul took the players off .
21 ‘ We have advised Mr and Mrs Woodhead to take a week 's leave of absence during which the mayoral duties will be undertaken by their deputies . ’
22 The women were released and Martha Simmonds took a job as nurse to Oliver Cromwell 's sister , by which means she secured Nayler 's release .
23 Edwards , with four tries , including a hat-trick in 18 minutes in the first half , Frano Botica , with seven goals and a try , and Joe Lydon took the individual honours on Saturday and with competition so intense in the reserve and junior sides , players continue to progress with a hunger to match their predecessors ' exploits .
24 In an attempt to repeat their success on the Irrawaddy , the Denny and Henderson families took a large stake in the La Platense Flotilla Co. in 1882 to operate river services in Argentina and Uruguay .
25 Essex steeplejacks Reg Dosell , Tony Pinch and Miles McCarthy took a break from cleaning up Lord Nelson yesterday to scan the columns of their favourite paper .
26 The MSC in both the YTS and TVEI programmes takes the view that the perpetuation of sex differentiated subject and skill areas is a major problem , at least in those areas where there is a shortage of skilled male labour .
27 Shastri had gone on , barely noticed , to 50 , when Gooch 's gentle swingers drew Manjrekar into a loose cut and Jack Russell took the catch .
28 In this chapter Jenny Corbett and Len Barton take a critical look at the concept of ‘ transition into adult life ’ for young people with disabilities and those categorised as having learning difficulties .
29 Wigan and St Helens take no prisoners whenever they meet .
30 Tabitha Jute and Marco Metz took the lift to street level .
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