Example sentences of "[coord] he took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his research ended when his grant ran out , and he took a mundane job as a sub-editor on the Sunday Times colour magazine just before the Wapping dispute began . |
| 2 | He had squirrel eyes which darted about and he took a good look at her legs beneath her short skirt . |
| 3 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |
| 4 | Marc 's face was suffused with colour and he took a violent step forward . |
| 5 | In that wind the incident could have gone unnoticed , but a penalty was imposed and he took a 5 . |
| 6 | It alerted him at once and he took a tight grip on her arm as she swung away to leave him . |
| 7 | Curwen 's estates lay on the west Cumberland coalfield , and he took a particular interest in the collieries inherited from his father and his second wife , as well as others which he purchased and leased in the area . |
| 8 | The exact words , er I ca n't recall but er I talked the man out of the bed , still with his hands up and he took a few steps away from the bed . |
| 9 | We got a geezer come to the door you know yeah , and he took a few particulars you know . |
| 10 | His mouth worked , but nothing happened , and he took a quick swig of whisky . |
| 11 | And he took a poisonous viper and forced its mouth open , and inserted a glass under its fangs and drew out a couple of drops of deadly poison . |
| 12 | LUCAN left and went to see friends in Sussex , but he took a strange route . |
| 13 | Kite was the danger for the start , but he took a six on the 10th . |