Example sentences of "[vb past] he take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As we had referred to Turkey and the fact that Margaret and I had met there , and as we knew he took great interest in genuine peasant culture , we showed him some Turkish embroidery and in particular two typical Turkish saddle-bags , which we had transformed into cushions .
2 A clue to his role may be found in the fact that only seven times did he take five wickets in an innings and never once ten in a match .
3 When had he taken any delight in killing ?
4 Mr Hannis said he took two people in for ten weeks .
5 Mr Mulroney said he took unpopular steps for the country 's good , privatising state companies and lowering inflation and fiscal deficits .
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