Example sentences of "[subord] he took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A New Zealander , born in Dunedin and a graduate of Otago University , he went to Merton College , Oxford , in 1934 as a Rhodes Scholar , where he took a First in English . |
| 2 | He resumed his studies in 1948 at New College , Oxford , where he took a first class honours degree and was called to the bar a year later . |
| 3 | He was educated at Madras University , where he took a first in English , and Trinity Hall , Cambridge , where he gained firsts in both Natural Sciences and Law . |
| 4 | There was a spectacular incident at the finish of the race when Jonathan Aiken , in attempting to squeeze past a bunch of riders at the line , clipped a grass verge and bounced across the track but although he took a nasty looking fall he was uninjured . |
| 5 | Once he took a large bone from the table and stood it on the Queen 's plate . |
| 6 | The pornography squad had just visited Brian Moore and warned him that if he took a new ‘ adult contact ’ magazine , Way Out , the law would move , fast . |
| 7 | He cut another slice of bread and spread the butter on it from edge to edge very carefully before he took a big bite . |
| 8 | ‘ Or he was , before he took a wrong turning on one of the roads of life that we walked … . ’ |
| 9 | O'Brian , 24 , was on the run from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers when he took a small glass tube of diamorphine — described in court as pure heroin — to the house in Guide Post , Northumberland . |
| 10 | The Telegraph reported : ‘ It was this try , in fact , that put paid to England 's chances for when he took a bouncing ball in his stride and raced unopposed 60 yards to the line , England were in full attacking trim and had narrowed Wales 's lead from 13 points to four . |
| 11 | When he took a closer look he was horrified . |
| 12 | At about the same time ( July 1956 ) Lord Rothermere decided to sell most of his 50 per cent Daily Mail stake in Associated-Rediffusion ; and he sold the remainder when he took a third of the shares in the new South/South-East franchise holder , Southern TV , in 1958 . |
| 13 | When he took a green ribbon from her and tied it loosely round his waist , Joseph was even more disturbed . |
| 14 | DISABLED John Pearson caused traffic chaos when he took a wrong turn on to one of the country 's busiest roads … in his 8 mph invalid buggy . |
| 15 | TITLE HOLDER John Parrott fired the fastest century break so far — taking just five minutes and 15 seconds for a 103 clearance — as he took a 6–2 lead in his UK Championship quarter-final with Ireland 's Joe Swail . |
| 16 | The policeman frantically lit another cigarette , then leant back , his eyes closed as he took a deep lungful of tobacco smoke . |
| 17 | His shoulders rose as he took a deep breath like a diver about to plunge . |
| 18 | Travis 's chest expanded as he took a deep breath . |
| 19 | JOHN MAJOR was dubbed ‘ the Eddie Eagle of politics ’ yesterday as he took a massive fall in the Commons . |
| 20 | He was walking back from a Didcot Pub , when a gang set upon him as he took a short cut across a railway footbridge . |
| 21 | Although how the two of us sharing a bed is going to make the twins more happy and contented is quite beyond me , ’ she muttered grimly , adding quickly as he took a threatening step towards her , ‘ OK — OK , I 'll go along with this mad charade . |