Example sentences of "[subord] he take [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geoff Griffin pictured on a recent trip to Lord 's , where he took a Test hat-trick and was no-balled for throwing |
| 2 | As a student at Columbia University , New York — where he took a degree and a doctorate — and subsequently as a teacher of biochemistry at Boston University , he continued to write in his spare time . |
| 3 | A graduate of Birmingham University , where he took a BSc in coal-mining , he joined Manchester Collieries Ltd , in 1944 . |
| 4 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he took a pass degree and gained a BA in 1883 . |
| 5 | Her father was only interested in his family and his business and although he took the Evening Express , only read local news . |
| 6 | He was fond of his wife in an absent-minded way , especially when she was not nagging at him , so he took a Kleenex out of the kitchen box and went back to her , saying rather hopelessly : ‘ Here , have a Kleenex . ’ |
| 7 | He probably heard on the radio that Mahoney had a chance , so he took a stroll round to the hospital and finished him off . |
| 8 | In 1964 he decided he wanted to go back and finish school , so he took a break . |
| 9 | Adelaide was his last opportunity that season to beat me , so he took a gamble ; one which , had he been less driven , he would have known did n't stand a chance of coming off . ’ |
| 10 | In about the middle of the eighteenth century , John Zoffany , a portrait painter , arrived in England , and although not regularly accepted at first , he became friendly with Garrick and other actors which lifted his prospects , so he took a lease of a house called ‘ London Style ’ , which was set back from the north bank of the River Thames , just east of Kew Bridge , but later his wife and children occupied a house on the river front on Strand-on-the-Green , which house was named after the painter . |
| 11 | This did n't work , so he took the girl back to Sweden and nothing has been heard of them since . ’ |
| 12 | Galway City is quite small , but your man lived just outside , so he took the BMW . |
| 13 | If he took no interest in gardening before his illness , he may find it refreshing to be outdoors looking at the different colours and shapes of the plants , smelling their fragrance , and watching the insects and birds they attract . |
| 14 | She breathed deeply , preparing herself to repulse him if he took a step towards her . |
| 15 | as if he took an oath |
| 16 | ‘ Apart from the boring bits , like opening up , checking the vaults and so on , ’ she mused , holding her breath to see if he took the bait . |
| 17 | It was as if he took the frost and snow personally . ’ |
| 18 | What would happen if he took the glass from her hand and kissed her parted lips Harry glimpsed in that instant , prefigured in the alluring darkness of her dress , darker , it seemed , than even the deepest of the shadows around them . |
| 19 | ‘ And if he took the ring , he might have taken something else , might n't he ? ’ |
| 20 | A defendant would be guilty of the offence if he took the car , abandoned it and someone else damaged it before it was recovered . |
| 21 | They ate by candlelight ( ‘ Electricity , my dear , is so cruel , ’ Lionel told Mrs Beeley ) , and from where she sat throughout the meal she could feel his gaze , steady , as if he took the image of her inwards . |
| 22 | If he takes no action , well and good ; if he seeks an injunction , the issue can be litigated and appealed as a matter of principle , without the danger of suffering a heavy penalty for an offence — eg of contempt of court — which has already been committed . |
| 23 | If he takes the bulbs that is going a bit far . |
| 24 | Apple Computer Inc chairman and chief executive officer John Sculley 's name has made it to the short list to be Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration : if he takes the cabinet post , Apple 's likely to look outside for a replacement . |
| 25 | If he takes the lampshades that is fair enough . |
| 26 | cos he took a bit of the U P V C |
| 27 | The author succeeds in this difficult task , mainly because he takes the trouble to understand a topic thoroughly before writing about it . |
| 28 | It became clear to me at Blackpool that there was considerable support for Alec , partly because he made a good speech on foreign policy , partly because he took the chair at my meeting in his capacity as President of the National Union , and partly because of lobbying by back-benchers who saw him as the best compromise candidate . |
| 29 | People knew of him because he took the pictures of more collective Sheringham life — weddings , school celebrations . |
| 30 | To avoid the impression that he was leaving in a fit of pique ( and perhaps also to think through his decision more fully ) , he delayed the public announcement almost three weeks while he took a vacation in the South of France . |