Example sentences of "['s] [noun] took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The international community 's response took various forms . |
| 2 | Tremayne 's vet took small blood samples of all the stable 's runners prior to their last training gallop before they raced , the resulting detailed analysis being able to reveal a whole host of things from a raised lymphocyte count to excreted enzymes due to muscle damage . |
| 3 | Helping punters outwit the bookies is something that gives Brittain real pleasure and he recalls with pride how an acquaintance made an exceptionally nice profit when the trainer 's Terimon took second place to Nashwan in this year 's Derby . |
| 4 | If the patient 's fever took several days to appear then it is much less likely to be Belladonna no matter how much the rest of the picture looks like it . |
| 5 | John Martin 's summing-up took some time . |
| 6 | Kee 's goal took some pressure … had some lucky escapes … but top marks to the United keeper … |
| 7 | Virtually all the Romanovs from Peter 's time took limitless pleasure in the glitter and order of parade-ground drill , thereby seriously diminishing the emphasis on combat training . |
| 8 | Kim 's mother took this idea further by making some of the activities given to Kim those that would involve her helpfully with the baby . |
| 9 | Fraser 's fork took several forms , as I say : or one might prefer to say that there was more than one fork to reckon with . |