Example sentences of "father took [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assumed the Maggot was delivering or picking up a customer , but it was none of my business , so I stripped down to my shorts and began work as Thessy , his brother Philemon and their father took a battered wooden skiff across the lagoon . |
| 2 | The father took a golf-club that was standing in the corner . |
| 3 | Her father took a silver case from his pocket and withdrew a cigarette , which he tapped on a thumbnail before putting it in his mouth and lighting it . |
| 4 | Her father took a telescope from his pocket and stared out of Grace 's window at the wreck of the Forfarshire . |
| 5 | In 1794 her father took a commission in the army , serving for some years in Ireland . |
| 6 | On 7 May 1992 , the Corby justices granted to Northamptonshire County Council care orders in respect of two children , a girl born in May 1986 , whose father took no part in the proceedings , and a boy born in October 1989 whose father was granted parental responsibility and contact orders . |
| 7 | ‘ You will grow to know her and love her as I do , ’ their father took the woman 's hand and she smiled up at him . |
| 8 | Although his mother remained upset about the accident , and was naturally more protective of him , his father took the view that if Guy did not perceive himself as disabled , nobody else would , and this proved to be the case . |
| 9 | M ! father took the bag from her and told her to get back upstairs to my mother . |