Example sentences of "usually took the " in BNC.
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| 1 | people usually took the hint and either shut up or left . |
| 2 | Samuel Whitbread usually took the chair but occasionally Dr. Yeats or one of the other governors presided . |
| 3 | These usually took the form of cash , but were more often clothes , furs and jewels — all of which Katherine 's organization had a ready outlet for . |
| 4 | I usually took the opportunity to teach on those occasions . |
| 5 | As Haynes points out , the planning process reflected this in that it ‘ usually took the form of a series of isolated , departmental exercises which lacked any common framework of reference apart from the central control of financial input ’ ( Haynes , 1980 , p. 82 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ He usually took the first surgery , so that Niall could be left free to attend crew briefings . ’ |
| 7 | This usually took the form of institutionalized collective bargaining between trade unions and employers . |