Example sentences of "and they took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Prop Dean Sampson scored first for the visitors after three minutes and they took complete command when centre Tony Smith struck twice to make it 18–0 . |
2 | No , I mean , today okay only one goal against Charlton , tremendous performance by Bolder , the post and the bar , but Oxford United do score goals and they took great chances to score goals erm it 's difficult today is n't it . |
3 | ‘ Edinburgh citizens , ’ Mr Thin complained , ‘ were advised not to come into the centre of town , and they took this advice very literally . ’ |
4 | And they took another driver on and he does a lot of that , the runs there you see . |
5 | This seemed to worry the two men , and they took several minutes to calm Bobbie down and to stop her crying . |
6 | However , the Junkers , instead of facing up to the industrial , economic and social changes that were sweeping Europe , preferred instead to set about the ruthless suppression of any and every gesture of sympathy for the French revolutionaries , and they took military action against the few tiny peeps of protest that emanated from Pomerania . |