Example sentences of "and taken a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moment when Pascoe had sat down and taken a sip of the wine ! |
| 2 | Detective Constable David Hemes told the inquest that Mr Ryder had left his home and gone to his chemist 's shop in Old Town Lane , Formby , and taken a bottle of barbiturates . |
| 3 | The girl had grinned and taken a gulp of iced tea . |
| 4 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 5 | Mr Healey had said he was himself knackered that morning , having returned the previous day , very late , from a seminar in Florence , and taken a dose of the cough mixture Benylin to get to sleep , which he found worked better than Mogadon . |
| 6 | Wilkinson has battled hard and taken a lot of knocks this season . |
| 7 | And they both er wave to the crowds , both sets of players and taken a round of applause as the two captains are out there , and there are plenty of cameras , including video cameras er almost obstructing my view and er I hope that gentleman is er going to take up a rather better position from my point of view because we want to see the er performances of the two teams . |