Example sentences of "he [adv] took out a " in BNC.

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1 He just took out a knife and slashed the silk screen and that was that . ’
2 Without asking if he could smoke , he quickly took out a cigarette and lit it , and then belatedly offered her one .
3 He also took out a tumbler , poured himself a short drink and put the bottle away .
4 He then took out a small book , expensively bound in limp leather .
5 He subsequently took out a number of patents in these two fields , the most valuable being in 1875 for the making of copper rollers for calico printing .
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