Example sentences of "he took the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the advice of M Broussonet MD FRS , perpetual secretary of the Royal Society of Agriculture in Paris , he took the momentous step of obtaining six months ' leave of absence to visit England . |
| 2 | On Monday morning Greg had no classes before eleven , so he took the early bus to Burnley and went straight to the Public Library . |
| 3 | He took the early train up to London . |
| 4 | He took the right-hand staircase . |
| 5 | He started to see that in his opinion more could be done for humanity by Churches than by political parties , even the best of political parties such as he took the Liberal Party to be ; or at least that the Churches engaged at a more profound level with the predicament of humanity . |
| 6 | He took the prompt book back from Zach and began his old job again . |
| 7 | And he took the front piece out of that magazine . |
| 8 | From the centre he took the flat velour package of gems and held them out . |
| 9 | Above all , he took the future trade union leader seriously , answering his incessant questions , and calling him proudly the ‘ queerest bairn he had ever known . |
| 10 | Then he took the right fork of the track , following it for a hundred yards , and blocked it so that clearing the barricade in a hurry would require a bulldozer . |
| 11 | On fine days , he took the long way round by Jubilee Wharf . |
| 12 | Jan Irving ( Wirral ) was another to win at Derby , where he took the long jump with 6.64 metres . |
| 13 | ‘ He took the only way out he thought was best . ’ |
| 14 | He took the tiny piece of crumpled paper from his top pocket and unfolded it . |
| 15 | The sarcasm seemed to relieve him a little and he took the black strop of leather from its nail and opened the razor . |
| 16 | After a heavy assault , he took the great city of Toledo which became his chief fortress on the eastern frontier , extending his kingdom still further into Moorish territory . |
| 17 | It was also the national cause that prompted Law to accept a junior position ; he took the Colonial Office himself , a backwater in wartime , and Liberals retained most of the major posts . |
| 18 | Horne was educated at Newport Grammar School , joined Newport 's Congregational church and , with the ministry in mind , went to Glasgow University ( MA , 1886 ) and then Mansfield College , Oxford , where he took the three-year college course in theology . |
| 19 | When I got to my feet he took the injured arm in both his hands , told me to shut my eyes and start counting . |
| 20 | He took the central avenue , along the old runway . |
| 21 | Then he took the proffered penny and went inside the pub , leaving me to get on with it . |
| 22 | My Lords , erm I I I 'm glad t t to know that a text is readily available er I agree with my Noble Friend that if he took the simple course of comparing the Bill with the nineteen sixty four Act as it was printed , he would have run into trouble . |
| 23 | He took the sealed letter DeVore had given him and handed it across . |
| 24 | He took the principal part in the synthesis and interpretation of all the gravity observations made in India over the period 1908–13 and made an excellent attempt to interpret these data in the light of evidence recently reported by the American geodesist , J. F. Hayford , as a result of similar surveys in the United States . |
| 25 | He took the Deep Space discod from his jerkin and held it meaningfully towards the light source . |
| 26 | When he arose , he took the young child and his mother by night , and departed into Egypt . |
| 27 | He took the little boy to another room for an intimate examination , leaving the 19-year-old mother outside . |
| 28 | Unless … ’ he took the steel-stemmed pipe out of his mouth and grinned again , ‘ unless you want to transfer your business ? ‘ |
| 29 | He took the elastic band off the two pieces of cardboard and there neatly coffined between them was Rose . |
| 30 | He took the old screenplay writer 's hand and said , ‘ Goodbye . |