Example sentences of "he took a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took a casual step towards her , and extended a mock-polite hand . |
| 2 | He took a tentative bite and then started howling again , so I had to open a tin of Whiskas — turkey flavour , full price . |
| 3 | He took a tentative step towards Helen , stretched out his hand . |
| 4 | Yet , poorer as it made him , he took a certain pride in keeping his wife . |
| 5 | He took a certain route leading to another kind of life and ended up famous . |
| 6 | Now , as he was waiting , he took a dispirited look around . |
| 7 | He took a straight line towards the gates and found the gun at once . |
| 8 | Releasing her shoulders , he took a firm grip on her arm and began steering her towards the steps down to the lawn . |
| 9 | On occasion he took a personal interest in the apprehension and punishment of poachers who took his deer , and his Attorney-General took proceedings in the Star Chamber against offenders in the Wiltshire forests . |
| 10 | Then he took a brilliant catch at deep square lag to dismiss Lancashire dangerman Lloyd , and grabbed two wickets with his medium pace for good measure . |
| 11 | When he took a closer look he was horrified . |
| 12 | He took a nervous sip from his glass . |
| 13 | He took a cumbered step forward , and Diniz Vasquez strode into his path and stood unarmed before him . |
| 14 | He took a hasty pace towards her , and she flung out a hand . |
| 15 | In 1876 he took a similar position at the Blaenavon ironworks in Monmouthshire under the management of Edward Martin . |
| 16 | Then he took a loud drink and looked out of the window . |
| 17 | He took a keen interest in the education of his men and in their improvement societies . |
| 18 | He took a keen interest in the new bulk outloading and intake system and is pictured in the new control room with north west regional director ( right ) and intake operator ( left ) . |
| 19 | Burton was so elated at his tough bargaining that he took a rare taxi back to Pelham Crescent , where he met his neighbour , Emlyn Williams , who winkled the details out of him and sent him back for £30 . |
| 20 | It was to be the last triumph Chapman was to see at Elland Road , for in the summer of 1916 he took a managerial job at a munitions factory at Barnbow , near Leeds . |
| 21 | So he took a young lamb , whose mother had died , and carried it in a basket across the fields to Mrs Hurst 's house . |
| 22 | But his research ended when his grant ran out , and he took a mundane job as a sub-editor on the Sunday Times colour magazine just before the Wapping dispute began . |
| 23 | He took a front page off that . |
| 24 | He took a cardboard box and from it drew a toy consisting of two monkeys with bright brown fur and boot-button eyes . |
| 25 | He had squirrel eyes which darted about and he took a good look at her legs beneath her short skirt . |
| 26 | He resumed his studies in 1948 at New College , Oxford , where he took a first class honours degree and was called to the bar a year later . |
| 27 | After winning scholarships at Winchester and at Balliol College , Oxford , he took a first class in literae humaniores in 1924 and was elected to a fellowship of All Souls which he held till 1945 . |
| 28 | In 792 he took a new wife , Aelfflaed ( ASC D , s.a. 792 ) , daughter of Offa , king of the Mercians , marrying her at Catterick where his own parents had been married . |
| 29 | He took a shuddering breath , then felt the pain spear through him again . |
| 30 | As a comparison , he took a similar-sized piece of paper and marked fifty-one crosses at random . |