Example sentences of "i took [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as Tite himself , it occurs to me , is going to be doing when he goes into the witness-box at Summerchild 's inquest later that summer and tells the Coroner — I turn back in my file to the copy I took of the cutting — that Summerchild was working on conditions of employment in the Civil Service at the time of his death . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , that money that I took to the taxi rank this morning . |
| 3 | Actually I 've got a , I 've got a brilliant picture that I took outside the train . |
| 4 | The line I took with the manager was that , as a composer of music for films , I really needed to see equal commitment all along the picture beam to the public . |
| 5 | ’ It wis when I cam hame frae that , ’ he said , ’ that I took tae the road . ’ |
| 6 | I took in the spectacle with great personal satisfaction … |
| 7 | As I took in the traffic thundering by beneath me and relived in my mind my alarming experience , my trepidation returned . |
| 8 | ‘ The movies are true , ’ screamed my eyes from the back of the yellow can which I took from the airport . |
| 9 | The carton I took from the supermarket said ‘ POISON ’ in big letters , and ‘ Not to be taken internally ’ , so she will be dead by now . |
| 10 | How strict Tata had always been with me as a child ; even taken the strap to me on a couple of occasions , once for pinching ‘ fress ’ , or buns as Mother called them , behind his back — he did n't mind how much I took from the shop as long as I asked — and once for saying ‘ Damn ’ when I cut my finger peeling an apple . |