Example sentences of "took [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all ages , the late Middle Ages had its critics who took swipes at the activities of soldiers . |
| 2 | Yesterday , er I t took part in a Songs of Praise service at North . |
| 3 | He served on the BA 's Children 's bookselling committee , took part in the meetings of the book trade 's children 's books committee , and last year served as a judge for the children 's book section of the Whitbread Prize . |
| 4 | More than 5,000 competitors from 405 organisations took part in the Games , which finished last month . |
| 5 | He took part in the actions off the Kentish Knock and Dungeness late in 1652 and the three great sea battles of 1653 , and General George Monck ( later first Duke of Albemarle , q.v. ) recommended his promotion to one of the navy 's best ships in recognition of his services . |
| 6 | Iran took part in the summits of the Non-Aligned in 1979 and 1983 , and the new Iranian constitution defined the basis of the country 's foreign policy inter alia as ‘ ending any kind of domination , … practicing non-alignment with respect to the dominating powers and maintaining mutual peaceful relationships with non-belligerent nations ’ . |
| 7 | At the outbreak of war in 1914 he went to France and took part in the campaigns of the Marne and Aisne . |
| 8 | When the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Company Ltd. opened its passenger service to the public in April 1963 the Earl of Powis took part in the ceremonies and became President of the Company . |
| 9 | They were invited in , and given a place at the Samain feastings , and they took part in the revelries and the banquets . |
| 10 | A genuine loyalty was built up not only among competitors but from those who took part in the parades , the fancy dress contests and the competitions for everything from juvenile jazz bands and babies to dogs . |
| 11 | Last year more than 800 female employees took part in the examinations and forms for 1993 will be issued in January . |
| 12 | The elder Despenser , however , was re-appointed in June 1312 as Justice of the southern forests , and took part in the efforts by the king and his advisers to have the Ordinances set aside as invalid and illegal . |
| 13 | Thanks are due also to all those who took part in the experiments , especially those who asked common sense questions which I frequently found extremely difficult to answer as a cognitive psychologist . |
| 14 | memorial at Faettenfjord , close to the Tirpitz mooring place , dedicated to the Allied aircrews who took part in the raids of 1942 |
| 15 | ‘ Those who took part in the sessions found it enjoyable and good fun , ’ commented Andrew , ‘ and although everyone has not yet managed to pack it in , the early feedback is encouraging . ’ |
| 16 | Kagarlitsky and other officials of the Socialist Party of the USSR successfully took part in the elections to the Moscow City Soviet and were elected as deputies . |
| 17 | About 170 competitors took part in the sports evening which included football , squash , table-tennis , badminton and netball . |
| 18 | G M B pensioners were represented on the first delegation to visit the E E C in Brussels , in an effort to secure parity with the pensions in other European countries , and we also took part in the pensioners parliament in Luxembourg last year , to help to draw up a Pensioners ' Charter for Europe . |
| 19 | An elbow came back and took Pascoe beside the ribs . |
| 20 | Mr Smith asked her to outline the Government 's plans for the community charge and whether she took responsibility for the effects of the tax : |
| 21 | In the aftermath of Sigibert 's murder the survival of his son Childebert II was uncertain : Chilperic took advantage of the difficulties facing the young king to seize some of his cities . |
| 22 | The girls took advantage of the boys ' sudden inability to catch or shoot and before long the game was over and the girls won 12–8 . |
| 23 | He was an opportunist , who took advantage of the chances fate laid out for him , and this last weekend had been just such an example . |
| 24 | But for a while Mozart proved that life as a freelance was possible , and others after him — the tougher and more astute Beethoven , for example — took advantage of the possibilities opened up by Mozart 's mould-breaking career . |
| 25 | With its incredible wealth — about £6 million estimated annual income has been suggested — and ownership of about nine thousand manors came inevitable corruption as the Templars took advantage of the privileges granted to them by the Pope . |
| 26 | Amongst those who took advantage of the privileges offered , the majority were Serbs , but others also moved in , notably Germans , Hungarians and Slavs from other parts of the multinational Empire . |
| 27 | Right-wing parties , with 39% of the vote , took 80% of the seats . |
| 28 | She invested in up-to-date equipment , took out a subscription to hairdressing magazines to keep in touch with the latest ideas , and took clients at the weekends and evenings . |
| 29 | I took stock of the bees in the wisteria and the cat stretching itself under the table . |
| 30 | He took Jane by the elbows and looked directly into her eyes . |