Example sentences of "took [adv] [pron] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began to apply the cooling foliage to her skin , turning the leaves back and forth as they took on her body heat . |
| 2 | Ms Darlow took along her wedding gown for one and her grandmother 's hat and muff for another an outfit which lent itself to a sepia finish , said Mrs Simmons . |
| 3 | She put on a coat , took down her walking cane which hung behind the door and then we left . |
| 4 | A sharp-eyed assistant took down his registration number and contacted the police . |
| 5 | He took down his tool kit from the high cupboard where it was kept well out of Timmy 's reach . |
| 6 | House was arrested after the mother of the fifteen year old took down his car registration number . |
| 7 | Furthermore , they were less likely to have applied to be taken on by the firm 's main competitor , which took over its order book , or to look for another job before leaving the firm . |
| 8 | Last week they came and took away my colour TV . |
| 9 | Emily took off her cape feeling she had found an ally . |
| 10 | He took off her mob cap and touched her dark hair which sprang up in unruly profusion . |
| 11 | Alice stood back away from the trapdoor up into the attic so that she was out of Philip 's sight , and took off her sweat shirt . |
| 12 | This is the last thing of his I 've got , ’ and she took off her gold wedding-ring and threw it in the fire . |
| 13 | Margaret Bilney of Cam in Gloucestershire cut her finger one day in 1985 , so she took off her wedding ring and put it in her purse . |
| 14 | I took off my shoulder bag and binoculars and hung them on nails hammered into the slightly crumbling concrete . |
| 15 | I took off my tin hat to feel the sun on my face . |
| 16 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 17 | I took off my battle-dress jacket . |
| 18 | Slowly I took off my wedding dress and veil . |
| 19 | He took off his trench coat , shivered in the cold , shook the dirt off the coat , put it on again and slipped behind the wheel . |
| 20 | He walked a few paces and took off his bowler hat … |
| 21 | Maxim took off his silk scarf , wiped his brow and put the scarf in his pocket . |
| 22 | Stok took off his evening-dress jacket and put it over a hanger that was lying on my open suitcase . |
| 23 | Hamish took off his war bonnet and scratched his head . |
| 24 | He took off his leather glove in preparation for shaking Gentle 's hand . |
| 25 | Harvey took off his identity tag and inserted it into a machine like a railway station weighing machine upon which he stepped . |
| 26 | The Manageress there erm I was there and she , I , after I 'd been there eighteen months , she had a heart attack and the girl took up her tea tray , one of the girls took up her , because she was n't on duty till about just quarter to six to do the money . |
| 27 | Yes but you see at this time the girl took up her tea tray and , and when she took , she knocked on the door and when she opened the door the Manageress was lying on the floor |
| 28 | ‘ Such a good woman , ’ her mother began , as she took up her supper tray , ‘ such an understanding woman . ’ |
| 29 | I ca n't say we really got to talk properly until we played tennis together at Kyalami in 1976 , just before he took up his Lotus drive , but it was evident from the first that he was of sound mind and body and somehow radically different from any other driver I 've met before or since , and if I were pressed to say why that is so , it has to be because of his utter imperturbability . |
| 30 | Bryan took up his drawing board and , with a few quick strokes of his black felt-tipped pen , he drew outlines of the bills , head shapes and size differences of the two gulls to make all quite clear . |