Example sentences of "took [adv] his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dauntless took down his sword from its saddle sheath . |
| 2 | ‘ I have made it my business to go after lost Leonardos now , ’ says Dr Pedretti , who worked closely with Kenneth Clark and took over his mantle as the world 's leading Leonardo expert . |
| 3 | He has been chairman of Northants since 1985 , the year Subba Row took over his role at the TCCB , and has served on the board 's finance comittee . |
| 4 | He has been chairman of Northants since 1985 , the year Subba Row took over his role at the TCCB , and has served on the board 's finance committee . |
| 5 | In October 1643 the Commons took away his lectureship at Aldgate and banned him from preaching . |
| 6 | After a week Harry returned to Maurice , once again when there was no-one on the boat , took away his consignment of hairdryers , and threw the lantern and the paving-stones overboard . |
| 7 | ‘ Now I have another problem , ’ Tweed announced as he took off his Burberry in his office . |
| 8 | • Clark Gable , on the other hand , caused vest sales to drop drastically when he took off his shirt in ‘ It Happened One Night ’ , to reveal a completely bare torso . |
| 9 | He took off his jacket with over-exaggerated deliberation , folded it with studied care , and placed it on the floor , parroting a curious sales pitch of clichéd adspeak . |
| 10 | Production and publication of The Rock led directly to Eliot 's being invited to write Murder in the Cathedral , which took further his idea of committed Christian drama and his warnings about the dangers of a society cut off from its religious roots . |
| 11 | Dandelion took up his cue with the same plucky readiness that he had shown in the wood . |
| 12 | He was apprenticed in 1509 to John Buknell , a skinner of London and merchant of the Staple of Calais , and took up his freedom as a member of the Skinners ' Company in 1520 ( he was master in 1533 and five times thereafter ) . |
| 13 | The chief priest of their idolatrous worship also took up his stand in front of the pagans , on a high mound , and like Balaam , attempted to curse the people of God , and to bind their hands by means of his magical arts . |
| 14 | ‘ Evans , ’ said Cardiff in an awed voice , as the whispering multitudes took up his name as a kind of saviour 's anthem . |
| 15 | Only two years previously , my uncle had been accepted as a coastguard and took up his position at Babbacombe , near Torquay , after almost thirty years ’ service as a Royal Marine . |
| 16 | Jinkwa took up his position at the console . |
| 17 | Hoping as always to avoid trouble , the Goldsmiths decided to require the new Schoolmaster to be examined before being appointed ; this was duly done , and Joseph Whittle , a graduate of Brasenose College , Oxford , took up his position with effect from 28th September . |
| 18 | The Harris 's hawk was brought out and took up his position on his master 's fist , coldly surveying the land . |
| 19 | In 1877 he was ordained priest and in 1878 took up his ministry in Wray-on-Windermere . |
| 20 | In July the king finally moved north , took up his residence in the abbey of Lilleshall , and made it his headquarters while he reviewed the defences of the Welsh border . |
| 21 | He took up his cup from Alexandra and smiled at her again . |
| 22 | The 38-year-old Yorkshireman , who took up his appointment as Scotland 's director of cricket just over six months ago , will also lead the side in the enforced absence of Bruce Russell who has flu . |
| 23 | Fifty year old Douglas Hewitt took up his job as Principal of the Parklands Childrens Home in Whitminster ten years ago . |
| 24 | The One who took up his abode in Mary was the One who sustained her , kept her and made her holy . |
| 25 | In fact he was due to become President when he took up his post with the SCU . |
| 26 | José Manuel Durao Barroso , hitherto secretary of state for foreign relations and co-operation , was appointed Foreign Minister on Nov. 6 , replacing Joao de Deus Pinheiro who took up his post as a European Commissioner . |
| 27 | In August 1992 , Ian McCartney took up his post as Student Enterprise Officer at the Enterprise Centre . |
| 28 | On 1 March 1830 he was appointed gardener to Charles Stanhope , fourth Earl of Harrington , at Elvaston Castle , where he took up his post on 2 August , with instructions to create a new garden . |
| 29 | The first Iranian ambassador to be assigned to Kuwait in five years ( Kuwait having supported Iraq in the Gulf war ) , Hussein Sadeqi , took up his post on Sept. 29 , 1989 . |
| 30 | Mr Mitchell then took up his cry of ‘ The lady hath accepted . ’ |