Example sentences of "i took [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 To tell the truth I have only hazy memories of the magazine that I took for a long time and until it ceased publication for reasons that were beyond me .
2 Mystified , I took off the small velvet beret I was wearing and , miraculously , the vast hall was quiet , and I learned that the chant had been Cha-peau !
3 I took off the stupid visor and placed it behind the conifer .
4 I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky .
5 I took to the vice ports in revenge . ’
6 The next day I took to the drizzling streets of Cuzco with a hangover of Sacsayhuaman proportions . )
7 What Hunt took as high seriousness , I took as a typical Lauda sideswipe , the fox laughing at the huntsman .
8 ‘ Final details are still to be agreed , but I took along the usual samples of your work and it looks as though she 'll want to incorporate feature tiles and maybe also a patterned frieze . ’
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