Example sentences of "i took [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I took up the cups of coffee , five cups , and they give me only four straws , not five , ’ he explained carefully . |
| 2 | I took up the tin-whistle in earnest |
| 3 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 4 | I was carried ignominiously between two colleagues back to the car and greeted my wife with the sheepish grin she had been dreading ever since I took up the sport . |
| 5 | ‘ I took up the sport six years ago when my local team , the Darlington Dawdlers , were short of a fourth rider . |
| 6 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 7 | ‘ This was where I took up the running , ’ Robert said . |
| 8 | I took up the axe . |
| 9 | I took up the tin with the matches in it and lit the candles ; they burned yellowly and I knelt , clenching my fists and thinking . |
| 10 | I got on well , and at the age of seven , I took up the violin . |
| 11 | I often used to read it when we were in action and , believe it or not , every time I took up the book it opened at page 92 , although I have never deliberately read that page , as far as I can remember — so I took the hint and wrote … ’ |
| 12 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
| 13 | I took on the management for Scullion and it was not an enjoyable experience . |
| 14 | But , now that , I mean I 'm in the second year of being a student , and I took on the position of women 's officer for the we , for the west of Scotland area |
| 15 | But I took on the idea of transcendence only at a personal level . |
| 16 | I was n't much more than your age when I took on the farm myself . |
| 17 | He wanted someone to help him with his horses , so I took on the job . |
| 18 | Today I took on the world No 1 , and that 's not easy , and beat him from the back of the court . |
| 19 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 20 | The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship . |
| 21 | Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ? |
| 22 | I took over the chair previously occupied by Angus Maude , who since 1979 had carried out the impossible job of overseeing Government information . |
| 23 | I took over the family . |
| 24 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |
| 25 | I took over the poling . |
| 26 | Ever since I took over the tips section in the hallowed pages of ZZAP ! 64 , folks have whinged that most of the pokes are for Reset and Action Replay carts . |
| 27 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 28 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 29 | I took out the piece of parchment I had found on the corpse . |
| 30 | I opened the desk and slowly I took out the box and opened it . |