Example sentences of "they took the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in most of the specific decisions they took the Allied leaders wielded a personal power which the makers of the settlements of 1648 , 1713 or 1814 – 15 had never tasted . |
| 2 | The McGimpsey brothers hit the headlines when they took the Irish government to court over the Republic 's constitutional claim to Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | They took the hot seat , answering questions on issues ranging from to . |
| 4 | The bride , in a white wedding gown , and the groom , in a tuxedo , clung tightly to each other as they took the terrifying plunge . |
| 5 | I was kept hangin' about , while they took the poor sod away . |
| 6 | Carrick were favourites after their semi-final victory over Cliftonville , but Old Bleach deserved a lot of credit , for they took the new champions to a nerve tingling finish . |
| 7 | They took the first turning after the hotel and began to climb towards the Jenner Clinic . |
| 8 | They took the nearest passage in the same direction , snapping off the torches and moving by touch alone , eyes straining in the swirling gas , tensed for the figures that could be the fleeing enemy — or Lawton and Silk falling back . |
| 9 | For example , the researchers set up the apparatus hours and even days before they took the final readings . |
| 10 | One thing is absolutely certain and that is nearly all the US companies that set out down the T.Q.M. route 10 years ago are still convinced they took the right decision . |
| 11 | And they took the thirty pieces of silver , the sum at which the precious One was priced by the children of Israel … ’ |
| 12 | Then coral pink walls of rock closed about them as they took the deep cut into Wells . |
| 13 | On May 21 the EPRDF took Adis Alem , 55 km west of the capital , while on May 23 they took the key town of Debre Birhan ( about 70 km north-east of the capital ) . |
| 14 | They took the scenic route back to the Palace . |
| 15 | After lobster in Sligo , eaten late and washed down with Macon Villages , they took the southward route to Charlestown , on the landward side of Slieve Gamph , then on to Claremorris and Tuam , because Rory said he did n't trust himself to take the coastal roads , to get too near the sea . |
| 16 | If , having chosen not to take advice , they took the same tack with the process of law once started , and thought that by ignoring it or defying it they could halt it , they were laying themselves open to an even ruder shock . |
| 17 | The Daimler was parked at the end of the towpath , and they took the same road . |
| 18 | Penny only wanted a West Country holiday , not the least ingratiating thing about her , and they took the same cottage that his Mum had rented , and they stopped , he and Penny , for the same coffee and the same stroll round the monument . |
| 19 | They took the same tube into work but walked apart on the final stretch to the office in case anyone saw them together and jumped to the right conclusion . |
| 20 | They took the same tube for the first few stops . |
| 21 | Well they was an old cargo boat , that were n't like a naval boat , they do n't call it now , they do n't call a naval boat a tramp , well the other ones cos they 're faster and th th the old tramp , tramps it was like an old tramp on the road and erm because we used to go very slow , well th the Japanese after the war , they bought these old ships up , we loaded them with scrap iron and they took the whole lot over to Japan , and cut the whole ship up scrap iron . |
| 22 | So when they left Bristol they went to find a place that takes , , then they took the wrong turning off the |
| 23 | The committee of the Canine Supporters Charity crossed their fingers tightly when they took the brave step of hiring the Wembley Exhibition Centre . |
| 24 | They took the Jewish scriptures as their starting point but evolved a unique and inspiring spirituality that spoke to their own condition . |
| 25 | They took the little house two doors away from Ken and Rhoda ; her own to play with , to sweep and dust and arrange as she liked , and meals for two to cook at her discretion , and her father and grandmother just down the road so she had both a respite from them and could keep an eye on them , not too close but not too far . |
| 26 | And they 'creted then As they took the big piece out , they kept pumping concrete and shifting then pumping again . |
| 27 | When they took the old oven out , I brought the cooker down myself , and the fittings for the kitchen units . |
| 28 | They took the top prizes in an alternative energy competition at Hartlepool power station , beating five other Cleveland schools in the exercise , designed to encourage problem-solving in science and technology by and to foster links with industry . |