Example sentences of "his [noun] take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Wrong man , ’ Rourke said tersely , his mouth taking on a grim slant . |
| 2 | Besides — ’ his mouth took on a sardonic curve ‘ — what price would you put on your credibility — a woman who liaises with a married man , makes dates with him behind his wife 's back ? |
| 3 | His mouth took on a sardonic twist . |
| 4 | Some wonder why the bank stuck with Mr Parretti , even though his attempt to take over a French cinema chain in June 1990 was blocked on the grounds that it would ‘ threaten public order ’ . |
| 5 | The flimsy Geneva settlement , engineered by Eden in 1954 to enable the French to withdraw from Indo-China , was breaking down as Ho Chi Minh had begun his attempt to take over the South with backing of Communist China . |
| 6 | His eyes took on a dreamy expression and by the time I had intoned " Archibald , Marshall , English , Mc Phail and Morton , " there was something near to a wistful smile on his lips . |
| 7 | His lips took on a wry slant . |
| 8 | He stated that he had informed President César Gaviria Trujillo " a long time ago " of his intention to take up a post in the Higher Council for the Administration of Justice . |
| 9 | A policyholder who called at Croydon branch recalled an occasion years earlier when he was summoned to appear before the Board of Directors at London Office because he notified the Society of his intention to take up an appointment in Singapore . |
| 10 | Suddenly , this had become a special event and Lewis knew it , for his playing took on a new intensity as he began to alternate between rock ‘ n ’ roll classics from his early career back in the Fifties Sun era to later country material . |
| 11 | Presently his feet took up the restless pacing that had become the rhythm of his curious existence behind the locked attic door . |
| 12 | The Chief Constable of Gloucestershire has announced that he 's leaving his job to take up a new post with the intelligence service in London . |
| 13 | His judgements take on the ex-cathedra ring of a Lawrence : ‘ I believe in you as a painter . ’ |
| 14 | Holding up the edge of the pillow with his left hand , Mungo reached under with his right to take out the striped pyjamas . |
| 15 | But Mr Kohl 's lack of forthrightness in acting against racist attacks and his reluctance to take up the cause of their victims suggests a chancellor , if not a country , who has yet to come fully to terms with the past . |
| 16 | There was the gleam of a Marat in his eyes , and his eloquence took on a Satanic ring when he invoked the rising wrath of his colleagues against the festering scum that by cowardice and sloth had reduced the British Empire to a moribund thing , in peril of annihilation . |
| 17 | As a Celtic-mad kid of 11 , Creaney stood wide-eyed on the Parkhead terraces to watch his heroes take on the best in Europe . |
| 18 | In 1850 he resigned his curatorship to take up the post of mineral surveyor for New South Wales , an appointment that provoked the hostility of W. B. Clarke [ q.v . ] . |
| 19 | In some situations the presenting problem may have the function of balancing a particular relationship , i.e. the ‘ well husband ’ may feel slightly inadequate but when his wife takes on the ‘ sick dependent role ’ , he starts to feel more adequate , needed and important . |
| 20 | When his father died in 1846 he had to support the family , but his career took on a dramatic new turn when he was asked to undertake a contract to build a bridge over the River Severn near his home . |
| 21 | The merits of the argument were accepted notwithstanding , and gradually the Lord Chancellor and his staff took over the appointments of the chairmen of most , and the members of many , tribunals . |
| 22 | Soon afterwards his father took up a post as superintendent with the Electric Telegraph Company in London . |
| 23 | His voice took on a well-rehearsed tone . |
| 24 | These , er , workers ’ — his voice took on a faint sneer as he said the word — ‘ these workers suggest that most human behavior is learned , that we are controlled in our actions not by our inheritance but by what happens to us after birth . |
| 25 | He paused for a moment before speaking again , when his voice took on a slightly wheedling tone . |
| 26 | Or I say , yes , Chief Inspector- ’ His voice took on a mincing mimicking tone . |
| 27 | Here his voice took on a devious note and his eyes slanted so that all light and expression were shut out . |
| 28 | The older man paused and his voice took on a faint note of censure . |
| 29 | His voice took on a thoughtful note . |
| 30 | ’ I believe we know of each other , you and I ’ the golden man said , his smile and his voice taking on an edge of mockery . |