Example sentences of "and he take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles E. Wilson , the newly appointed Secretary of Defence , graduated as an engineer but soon realised there were better things in life and he took a course in commerce and went into business and is now engaged in the most complicated of businesses — that of running a country . |
| 2 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |
| 3 | Anyway , Parks was the driver of the cab , and he took a damned queer route to his destination . |
| 4 | In that wind the incident could have gone unnoticed , but a penalty was imposed and he took a 5 . |
| 5 | He holed a great putt on the last for a five and we both shot 71s because Nick hit a poor second shot on the last and he took a bogey five as well . |
| 6 | His running tore QPR to shreds and he took a Waddle ball after 30 minutes to go down the left and set up Bright for a virtual tap in , his eighth goal in 14 games . |
| 7 | But his research ended when his grant ran out , and he took a mundane job as a sub-editor on the Sunday Times colour magazine just before the Wapping dispute began . |
| 8 | He had squirrel eyes which darted about and he took a good look at her legs beneath her short skirt . |
| 9 | Just as he was about to travel to Paris in November , to open a book exhibition and make a speech at the Bibliothèque Nationale , he caught a heavy cold which turned to bronchitis with congestion of the lungs ; a nurse was called in and he took a course of penicillin , but he still managed to make the journey . |
| 10 | His mouth worked , but nothing happened , and he took a quick swig of whisky . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't need a knife , ’ Gazzer said , and he took a step forward to close the gap between them . |
| 12 | And he took a poisonous viper and forced its mouth open , and inserted a glass under its fangs and drew out a couple of drops of deadly poison . |
| 13 | Curwen 's estates lay on the west Cumberland coalfield , and he took a particular interest in the collieries inherited from his father and his second wife , as well as others which he purchased and leased in the area . |
| 14 | And he took a key out of his pocket . |
| 15 | A cruel , mocking smile curved his lips , and he took a couple of steps towards her . |
| 16 | It alerted him at once and he took a tight grip on her arm as she swung away to leave him . |
| 17 | And Ralph Hawkes , who was a splendid person and a very good friend , was not prepared to extend friendship to this degree and allow the piece to be done in Sadler 's Wells , and he took a lot of persuading . |
| 18 | The exact words , er I ca n't recall but er I talked the man out of the bed , still with his hands up and he took a few steps away from the bed . |
| 19 | Marc 's face was suffused with colour and he took a violent step forward . |
| 20 | it was a it was full pass inside to two fullbacks er , for the Southampton player that was running on this fullback shaded it away you know , guiding him out of it , he 's running to the e sa Smeichel came out to the edge of the area but he was like right on the edge as the player was coming to him , so he just let it roll a little bit further , he stopped it with his foot , the guy came and tackled him off got it instead of just picking it up with his hand , I mean he was actually in the area but like he was right on the edge and he took a step back |
| 21 | We got a geezer come to the door you know yeah , and he took a few particulars you know . |
| 22 | And he takes a travelling rug with him — another of those fussy bag-and-baggage objects which assert the novel 's tonality . |
| 23 | Last April he outpointed the fancied George Collins , and he takes a dim view of last week 's easy win by Laing over Collins at Reading . |
| 24 | He hears that an anti-government demonstration is to take place in the Beirut suburb of Basta — a Shia district which 30 years later will be controlled by pro-Iranian militiamen — and he takes a taxi to investigate : |
| 25 | The cold wind ruffles his hair and makes him flinch for a moment , but it is refreshing after the stale warmth of the house , and he takes a deep breath or two on his way to the garage . |
| 26 | Fumaroli 's book is a polemic and he takes a savage pleasure in destructive rather than constructive criticism of Jack Lang 's Ministry of Culture . |
| 27 | And he takes a particular interest in his garden . |