Example sentences of "i took the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took the hot , spicy drink and it went down like a stream of molten lava . |
| 2 | An' I took the bloody pill . |
| 3 | They form a national network and it is from their conference statement that I took the above quotations . |
| 4 | I took the simple biblical past … |
| 5 | Erm I took the nine year old boat out and just went out in a boat we had Mary went as well , we were like the all job for mackerel put this guy 's |
| 6 | I took the easy way out . |
| 7 | I took the small thing out of his hand . |
| 8 | I took the small knife from my left breast pocket and nicked my left thumb carefully . |
| 9 | Later , I took the then editor of The Ley Hunter , Paul Screeton , there . |
| 10 | It was through the need to obtain money for this that I took the part-time job with Mrs Morton and her husband , Weary Willy . |
| 11 | I took the two videos off the shelf and re-boxed them and as soon as |
| 12 | I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane . |
| 13 | Next morning , from the Paseo de Gracias station , I took the first express to Zaragoza , passing through the small seaside town of Sitges , which was in later years to become a British hooligan holiday playground . |
| 14 | The next day I took the first bus back to New York . |
| 15 | On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord . |
| 16 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
| 17 | I took the standard right turn and watched as he stopped a little way out to sea , turned , and stared at us . |
| 18 | I took the long cut home . |
| 19 | I took the only option that I could see was open to me , and I ran away into the desert . |
| 20 | But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off . |
| 21 | ‘ I took the religious name of Agatha , really my own , but if you ask the Lady Prioress , she will tell you I entered these walls as Marie Savigny . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ As to the time of death , I took the internal body temperature at eight o'clock . |
| 23 | His eyes lingered a dry moment on mine , as if to make sure I took the implicit compliment ; and then , as if to limit it , he turned out the lamp . |
| 24 | I took the other half , inspecting it in a similar manner . |
| 25 | I took the best I could , and this is how I 've made use of them . ’ |
| 26 | Doo doo and I took the best . |
| 27 | At first he thought I was mad , but when I took the live animals out of my pocket to show him , he believed me . |
| 28 | I sat cross-legged just by the blaze , staring into it from up-wind until it was out and only the metal of the Black Destroyer remained , then I took the sooty skeleton and buried it where it had been ruined , at the bottom of the hill . |
| 29 | Twenty years ago I took the same journey to look at the ruins of Glastonbury , destroyed by Fat Henry and his evil spirit , Thomas Cromwell . |
| 30 | When we got back from Majorca , I was sent to another school for a year , and then I took the so-called eleven-plus examination . |