Example sentences of "he was take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At five-fifteen he was to take tea and Dundee cake to the committee room . |
| 2 | At the far end of the corridor , almost in front of the large window , at that moment filled with grey light and rain , my father 's figure could be seen frozen in a posture that suggested he was taking part in some ceremonial ritual . |
| 3 | Even when he scolded them for some minor wrongdoing , he would cite the great orators like Cicero or Burke , as if he was taking part in a parliamentary debate , instead of addressing two small boys . |
| 4 | He seemed to be enjoying a feeling that he was taking part in a daring conversation . |
| 5 | So he was taking bucket to get it . |
| 6 | Owen thought for a moment that he was taking exception to the casual obscenity , but it was not that . |
| 7 | He had put on weight , but he was taking exercise . |
| 8 | She was tremendously impressed by a casual comparison which he drew between the victorious hero of the film and Corneille 's Le Cid , and all the more impressed because Le Cid was one of her set texts for A Level , whereas he was taking physics , chemistry and mathematics . |
| 9 | The Americans must have felt as if he was taking revenge on them for what had happened , but they had the final laugh since most of Rank 's films were n't very good . |
| 10 | Which was why , on Thursday 13th December , he was taking Gerald Venables out to lunch . |
| 11 | He was taking advantage of one of the training schemes . |
| 12 | ‘ He was taking advantage of us and the tourists , ’ said Dale . |
| 13 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
| 14 | Hunched forward , the lemon T-shirt tight across his broad shoulders , his thick hair curling untidily on his tanned neck , he was taking measurements from the chart and making notes on a pad . |
| 15 | He was taking firewood and a large cauldron into the smithy that adjoined the cottage . |
| 16 | The Eliots returned to England at the end of November , and as a precaution against catching bronchitis he was taking antibiotics . |
| 17 | He was taking food from his mouth and trying to push it into my mouth . |
| 18 | She needed an operation on her foot , and he was taking care of that . |
| 19 | SMITH : ‘ I think the lad deserved a medal , because they won the Cup with half a reserve side out last year — and he was taking care of the reserves . ’ |
| 20 | It was all very well for a gentleman to talk about Treason and France and Tom Paine — and he was taking care to do it where nobody was around — but one nod of agreement from him and the world could crash down on his head . |
| 21 | He was taking care of everything for the owners . |
| 22 | He was taking risks with Piper . |
| 23 | No ban … because he was taking dog to the vet |
| 24 | Col Alexander Skipalsky , head of Ukrainian military counter-intelligence , said he was taking measures to prevent ‘ outside ’ subversion and attempts to ‘ hijack ’ equipment to Russia . |
| 25 | He was taken prisoner in Italy and tried to escape , I understand . |
| 26 | Whilst the stipend supported him and his growing family , he probably never resided there but served as a chaplain in the Royal Army ; in this capacity he was taken prisoner in 1645 in an attack on Cardigan Castle in Wales . |
| 27 | The intended beneficiary of this dynastic coup was Osred ( II ) , the son of King Alhred by Osgifu , Aelfwald 's sister , a youth of no more than 19 at the time , who reigned for a year but then fell a victim to further shifts of allegiance when in 789 he was taken prisoner , deprived of his kingdom , tonsured at York and expelled , and Aethelred , son of Aethelwald , resumed royal power ( ASC D , s.a. 788 , 789 ) . |
| 28 | He was taken prisoner by the Germans during the retreat to Dunkirk , but with his fluent French and German and determined initiative he was able to escape three times . |
| 29 | JUST BEFORE he was taken hostage , Terry Waite had promised to come to the laying of the foundation stone of the North East Cheshire Hospice , in Macclesfield . |
| 30 | PRINCE Charles kept a low profile during an official visit yesterday when he was taken 20ft underground into a sewer . |