Example sentences of "when [pers pn] took a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw his grave when I took a short cut through the churchyard — a modest , friendly , even jolly little grave , where in summer moon-daisies and red clover grew , and quaking grass which little children call shivery-shakes . |
| 2 | When I took a rolled-up sample of legal tender , printed by the Royal Mint , applied one end to my right nostril , placed a restraining finger upon my left nostril , rested the other end of the said note upon a mirror or any other shiny reflective surface , upon which was displayed a slender tranche or ‘ line ’ of exotic Colombian snuff , and breathed in as deeply as my lungs would allow , I was merely relaxing in a manner by no means untypical amongst overworked show-business operatives . |
| 3 | like , when I took a big breath it were the |
| 4 | ‘ You could n't have mentioned this when I took a shot at him in the alleyway . ’ |
| 5 | not only as to its erm very elaborate tracery patterns and and mythical beasts on it like that , around here , but also as to its colour cos although the original we found was actually blackened , when one took when I took a very powerful torch to it , you could actually see the colour in the crevices still , this red colour . |
| 6 | And when you took A resin straight , well then , yeah , then you could see it , see what they were up to , bribing riggers , faking reports . |
| 7 | Gina usually wore old dresses and woollies when in bed with him and always locked the bathroom door tightly when she took a bath . |
| 8 | But when she took a necessary short cut through the kitchen , she was n't at all surprised to find that the figure filling the doorway with a tray of drinks balanced in his hands was Tom . |
| 9 | His mother died , then his wife , out with the local hunt , when she took a bad fall . |
| 10 | Cascades of salt spray had already washed some of the kittiwakes ' nests off the lower ledges when we took a last look out before nightfall , and there seemed little chance that the old ‘ Sulan ’ would be able to make a landing tomorrow , even if the sea conditions allowed a crossing from Sørvágur . |
| 11 | You see , when they took a century 's dust and dirt off those walls , they completely changed the acoustics , swapping grubby absorbency for beautiful , bright marble which bounced the sound all over the place . |
| 12 | COLCHESTER confirmed their position as favourites to win the Vauxhall FA Trophy when they took a 3–0 lead in the first leg of their semi-final with Conference rivals Macclesfield , at Layer Road on Saturday , writes Peter Ernest . |
| 13 | Inland Revenue employees discovered this when they took a claim — that the Revenue 's requirement that they transfer from manual methods to using a computerised system was in breach of contract — to the High Court . |
| 14 | Ken playing Rodney , Hugh Paddick as Charles , two frightfully , frightfully Mayfair types , doing ridiculous things together like dressing up as red Indians when they took a canoeing holiday . |
| 15 | The proprietor , Gordon McLeod-Crossley believed the burglars knew exactly what they were looking for when they took a BSA .22 and a Rellum .22 . |
| 16 | It was not only the student movement that suffered in this way ; the black movement in the US , especially when it took a revolutionary form in the Black Panther Party , was violently suppressed , and in Latin America democratic and radical movements were destroyed , and military dictatorships were installed , often with American help , as in Chile . |
| 17 | The Telegraph reported : ‘ It was this try , in fact , that put paid to England 's chances for when he took a bouncing ball in his stride and raced unopposed 60 yards to the line , England were in full attacking trim and had narrowed Wales 's lead from 13 points to four . |
| 18 | Indeed , this is the first time I have found a photographer reveal the position he was in when he took a particularly impressive shot of slime mould , for example . |
| 19 | O'Brian , 24 , was on the run from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers when he took a small glass tube of diamorphine — described in court as pure heroin — to the house in Guide Post , Northumberland . |
| 20 | Christophe had already had one attempt at this pitch when he took a 60-feet fall and decided , understandably , to await better omens . |
| 21 | DISABLED John Pearson caused traffic chaos when he took a wrong turn on to one of the country 's busiest roads … in his 8 mph invalid buggy . |
| 22 | At about the same time ( July 1956 ) Lord Rothermere decided to sell most of his 50 per cent Daily Mail stake in Associated-Rediffusion ; and he sold the remainder when he took a third of the shares in the new South/South-East franchise holder , Southern TV , in 1958 . |
| 23 | When he took a green ribbon from her and tied it loosely round his waist , Joseph was even more disturbed . |
| 24 | Isabel opened her mouth to protest at this cavalier treatment of her clothing , only to shut it again in alarm when he took a step forward and leaned over her , bracing his hands on the mattress and trapping her between them . |
| 25 | Wallace was great even when he took a knock early in the 2nd half ( Strandli should have been on sooner ) . |
| 26 | When he took a closer look he was horrified . |
| 27 | That was Coyle 's second goal , the first coming when he took a perfectly angled pass from Lawrence , and from the classic inside-right position stroked the ball to the net via the base of Goram 's right-hand post . |