Example sentences of "that took [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father remembers the whirr and bite of the saw that took off the top of his skull . |
| 2 | He made a sweeping gesture with his arm that took in the wilderness of derelict factories beyond the perimeter fence . |
| 3 | Creggan looked at her and then , mantling his wings , glared angrily at the world outside the Cages , a glare that took in the Zoo , the Men , the trees , the wind and even the sky , and said loudly , ‘ I can face anything , anything ! ’ |
| 4 | He reined in his horse and made a gesture with one hand that took in the flat dead wasteland and the strangled trees and the black barrenness . |
| 5 | He took one hand off the controls to sweep it out in a large gesture that took in the whole of the City of London . |
| 6 | FlyPast had the honour of visiting the very busy 35 Squadron at D F Malan Airport ( Cape Town 's main airport ) and to fly with the general transport element on a formation training sortie that took in the Cape Town coast and the all-dominating vista of Table Mountain . |