Example sentences of "he took [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took twelve pound fifty . |
| 2 | After retirement he became a respected commentator , chairman of selectors and eventually president of Yorkshire ( 1981-4 ) until , saddened by the internal strife , he resigned from an office in which he took great pride . |
| 3 | That was something he took great pride in . |
| 4 | It had been unnecessary , of course , for her to mention that the silver was one of my father 's main responsibilities and one he took great pride in . |
| 5 | When the time came to close the office , he took great pleasure in posting us all as far away from our homes as he possibly could . |
| 6 | His previous home had been completely refurbished by interior designers , so this time he took great pleasure in creating his own individual style . |
| 7 | He took great pleasure from visiting their caravan at Loch Eck , near Dunoon , and enjoyed a good game of golf . |
| 8 | At the same time , he took great trouble over the team 's welfare , even to the extent of helping them when they signed their contracts . |
| 9 | Later , as I know , he took great interest in the law reports , and he always read the letters . |
| 10 | As we had referred to Turkey and the fact that Margaret and I had met there , and as we knew he took great interest in genuine peasant culture , we showed him some Turkish embroidery and in particular two typical Turkish saddle-bags , which we had transformed into cushions . |
| 11 | After he recovered , he took great care of his health , finding every ray of sunshine to sit in and when it rained , still resolutely taking the air , under the porch . |
| 12 | He took great care not to touch her or allow his grubby clothes to come into contact with her beautiful skirt and creamy-white blouse . |
| 13 | He took great care to have his children brought up as members of his Church , though eventually all three who survived went over to that of their mother . |
| 14 | Since the rifle was the infantryman 's main weapon for both defence and attack , he took great care of it . |
| 15 | Although not an agricultural innovator , he was an astute farmer and businessman : he took great care in selecting seed and breeding stock ; he knew the best markets in the region for a wide variety of products ; and he endeavoured never to miss an opportunity for profit . |
| 16 | The domestic events of the spring of 1937 were not without importance but he took small part in them , and a cursory reading of the Cabinet minutes might suggest that he had already retired in mind . |
| 17 | Karajan saw his orchestra have major successes in this symphony under two guest conductors , Barbirolli and Bernstein , and he took good care to record it himself ( magnificently ) in 1982 , also at a Berlin Festival Week concert which was recorded ‘ live ’ , as was Bernstein 's . |
| 18 | He took good care of his men and he believed that soldiers should stay out of politics . |
| 19 | In fact he took neither course ; in his own account — in The Prelude — he gives the impression of a drifter , ‘ detached from academic cares ’ , and he tells us that he ‘ did not love … our scholastic studies ’ . |
| 20 | He took equal care , however briefly he knew the camera would be rolling . |
| 21 | just missing out on a win was local powerboater Steve Kerton … in the French round of the world formula one championships at Chalon he took second place but is still chasing hard for the crown … which he 's never won … |
| 22 | His neat modern home — his study stuffed with the 100 or so original runners for the 1989 Booker Prize , whose judging panel he is chairing — is still close to the University of Birmingham , where he became Professor of English in 1976 , but he took early retirement two years ago . |
| 23 | He took early retirement in 1990 after 25 years at IBM and joined Softwright a couple of months later . |
| 24 | George , 61 , and wife Betty , 60 , have had to watch the pennies since he took early retirement when his hospital was privatised . |
| 25 | An officer soon afterwards , and finally Captain Coetzee by the time he took early retirement in 1986 . |
| 26 | He took early retirement from Stormont in September , 1979 , and was a Planning Appeals Commissioner for Northern Ireland from December , 1979 , to February , 1989 . |
| 27 | He took one bottle out to put his own in , took another one out to put a second one in , and this proceeded up the line and down the next until he realised he was always left with one in hand . |
| 28 | He took one look at them and said , what are those blokes doing here ? |
| 29 | He took one look at it and said to her , ‘ Jean , I think you should scrap the idea that Christ is the answer . |
| 30 | He took one look at her — and he off . |