Example sentences of "he took [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he took indecent photographs of some of them . |
| 2 | He took deep breaths , trying to calm his mind and soul so he could concentrate on the recent events in the Tower . |
| 3 | For the ‘ Panoramas ’ ( 1983–86 ) , he took multiple shots of a single motif , cut the prints into strips , then combined them to create intriguingly distorted images . |
| 4 | He took 17 hours to hatch at an ostrich farm at Weeton , Lancs — egged on by ranger Philip Bowness , who used an African trick of whistling to encourage him . |
| 5 | He took five minutes to type out the piece and comment on it . |
| 6 | When 40-year-old Australian Jack Brabham won the World Championship in 1966 , he became the first man to win the title in a car manufactured by himself and it reaped the rewards of a gamble he took five years earlier when he left Cooper to develop his own Grand Prix car . |
| 7 | In just over an hour he took five wickets , Ambrose chipped in with the other two , and England were all out for 93 . |
| 8 | Against Auckland at Eden Park he took five wickets in each innings and scored 110 in his first appearance at the crease . |
| 9 | In the return match at the Basin Reserve he took five wickets in the first innings and scored a handy 42 . |
| 10 | He took five wickets for 18 in a full 15 over stint . |
| 11 | Dr John Hill of Chemistry , another frequent winner , took a first prize for his portrait of ‘ Karen ’ , a lady framed by a parasol , indeed he took five prizes altogether . |
| 12 | He took five pips from an orange and put them in an envelope . |
| 13 | He took small sips of drink but refused milk . |
| 14 | He took small parts in ballets by Ashton ( a courtier at the ball in the premiere of Cinderella , one of the revellers in the cave scene of Apparitions ) and de Valois ( Checkmate , Don Quixote and Job ) , walked on as a pall-bearer in Helpmann 's Hamlet , and appeared in the classics , where his most prominent parts were a mazurka dancer in Swan Lake and a marquess in the hunting scene of The Sleeping Beauty . |
| 15 | He took four strides to the corner , turned it and ran . |
| 16 | He took four pennies from his other pocket . |
| 17 | The Road Bunker 's fame burgeoned , no doubt , in 1978 when the luckless Japanese Tsuneyuki ( Tommy ) Nakajima dropped out of contention in The Open Championship when he took four shots to get out of the bunker . |
| 18 | In all first-class cricket , including several fiery outings for the Gentlemen versus the Players , he took 720 wickets at an average of 20.55 each . |
| 19 | In July 1978 , his ambitions on the educational front were well stoked up and he took six CSEs . |
| 20 | During his American trip he took six wickets in six balls , bowling underarm against teams composed of twenty-two men from the USA and Canada . |
| 21 | In 1969 , he took six months ' sabbatical leave to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris . |
| 22 | An architect by profession , he took six months off work to help the builders make the house habitable , and then he and Anne painted it from top to bottom in a vibrant range of colour schemes , theirs is the tonic to take : the narrow winding staircase is an orangey red , the kitchen a pale blue , the living room a shade of yellow , the conservatory woodwork a blue-green , and so on . |
| 23 | In one year alone he took 334 days off . |
| 24 | He took 155 wickets for England at an average of 26.16 , his best series being during the MCC tour of Australia in 1924–5 when he took 38 wickets , at that time a record for England versus Australia . |
| 25 | If , on the other hand , it never occurred to the defendant that the victim was young or mentally abnormal , and he was not aware therefore that he was in a situation of potential risk , he should not be liable for rape providing that he took reasonable steps to ascertain that she did agree to vaginal penetration , for in such a case his conduct is reasonable in the light of the facts as he perceived them to be . |
| 26 | He took long strides and he walked fast but he walked easily too and without great exertion . |
| 27 | He took long holidays , habitually spending a winter month in Switzerland and a summer month or more in France or Italy . |
| 28 | He took nine wickets in an innings on seven occasions . |
| 29 | He took nine months off between jobs and dabbled in commune life , with a period at Laurieston Hall , the alternative centre on the Scottish Borders . |
| 30 | There he delegated elementary instruction to an assistant , while he took advanced students , following the example of Jesus ( Mark 4 : 34 ) . |