Example sentences of "he took [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In other words , if a shopkeeper can not show that he took every reasonable step to satisfy himself about the age of the person buying cigarettes or any other tobacco product , he has committed an offence .
2 In Canada he took every military course available to him .
3 And he just he took no diving notice and they all were giggling at me .
4 Many of his friends were Covenanters but , although he supported their cause in principal and loathed the barbarous conduct of the dreaded Dragoons , he took no active part in the rebellion .
5 He took no further part in party politics , confining himself to local bodies : he was a magistrate and served on the Shropshire county council from 1923 to 1934 .
6 He took no special notice of her , but she felt welcome , and when he was explaining some method of or reason for the cultivation of certain trees , she sensed he was talking to her as much as to the boys and girls around them .
7 He took a casual step towards her , and extended a mock-polite hand .
8 He took a tentative step towards Helen , stretched out his hand .
9 He took a tentative bite and then started howling again , so I had to open a tin of Whiskas — turkey flavour , full price .
10 Yet , poorer as it made him , he took a certain pride in keeping his wife .
11 He took a certain route leading to another kind of life and ended up famous .
12 Now , as he was waiting , he took a dispirited look around .
13 He took a straight line towards the gates and found the gun at once .
14 Releasing her shoulders , he took a firm grip on her arm and began steering her towards the steps down to the lawn .
15 On occasion he took a personal interest in the apprehension and punishment of poachers who took his deer , and his Attorney-General took proceedings in the Star Chamber against offenders in the Wiltshire forests .
16 Then he took a brilliant catch at deep square lag to dismiss Lancashire dangerman Lloyd , and grabbed two wickets with his medium pace for good measure .
17 In that wind the incident could have gone unnoticed , but a penalty was imposed and he took a 5 .
18 Both fell to peeler crab on a 1/0 hook to 15 lb line to give Roy a unique double — before Christmas he took a 4 lb 7 oz flounder from the Exe to set a new best for his club 's inner area record .
19 When he took a closer look he was horrified .
20 He took a nervous sip from his glass .
21 He took a cumbered step forward , and Diniz Vasquez strode into his path and stood unarmed before him .
22 He took a hasty pace towards her , and she flung out a hand .
23 Oh dear , aye , he took a terrible
24 In 1876 he took a similar position at the Blaenavon ironworks in Monmouthshire under the management of Edward Martin .
25 The , the importance of this , is that Freud is often said to have been a Hobbesian thinker , in the sense that , er without necessarily being directly influenced by Hobbes , he took a similar , a similar kind of view , or at least , so it is said .
26 Then he took a loud drink and looked out of the window .
27 He took a keen and sympathetic interest in the education of young engineers and was a member of the governing body of the Midland Institute at Derby .
28 He took a keen interest in the education of his men and in their improvement societies .
29 Throughout this time he took a keen personal interest in the education of young engineers , especially in the Horwich Mechanics ' Institute , which he founded in 1888 .
30 He took a keen interest in the new bulk outloading and intake system and is pictured in the new control room with north west regional director ( right ) and intake operator ( left ) .
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