Example sentences of "and taken [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put the flask on her lap to free both his hands for the cleaning , and before she knew it , she had raised the bottle to her lips and taken a sip . |
| 2 | The moment when Pascoe had sat down and taken a sip of the wine ! |
| 3 | Let down , their elation leaking away , they had decided to give up , and taken a taxi back to Alice 's mother 's house , where Alice made them both coffee and scrambled eggs . |
| 4 | Linley had left the restaurant at 3 p.m. and taken a taxi to Fleet Street , a journey of no more than ten minutes even on a busy Friday afternoon . |
| 5 | Chris and Patrick had caught a train to London and taken a taxi straight to Richie 's flat . |
| 6 | Detective Constable David Hemes told the inquest that Mr Ryder had left his home and gone to his chemist 's shop in Old Town Lane , Formby , and taken a bottle of barbiturates . |
| 7 | The girl had grinned and taken a gulp of iced tea . |
| 8 | They had ignored the seriousness of the news bulletins that night and taken a trip down the Mersey on the Royal Iris to celebrate the finishing of their bedroom , though Mr Chamberlain had told them next day that they were at war with Germany . |
| 9 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 10 | She must 've sneaked into the pantry one day when nobody was looking and taken a bite out of that jelly . |
| 11 | Mr Healey had said he was himself knackered that morning , having returned the previous day , very late , from a seminar in Florence , and taken a dose of the cough mixture Benylin to get to sleep , which he found worked better than Mogadon . |
| 12 | " And taken a knife to them , " Graham said , looking down at Slater 's legs and shrugging his arm free of the light grip which held it . |
| 13 | He gave evidence as to how he and other officers had approached Drew on 22 July and taken a statement . |
| 14 | Wilkinson has battled hard and taken a lot of knocks this season . |
| 15 | And taken a paracetamol overdose . |
| 16 | And they both er wave to the crowds , both sets of players and taken a round of applause as the two captains are out there , and there are plenty of cameras , including video cameras er almost obstructing my view and er I hope that gentleman is er going to take up a rather better position from my point of view because we want to see the er performances of the two teams . |
| 17 | In 1956 he had quit the Voice full-time , settled into writing his weekly column , ‘ The Village Square ’ for the paper , and taken a job with the New York Times travel section . |
| 18 | ‘ We would have taken the same action and taken a prosecution if it had been any other film which had been shown without the consent of the licence-holder . ’ |
| 19 | You could have vanished into a Scotch mist and taken a boat to one of the Western Isles — with all the plate and linen , etc. , etc. — for all I am aware . |
| 20 | Sharpe looked down the high street , half expecting to see French Dragoons galloping into the small village , but it was only the Prince of Orange who had abandoned his carriage and taken a horse from one of his escort . |
| 21 | There was the man who had been with him and taken the briefcase from the hotel room and who in the morning would go back to the Golani Brigade stationed on the Lebanese border and who would be chided by his fellow officers for having taken leave while the military workload was intense . |
| 22 | Isabel had locked the door to Faith 's old room , and taken the keys off somewhere . |
| 23 | and given them a dish of trifle I think a lot would have just eaten the trifle , had a cup of tea and taken the rest home . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've recoloured tartans and taken the black out . |
| 25 | He 'd been away at the time of the murder but if , as seemed likely , he 'd been having an affair with Angy … suppose he was married and his wife had found out , and taken the opportunity while her husband was absent to do away with her rival ? |
| 26 | One , or both , of them could easily have opted to give Daine a hot lead push and taken the operation over . |
| 27 | He spoke easily , spinning out his words , until Marnya had come softly up behind Deems and taken the councillor in her grasp . |
| 28 | ‘ Because if you did you 'd never have betrayed his trust and taken the jade . ’ |
| 29 | Within three months of Edward IV 's death , therefore , his brother had deposed his son and taken the throne for himself . |
| 30 | Within three months of Edward IV 's death , therefore , his brother had deposed his son and taken the throne for himself . |