Example sentences of "they took the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took the man as well . |
| 2 | they should of , go back to the old system that they took the man 's wage in , only into consideration |
| 3 | They took the escalator down to the lower level and the Grillapolis café . |
| 4 | They took the escalator up and settled at a table overlooking the fountain . |
| 5 | They took the road past Mr Zamoyski 's shop and pulled up by the bowling green . |
| 6 | They took the road from Villereal , approaching Monpazier from the south . |
| 7 | They did substantial planning and then they took the idea to the Shah . |
| 8 | From John Herschel and from Maxwell they took the idea that the atoms of matter , being indistinguishable , are manufactured articles , created by God as alike as shillings from the Mint . |
| 9 | But then they took the pins out , |
| 10 | They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know . |
| 11 | Then they took the boots off , very slowly . |
| 12 | They they took the mickey out of him so much that he cried . |
| 13 | They took the title following an all-round improvement in performance for growth and profitability . |
| 14 | They took the bike then and rode along the coast to Blakeney . |
| 15 | So er there was this poor girl sitting on this seat and I 'd seen her there and so , there was a nice lady sat they said er they took the Redditch train off the thing and put this Shrewsbury on . |
| 16 | They took the brain from her head with long hooks , delicately drawing the tissue out through her nostrils , and discarding it in a small brazier of red-hot charcoal . |
| 17 | Did you ever hear the way they took the whisky to Arbroath ? |
| 18 | Then he kissed her softly ; they took the warmth of living from each other . |
| 19 | They took the crispness out of Sharp and put the Tynesider on top . |
| 20 | like Jimmy next door , he 's always dropping off and he got a vent put in at the bottom of his door , they took the pipe out and behind you had a big open |
| 21 | William did n't know what it was — flood or earthquake , drought or famine , or a combination of all four — but they moved , and they took the fleas and the bacilli with them , and somewhere in their travels they encountered the black rat rattus rattus , and the drama began to move along a bit , because rattus rattus was a vagabond and a great little mover . |
| 22 | They took the painting to Sudbury to get an expert opinion and there the signature at the bottom of the canvas was pointed out to them , that of one C. Prebble . |
| 23 | Fiery Fred and Steady Steadman caused quite a stir when they took the field for Hygiene as well . |
| 24 | so I 'm only one a fortnight , so they took the rest |
| 25 | To provide a polite reminder that the country was started by Englishmen they took the Queen to a hostel called Raffles Hall and Westin Stamfords , another hotel . |
| 26 | They took the brandy into the sitting room and lit the gas fire and curled up on the sofa . |
| 27 | Zeugma They took the door off its hinges and went through it . |
| 28 | Lastly they took the Minister and his wife , Jan , and drove them fast in separate cars across the Churchill Barriers that block the eastern approaches to Scapa Flow , to Kirkwall , the county town on Orkney 's mainland . |
| 29 | ‘ They took the boy-child , and no one in Ireland ever knew what happened to him . ’ |
| 30 | Many of the new middle class girls ' schools sought to show that they took the problem of adolescent development seriously by appointing doctors to safeguard the welfare of their charges , and until well into the twentieth century pupils attending the Girls ' Public Day School Trust schools , the first of which opened in 1872 , went to school only in the mornings so that they should avoid strain and be allowed to be at home with their mothers in the afternoons . |