Example sentences of "we took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We took a circuitous route . ’ |
| 2 | Consequently , we took a middle course . |
| 3 | We took a two-centre holiday , bidding yassou to Kos and yassou to Rhodes . |
| 4 | When he did show signs of depression I could usually shake him out of it , and we took a schoolboyish delight in finding ways to disconcert Ralph 's snooty man , Talbot , who brought morning coffee and afternoon tea up to the library , and evidently disapproved or both us and our enterprise . |
| 5 | We took a first-class carriage to ourselves . |
| 6 | We took a strategic decision to leave the commodity polyester business , ’ Coleman said . |
| 7 | The House will recall that we took a strong lead in the international effort to help the Kurds in Iraq . |
| 8 | We took a rickety public bus with him twenty miles out of town and then struck out on foot for several hours into the wilderness . |
| 9 | And then we took a remote truck down to Carl 's house and did a few things in his den . |
| 10 | We took a scented white sylvaner from Friuli , far away near the Yugoslav frontier . |
| 11 | We took a first look at the pay and file provisions with the non-tax specialist in mind ( see ACCOUNTANCY , April , p 80 ) . |
| 12 | And Fergie honestly admitted of his shock £1million signing from Cambridge : ‘ We took a long time assessing him . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ The conditions were difficult for everyone and we took a good decision to wait until the last half-hour before doing our 12 laps . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps if we took a good running jump — ’ he began . |
| 15 | we took a dozen with us |
| 16 | The shots had sounded from the hills somewhere to the north , and rather than wasting time on the main path that rose with the gentle contours of the valley , we took a short cut up the steep , almost sheer , cliff behind the houses . |
| 17 | Although there 's a trail , walking up in the sunshine would be quite unpleasant , so we took a short ride on the incline railway to a more acceptable horizontal trail . |
| 18 | We can thus put our study on a firmer basis of observation and evidence than if we took a broader domain . |
| 19 | I think the message is there that er we took a dim view of it and we have now |
| 20 | So what we done , we took a big bag full of food did n't we , like , every week somebody brings home another tin of ham , a tin of corned beef , tin of beans , or a packet of biscuits and then er , at |
| 21 | Holden was missing for 18 minutes and Reid admitted : ‘ We took a calculated gamble by not replacing Rick — and it did not come off . ’ |
| 22 | In Bechar , we took a wrong turning and drove to the gates of an army barracks . |
| 23 | He presented the mali and myself with a hookah and while we took a preliminary suck , we were introduced to the other guests . |
| 24 | It 's time we took a stronger line with wild-eyed enthusiasts who do n't think through the full consequences of their soft-hearted feelings . |
| 25 | Now that the Government is giving tax relief on private health insurance we took a fresh look at all the schemes which qualify . |
| 26 | We took a two-hour tour of South London with Eva drinking Guinness and hanging out the window cheering as we passed down the Old Kent Road , stopping beside the famous site of Dr Lal 's surgery and the dance hall of love , where Mum met Dad and fell . |
| 27 | We found the nest with two brown spotted eggs , and the pair hovered overhead as we took a quick look , giving me a chance to photograph them against the blue Arctic sky . |
| 28 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 29 | The significant change I think is in the balance of debt between fixed and variable rate , where we took a conscious decision and been working it through to take more advantage of the prospective and er decline , it was prospective earlier in the year er in selling interest rates and the continued low er short-term rates in the United States . |
| 30 | ‘ We took a large number and distributed them house to house in the various towns in which we operate . |