Example sentences of "we took [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nash , a scrupulous and sensitive antiquarian , tells us what happened next : ‘ The body , I believe , is perfect , as it has never been opened : we thought it indelicate and indecent to uncover it ; but observing the left hand to lie at a small distance from the body , we took off the cerecloth , and found the hand and nails perfect , but of a brownish colour : the cerecloth consisted of many folds of coarse linen , dipped in wax , tar , and perhaps some gums : over this was wrapt a sheet of lead fitted exactly close to the body . ’ |
| 2 | Two days later we took off the splint . |
| 3 | We took off the iron tyres , and cut out a small piece off each one and then welded the ends back together . |
| 4 | So , after some basic instruction in the grounds of Ruthin Castle , we took to the hills in a variety of 4WD vehicles . |
| 5 | But all that was put to one side when the protests started and we took to the streets . |
| 6 | We proceeded from the old bay at Caraven Arms used by the BC Railway and walked by road to the site of the old Strettford Bridge Junction , where we took to the old track bed as far as Glen Burrell Bridge , where we joined the road again , calling in on the Rev. Ray Arnold at Horderley , who was waiting with coffee and biscuits . |
| 7 | We decided to accelerate the measures already under way to improve efficiency and reduce costs , and this resulted in the exceptional charges we took at the half-year . |
| 8 | These are what we took at the museum are n't they ? |
| 9 | At the lakeside Listvyanka hotel , we enjoyed a hearty Russian breakfast — fried spam with sour cream and tinned peas — as we took in the view . |
| 10 | It was nearly half a minute before we took in the situation , and then it was too ludicrous . |
| 11 | Leaving the legacy of Aurangzeb behind us , we took in the original façade . |