Example sentences of "also took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Mellor , Treasury Chief Secretary , who also took a front-line role in exposing Labour 's tax and spending plans , was given his own department , in charge of National Heritage — including arts , sports , broadcasting and the national lottery . |
| 2 | Hilary also took a practical Workshop which 25 people attended and the temperature in the gym was over 90 ! |
| 3 | He also took a strong part in famine relief and the campaign to abolish the British opium trade to China . |
| 4 | They also took a thousand pounds cash . |
| 5 | Clough also took a verbal swipe at the Blackburn manager . |
| 6 | Colonel Suzuki also took a Burmese pseudonym as Bo Mogyo ( Thunderbolt ) . |
| 7 | Setting up a business was a different challenge and Stan , with help from the Scottish Development Agency also took a sixteen week course with The Scottish Business school to help him with the mechanics of being an employer , selling and marketing his fossils . |
| 8 | Although the issue of fraud trials was one in which Mrs Thatcher also took a personal interest , she did not normally intervene on the details of criminal policy . |
| 9 | For comparative purposes , the team also took a similar set of readings on human walkers . |
| 10 | He also took a close interest in Liberal politics . |
| 11 | He was a member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and the East India mission , and a commissioner for the building of fifty new churches , and he also took a close interest in the relief and resettlement of continental Protestant refugees . |
| 12 | He also took a small stone from the centre of the strange formation , and shortly after his return home , he attended a meeting with other dowsers and suggested that it might be interesting to dowse the crop circle samples . |
| 13 | Mr Anderson also took a great deal of interest in the local church and contributed towards many of the improvements and alterations undertaken during the late 19th and early 20th centuries . |
| 14 | The Securities and Investments Board ( SIB ) also took a rigorous approach to the original RIE recognition process . |
| 15 | Barne also took a full part in City politics . |
| 16 | He also took a nightly bath containing lavender , clary-sage or chamomile — sometimes a blend of all three essences . |
| 17 | The Commission also took a stronger stand in respect of two other countries on its agenda : Cuba will not come under special scrutiny by a representative of the UN Secretary-General and the Expert on Equatorial Guinea , a country which receives assistance under the UN Advisory Services Program , has been requested to study the human rights situation there . |
| 18 | From 1387 onwards he supervised the carpentry of Winchester College , though his home was in Upchurch in Kent when in 1390 , with his wife Joan , he bought large property in Kingston upon Thames , and also took a sixty-year lease of the Bishop 's Hall there from 18 October 1392 . |
| 19 | He also took a few new recruits , notably three young lieutenants , Harry Poat , Tony Marsh and Johnny Wiseman , all three of whom went on to make their mark on the regiment . |
| 20 | I also took a few injudicious swigs of potent farmhouse cider -but more of that liquid indiscretion in a moment . |
| 21 | The first few episodes of Liverpool 's Brookside also took a heavy panning from the critics . |