Example sentences of "took [pron] [adv] again " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finished his coffee , slid his papers into a folder and took me forward again to the horse car . |
| 2 | Then one day they took me out again and let me free to try to fly for myself , and I knew that I must try , for much depended on it . |
| 3 | She signed the forms that he brought her to sign , even though the name on them was n't always her own , and then Belov slipped them into a file under a stack of others and took them away again . |
| 4 | The murderous droughts of the sertão of north-eastern Brazil brought a periodic exodus of starveling backwoodsmen , as scrawny as their scrub cattle ; the news that the drought was over took them back again , to the dry , cactus-riddled landscape where no ‘ civilised ’ Brazilian went , unless on a military expedition against some wild-eyed back-country messiah . |
| 5 | Lily took them off again . |
| 6 | ‘ She 'd put Peter Pan collars on them , so I took them off again , and fortunately there was enough stuff left to finish the neck lines . ’ |
| 7 | She took them off again when she remembered that it would be she who would have to Ronuk it again if Matey saw its shine marred . |
| 8 | We did so , obediently , waited for an hour , then took them out again , made a fire out of the cases and ate one of the most welcome meals I have ever enjoyed — of tea and hot sausages . |
| 9 | Then , as nothing seemed to be happening , her mother took her home again . |
| 10 | And I apologized for what I 'd done , sold the firewood , took 'em home again . |
| 11 | It gave me a temporary Equity card — mind you they took it away again as soon as I had done the four weeks work . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the waiter put a warm plate printed with a name and device in front of each of them and , after a short interval , took it away again , this , presumably , representing the cover for which the restaurant made a charge . |
| 13 | Though my brothers too enjoyed shooting , they preferred hunting , and my mother , who had hunted in Ireland before she went to Abyssinia , now took it up again . |
| 14 | He started to laugh excitedly , put his little hand into the jewel box , took it out again , and touched his breast pocket . |
| 15 | He took it off again , inspecting the inside . |
| 16 | They did indeed put the kettle on , but then the Bishop took it off again and said he needed a drink more , oh , that poor fellow ; and his wife said , ‘ And his poor wife . ’ |
| 17 | She took it off again . |
| 18 | When staff tried to begin work by loading up a lorry with timber , the protestors simply took it off again until they stopped . |
| 19 | I did put it on , when I had a drink and then I took it off again |