Example sentences of "took one [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother took one tiny look down at all the people looking up — made a long , low moaning noise and fled from the box never to return . |
| 2 | I never took one blinking photograph did I ? |
| 3 | His beer arrived and he took one long sip from it , tilting his head back . |
| 4 | Maxim took one quick drink at the bar went on back to the toilets ( ‘ Establish whether there are any other exits ’ ) and then chose a stool against the wall with a beer and the Washington Post . |
| 5 | A man , passing her , took one startled look and reflected anew what a very unwise policy was the current one of closing nineteenth-century asylums and turning the inmates loose into an alarmed and inadequate society . |
| 6 | He took one last look into the abyss and slid back . |
| 7 | They took one last look at the newly laid keel and walked back along East Street together , Harry and Ann arm in arm , but Sam and Martha holding hands , because they were still like lovebirds together and did n't mind the world knowing it . |
| 8 | She took one last look at herself in the wardrobe mirror before she pulled on the sheepskin that her father had bought her for Christmas . |
| 9 | With a small cry of anguish she took one last look at him and turned and fled . |
| 10 | Recognising that as movement caused him to return to his normal self , he would soon realise that it was not Elizabeth who had found him , Sarah took one last chance . |
| 11 | He took one last kiss , frowning slightly . |
| 12 | She took one last glance in the mirror before leaving the room , sighing dispiritedly at the sight of her own reflection . |
| 13 | She took one last glance at the window above to see Maria Luisa with her palms flat against the window-pane , desperately , mutely pleading with Ruth for help with eyes so full of pain that Ruth 's nerves nearly snapped . |
| 14 | In 1812 , when war broke out between Britain and the U.S.A. , William 's life took one more twist . |
| 15 | A shame not to be able to hear , but he knew if he took one more step towards them the scene would break up and he would lose them . |
| 16 | We took one wrong turning — Vanessa firmly blamed me — but it was soon corrected . |
| 17 | Before preparing to drive off , Kirov returned to the shop and took one vital tool of his trade from its secret hiding place . |
| 18 | Araminta took one astonished look and jumped to her feet , pointing . |
| 19 | Angel One took one swift pace forward to meet the oncoming Satan , and his blood-smeared right hand pistoned forward , fingers extended and ramrod stiff . |
| 20 | He took one swift stride towards her , his furious gaze making her quake inwardly , and in the same harsh , dangerous tone , said ‘ Who was he , my lovely ? |