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 | We took one wrong turning — Vanessa firmly blamed me — but it was soon corrected . |
| 7 | Before preparing to drive off , Kirov returned to the shop and took one vital tool of his trade from its secret hiding place . |
| 8 | Araminta took one astonished look and jumped to her feet , pointing . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? |