Example sentences of "he 'd taken [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He 'd daubed a rock with paint and used the tell-tale splashes to correct a slight right-hand drift , and then he 'd taken a rasp to the elaborate Monte Carlo grip , reshaping the stock to approximate to the military form on which he 'd been trained and binding it with tape when it was as he wanted . |
2 | Maybe he 'd taken a course in French film as a way of learning how to pick up girls . |
3 | We knew he 'd taken a survival kit and space blanket on his trip , and that knowledge gave us hope . |
4 | He later admitted he 'd taken a tablet supplied by another pupil . |
5 | He 'd taken a chance and he 'd been found out . |
6 | He 'd taken a taxi out to Baby Boy 's grave , and then he 'd walked the rest of the way . |
7 | ‘ Better ? ’ she said when he 'd taken a couple of swallows , and he managed to nod again . |
8 | Up to the fifth floor , then walk down to the third , where he 'd taken a couple of rooms . |
9 | He 'd taken the drug a square of paper like this , which would have distorted his perception and could have accentuated suicidal feelings . |
10 | Before she realised what he was intending he 'd taken the crutch from her and propped it out of reach . |
11 | Moved by the verdict , Mr Donnellan 's mother said she was proud he 'd taken the case to the police in order to clear himself . |
12 | The evening had commenced at a restaurant where Rune had introduced her to koldt bord , the pan-Scandinavian cold buffet-style spread , while he 'd taken the opportunity of finding out more details about Suzie , including her appearance . |
13 | The man had been writing in a book , he 'd taken the number of the car with an official air and Cormack had wondered why for a moment , then forgotten . |
14 | He 'd taken the lead up here — fear of ambushes or not — poking the roots with his chieftain 's stick of authority . |
15 | With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board . |
16 | Paul Crossland admitted in court that he 'd taken the cash out of union funds , but said he 'd felt entitled to it because he had saved the union so much money . |
17 | So he 'd taken an upstairs room and divided it into six spaces , figuring he could charge £1.50 an hour for each of them and really coin it in . |