Example sentences of "[pers pn] took " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shock of her bare skin against his took her breath away . |
| 2 | I bet his took |
| 3 | I took off my tin hat to feel the sun on my face . |
| 4 | I also put together an adaptation of my own from The Pickwick Papers in which I took on four characters all travelling in a coach together , then mixed it with the narration , rather as they did with the production of Nicholas Nickleby . |
| 5 | I took the dramatic Poem Maud by Tennyson — all fourteen hundred lines — and learnt them and presented them working with two friends , a designer and a lighting man . |
| 6 | I was told there was an acting scholarship going and I was broke so I took an audition and by a marvellous chance , won the scholarship . |
| 7 | Simply the sense of physical disgust which filled me whenever I took up a brush and dipped it in paint . |
| 8 | I took a photo of him through the glass . |
| 9 | I took him in and watched as he studied it . |
| 10 | ‘ I am afraid I took pains to look out at the other side so as not to see him , ’ she had said . |
| 11 | While the wife was getting dressed I took another cherry from the packet and prepared the thing . |
| 12 | ‘ When I took the tray in yesterday morning , ’ said Ethel , ‘ she did n't register a thing . ’ |
| 13 | He asked me where a ladder like that could be found , and I took him round to the one that hangs on the side of the potting shed . |
| 14 | ‘ I found them outside his door when I took master and mistress their early morning tea . ’ |
| 15 | Immediately after leaving SIS , I took a long holiday in Italy . |
| 16 | I finished up in Rome , home to so many of the works I lectured on , and on my last night there I took a walk down to Bernini 's Trevi fountain in order to throw in the coin that would ensure that somehow I would one day return . |
| 17 | I took the flowers over to one of the sinks and put them in it . |
| 18 | I took a short break , and when I came back , I went round the local job centres to see what was going . |
| 19 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 20 | I took this down to the town hall the following day and then set myself to the most urgent task in hand : trying to find another job . |
| 21 | On the Sunday , late morning , I took a train up to see them . |
| 22 | When I arrived at the station , I took the next train back to London . |
| 23 | I took the mug in my hands . |
| 24 | I took a sip and the warmth went down inside me . |
| 25 | I took another one and then just sat there , warming my hands on the mug and staring at the coffee . |
| 26 | Dutifully , I took a nibble from one of the sandwiches . |
| 27 | Any job I took would also have to be fitted around me travelling to and from Harwich . |
| 28 | ‘ I think a part of me probably died when I took your job , though it may have been just the settling-down thing . |
| 29 | Indeed when I was at the police college in 1987 and Jones was on the Senior Command Course prior to taking up a position as assistant chief constable , I took a straw poll among my immediate colleagues to see what influence such books achieve . |
| 30 | No no , this fat old bird was round the back of Bunrannoch House , when I took wee Alex for a walk . |