Example sentences of "took down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 2 | In a spasm of irritation he pulled a cloak over his nightshirt , took down a pistol from the wall , and went downstairs into the chilly , stone-smelling darkness of the ground floor , looking for servants . |
| 3 | From the top of the kitchen-dresser he took down a jar . |
| 4 | He took down a book and walked back to the fire . |
| 5 | He went to his room and took down a whip which hung from a peg on the wall . |
| 6 | He went to the far kitchen wall and took down a large hanging scales . |
| 7 | He took down a second mug from the dresser and poured tea for them both . |
| 8 | Back home , I took down a catalogue of works by Leslie Hakim-Dowek , one of the artists exhibiting in the show . |
| 9 | Then , from a shelf in the pantry , she took down a large covered dish , sniffed at the contents , and , smiling now on the child , said , ‘ Nothing much goes rotten in here . |
| 10 | He took down a copy of Wordsworth 's collected poems . |
| 11 | His mind a careful blank , he reached to the shelf over it and took down a small plastic bag . |
| 12 | He took down a large earthenware flask from a shelf above the range , unstoppered it , and poured a measure of golden liquid into Cleo 's mug . |
| 13 | She quickly took down a cup and reached out to grasp the handle of the coffee pot , only to have her wrist gripped in punishing fingers . |
| 14 | He came into the kitchen with her , perching upon one of units and watching her as she boiled the kettle and took down a couple of mugs . |
| 15 | She took down a couple of volumes , flicked through them , placed them back . |
| 16 | Harvey stood there grinning and flushed and the waiter stepped forward with another great silver tray with just two drinks on it , and some wag took down a piece of greenery and formed it into a crown and the soldiers drew their swords and provided an arch under which Harvey walked . |
| 17 | He walked over to one of the shelves in the end wall and took down a large box-file . |
| 18 | Forcing herself to be patient , she took down a leather-bound copy of Grimms ' Fairy Tales and opened the pages . |
| 19 | He took down the picture of Uncle John and put it in the drawer of his desk . |
| 20 | P.C. Foster took down the relevant particulars and then escorted Woolridge to the cells . |
| 21 | He took down the end one , and carried it to his desk . |
| 22 | Agnes did not make the mistake now of asking her customer how much he intended to spend on the acid drops ; she reached up and took down the jar and , tilting it , tipped some acid drops into the scale ; then , putting the glass lid back onto the jar , she returned the whole to the shelf before once again blowing into a small paper bag and depositing the sweets inside . |
| 23 | Bruce went to the book shelf and took down the Mackenzie Bible . |
| 24 | ‘ He cast me in the role of a sort of footballing Dick Whittington , and took down the vases from the mantelpiece to represent my stepping-stones to fame , ’ Bastin recalls . |
| 25 | Of course they could n't all be allowed to hide behind the columns of the nave or squat upon the font , and so the stewards took down the barriers and let them flood into my side . |
| 26 | They took down the bucket labelled ‘ Buoyancy ’ and experimented with stones , shells , pieces of wood , metal bottle tops , forks , sponges , plastic boats and animals , plastic bobbins and two plastic cups , one of which sinks when filled with water and the other which floats just under the surface . |
| 27 | He took down the lengthy list of produce prices , all in US dollars and cents , eradicated the zeros or ‘ nulls ’ which indicated a space in the message , and according to the day of the month set the lines of figures against prepared lines of letters . |
| 28 | The troops who lined the streets at his execution kept the spectators out of earshot , but on the platform were two clerks who took down the King 's last speech in shorthand and , somewhat surprisingly , it was published in the London newspapers . |
| 29 | Video producer Rob Small reveals : ‘ When we took down the lighting rig at the end of the shoot soot from the candles left black patches on the ceiling . |
| 30 | I proudly took down the details in my pristine notebook and could n't wait to read the proof as soon as my painstaking , if short , report was set . |