Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] [conj] take [art] " in BNC.

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1 As the fire burnt down , the duergar got up and took a log lying to the right of the fire and placed it amongst the embers .
2 The General reached down and took the little bouquet .
3 ONCE upon a time people indulged in the ages-old craft of telling stories to each other — but then television and video stepped in and took the words out of our mouths .
4 The Colonel strode up and took the dead woman in his arms .
5 He cleared the board and was about to play again when the boy 's hand reached out and took a white stone from the bowl to his left .
6 she was working on that , of course we do n't know a thing about it , erm and the make , the erm the handyman chap came along and took a part away , it was faulty
7 The grey sidled up and took the proffered titbit and then suddenly bucked and danced away .
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