Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [conj] take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came to tell you something , but no one was here so I got in and took a look . ’ |
| 2 | She bent down and took a grip of either side of a crate to steady herself . |
| 3 | When he was not looking I came down and took the car . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | and then came back and took a woman back with them as their servant . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I got up and took the pudding plates into the kitchen . |
| 8 | . saying what 's that , what 's that so I took , I walked , I walked down and took a photograph of it . |
| 9 | Magee got out and took a step towards the bank at the side of the road , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The blackbird then flew up and took the cheese from his hand and kept on taking pieces of cheese . |
| 11 | In Court I ambled up and took the oath |
| 12 | She reached up and took the stone out of his hand . |
| 13 | Gabriel reached up and took the apple and bit into it greedily . |
| 14 | He went out and took the path that leads up over the ridge to the ferry . |
| 15 | Burun reached out and took a cup . |
| 16 | T'zin reached out and took a cup of wine from a tray which was held by a N'pani who stood nearby . |
| 17 | She reached out and took the bottle from his hand and turned it around to examine the label , while he simply looked at her in amazement . |
| 18 | Alexei reached out and took the dart . |
| 19 | Marc reached out and took the receiver from between her fingers and spoke into it . |
| 20 | Her eyes were huge as she reached out and took the key from him . |
| 21 | He told her to sit down , and then he went around and took an envelope out of his desk drawer which , she noted , was already unlocked . |
| 22 | Meanwhile Mr Cottle finally gave in and took a piece of bread and butter , his hand trembling so that the vaunted delicacy looked like a ship 's flag in a breeze . |
| 23 | Ruth sat down and took a letter from her pocket . |
| 24 | She stood up and took a roll of bills out of her purse . |
| 25 | ‘ You mean the work of Mr Clancy , ’ said Peggy , as he stood up and took the towel she gave him . |
| 26 | " Certainly , " Aunt Tossie sat up and took a sip from her glass . |
| 27 | He sat up and took a piece of mud-coloured rag out of his pocket and wiped his face . |
| 28 | Jesus pointed out that taking the law this far was not in the interests of people . |