Example sentences of "took [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I took my knitting to the window and sat working there , I thought of Mother . |
| 2 | He took my elbow in the palm of his hand . |
| 3 | I took my bicycle on the train , with two packs slung on the back and a typewriter . |
| 4 | I was ashamed ; and thenceforward I took my turn with the rest — to my benefit . |
| 5 | I took my pint to the bar , and scored a bag of crisps — shrimp-and-rollmop flavour — and a sachet of Pork Scrunchies . |
| 6 | He received a lot of criticism , but I thought it was unfair as he was completely new to the team , so I took my share of the blame . |
| 7 | I know that in Beirut I simply took my child through the checkpoints and delivered her at the school gates . |
| 8 | He took my money to the bank for me yesterday — after Madge 's house being broken into . |
| 9 | I took my place at the top of a walkway between the orchestra , the curtains opened and a lush sigh from the string section led the intro of ‘ Memories ’ . |
| 10 | He warned MacLachlan , who recorded : ‘ Just as I took my place in the circle I saw four more Messerschmitts coming down out of the sun . |
| 11 | I took my place in the refectory at a separate table near the dais and watched the lady prioress sweep in . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not answering these questions any more , ’ I said to him as I took my plate to the sink . |
| 13 | So I took my time over the bread and dripping and I spilt my cocoa on the floor in an effort to play for time . |
| 14 | Sometimes I took my camera to the beach and took photographs of some of the boats that went by . |
| 15 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 16 | ( 8 ) I took my dog to the vet on Friday . |
| 17 | ( 9 ) I took my dog to the vet on Friday . |
| 18 | The Republic of Ireland took its system off the peg . |
| 19 | In all of this there existed an air of the cottage industry , with an informality that , consciously or not , took its measure from the example of its chairman , who continued to live and work — now with the added impedimenta of potties and baby-gates — on a houseboat on the Regents Canal ; who drove a second-hand Volvo ; and who had not long come into possession of a washing-machine . |
| 20 | The government therefore took its stand on the position that the confidentiality rule operated between members of the Cabinet and in the general context of a minister 's official duties , and that it could be invoked in a court of law to restrain revelations of Cabinet and other official discussions . |
| 21 | By the end of that year , twelve other countries had followed that arrangement , so the United States of America also took its dollar off the gold standard . |
| 22 | In May , 1992 , the company took its case to the Medicines Commission , which advised revocation of licences for 0.25 mg products but thought that problems with 0.125 mg tablets could be dealt with otherwise . |
| 23 | It took its case to the public , the press and the House of Commons and it won . |
| 24 | The club took its name from the colour of its walls , floor and ceiling . |
| 25 | This is one of the survivors of the many mills formerly strung out along the Painswick Stream and probably took its name from the Damsell family who lived in the area during the 14th and 15th centuries . |
| 26 | Silla took its name from the $1b Korean conglomerate that is providing much but reportedly not all of its funding . |
| 27 | It took its name from the district in which it was located . |
| 28 | RIGHT : Port Mill took its name from the canal basin of the Thames and Severn Canal . |
| 29 | This took its name from the office of Master of the Rolls , established in the fourteenth century for the keeper of the Chancery records . |
| 30 | In fact , FISA took its revenge in the form of a $5,000 fine and , in some teams , the constructors took other forms of revenge that were no less petty . |