Example sentences of "[pron] took the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , she was going to need a lot of help , that was for sure , and if someone took the trouble to put an advert in the tube , the least you could do was memorise the number . |
| 2 | Carrie said , in a hurt , distant voice , ‘ Much what you 'd think , I suppose , if someone took the roof off your house . |
| 3 | but I 've only , in fact , used ten because someone took the microphone in and put it back in the wrong place . |
| 4 | I took the flu this year . |
| 5 | I took the bottle back on deck , where Hands drank half the rum before taking the bottle from his mouth . |
| 6 | That broom I 've got , cos I , I took the rest of them bushes out |
| 7 | I took the things I thought he would like ( not just the clever-clever things , like the perspective of Ladymont ) . |
| 8 | I took the pen from the wheelbarrow and pointed with it to a pylon by the road , a hundred yards away . |
| 9 | Full of hope , I took the watch in to a smart business in the Rue du Rhône , where it was examined by a stately manager . |
| 10 | ‘ And , as I said , Rob and I took the chest over when it was finished . |
| 11 | I took the chance to examine one of the electric lights . |
| 12 | Then I took the tablets all at once . |
| 13 | I took the afternoon off to see Ireland ( land of my birth ) illustrate just why Man City are a pile of shite , and then the agony of the evening . |
| 14 | ‘ The second alleged that I took the players off to Henlow Grange for four days before the Cup-tie with Charlton last season without his say-so … although we did exactly the same thing for the previous round . |
| 15 | That 's happened , I could n't get any one year I took the triplets to the erm Goose Hill coffee morning in the Town Hall and I gave them all money for the tombola and one of them won a Creme Egg |
| 16 | Dorothy and I took the triplets for their nursery visit on |
| 17 | Well I saw the curtains were down erm when I took the triplets |
| 18 | The next year , 1965 , he had his choice of three F1 teams competing for his services and chose BRM : as he has said , he wanted to be in a team ‘ where they would n't rush me , a team where I would n't be battling for my place every time I took the grid , a team where I could learn from a man like Graham Hill ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I took the canoe and left him there . ’ |
| 20 | She did n't resist when I took the can of mace from her hand and slipped it into my pocket . |
| 21 | I took the can carefully away at the last moment . |
| 22 | I took the painting and went through the cocktail bar and down the steps to the other deck and left the boat that way . |
| 23 | I took the plunge : ‘ Sergei , for instance ? ’ |
| 24 | So when mentioned that she still had 4 tickets left , I took the plunge and said yes we would be interested . |
| 25 | I was the only sane one , so although I hated to ask , I took the plunge . |
| 26 | ‘ I am very pleased I took the plunge , ’ he said . |
| 27 | I took the plunge . |
| 28 | ‘ But when I got behind the typewriter I thought , ‘ That ai n't gon na make a very good piece ’ and so I took the piss out of her something rotten . |
| 29 | I took the wad of twenties out of the bag and stuffed them into the back pocket of my jeans . |
| 30 | I took the night train for Fort William , which stops at Crianlarich at seven in the morning . |