Example sentences of "[adv] he take [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nuzzling continued as his lips found her own , teasing and provoking her to yearn for more depth in the caress , until suddenly he took possession of her mouth in a forceful kiss that went on and on as though it would last for ever . |
| 2 | So he took religion terribly seriously , but he believed in science and he looked at the Bible and said well what does this really mean ? |
| 3 | Swiftly he took advantage , to begin a sensual invasion . |
| 4 | Thus he took part in the conference at Hampton Court which the King summoned in 1604 to discuss the demands of the Puritans for Church reform ; his only recorded intervention was to defend the use of the sign of the Cross in baptism by references from the early Fathers . |
| 5 | Thereafter he took heed from being dropped once or twice , and soon established a permanent place in the team . |
| 6 | The literary bias of British film reviewing has rarely been quite so plainly stated — Coward is the established name , his reputation guaranteed by years of theatrical success , hence he takes precedence over the mere maker of pictures . |
| 7 | Now he takes charge of a division with turnover approaching £3 billion and a product portfolio ranging from toothpaste to Calvin Klein perfumes . |
| 8 | It is also striking how far he took issue with Western critics of Ceauşescu 's Romania who saw it as a police-state pure and simple . |
| 9 | That 's when Major , who was on the photo , he was Major in the army of nineteen fourteen eighteen M C Major M C , military cross well he took charge and er a chap off the shop floor , well he was an old contemptible of the nineteen fourteen to eighteen war , name of Bert he was made Sergeant because he was only one who had got any military experience , and he started with us on the shop floor in doing foot drill . |
| 10 | And then he took advantage of a mix-up between Bennett and defender Darren Bradshaw to nip in and side-foot home . |
| 11 | Then he took hold of the handle-bars and accepting defeat , pushed his bicycle painstakingly through the sand to the main gate . |
| 12 | For a moment or two , he withstood the pleasure , but then he took hold of her hips and drew her hard into him . |
| 13 | Ram was now raising his gun as calmly as the waiter who dips his net into the tank … ah , but Ram had paused again , this time to cough and to smooth back his white moustaches which had been somewhat disarranged by the gust of air from his cough then he took aim at the gliding sepoy , there was a sudden wild foaming and thrashing of water , and the sepoy lay gasping on the turf . |
| 14 | Then he took account of the finite size of the planets and treated them as spheres . |
| 15 | Mr McGahon , Fine Gael Deputy for Louth , told of how he took action after receiving letters from Irish people abroad who were furious over the terror claim tradition . |
| 16 | Instead he took care to spread his special favour among several men . |
| 17 | He looked as if he had been conserving all his energy since then for the moment when he took advantage of an error by Butcher to shoot strongly past Woods . |
| 18 | He looked as if he had been conserving all his energy since then for the moment when he took advantage of an error by Butcher to shoot strongly past Woods . |
| 19 | Apart from explorers and travellers , one of the first Englishmen to settle in Madeira was William Bolton , in 1695 , when he took advantage of the Act of Charles 11 which prohibited the export of goods grown or manufactured in Europe to the West Indies and American Colonies , unless shipped from British ports in British ships , with Madeira specifically excluded from its terms . |
| 20 | Littlejohn , playing his first game of the season , equalised in the 47th minute when he took advantage after Gary Mabbutt slipped , and slammed a fierce shot past Eric Thorstvedt . |
| 21 | Anselm then returned to Rome with the pope and stayed with him until Easter 1099 , when he took part in another Council . |
| 22 | Thomas was certainly a royal household knight in 1282 , when he took part in the Welsh war . |
| 23 | The long-serving 34-year-old attacked the Dragons boss for his use of tactics when he took charge , was promptly dropped and has refused to play since until he received an apology . |
| 24 | John Major was the youngest prime minister this century when he took office in November 1990 . |
| 25 | In 1991 when he took office , Mr Weld froze a $35 million bond issue earmarked for the project by his Democratic predecessor Michael Dukakis who , before entering the Presidential race , had doled out $1.75 million for a rosy feasibility study . |
| 26 | I mentioned at the beginning the idea of a classless society , now I do n't know what you think of the er the idea of a classless society , it 's something that the th th Prime Minister erm er er talked about when he , when he took office and I asked whether you think it 's possible to have , we if you think a classless society is possible at all , whether you think it 's desirable . |
| 27 | He told the 114 delegates assembled at the resort 's Savoy Hotel how the environmental group had regarded BNFL when he took office in 1986 : ‘ You remember , they re-named April the first , my first day in office , British Nuclear Fools Day . |
| 28 | There is no appropriation at the moment when he takes possession of the goods because he was entitled to do so under the terms of the contract of sale , a contract which is , it is true , voidable , but has not been avoided at the time the goods are handed over . |
| 29 | There is no appropriation at the moment when he takes possession of the goods because he was entitled to do so under the terms of the contract of sale , a contract which is , it is true , voidable , but has not been avoided at the time the goods are handed over . |
| 30 | MASTER potter Michael Hughes hopes to raise more than just a few laughs when he takes part in a marathon charity event . |