Example sentences of "[adj] and took [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opening the debate yesterday , Lord Mackay said the bill 's key aims were to ensure a voice for the users of legal services , and to make sure that decision-takers on legal services were answerable and took their decisions with the benefit of full and considered advice . |
| 2 | As he reached the departures area , he swung his walk-on bag from right hand to left and took his boarding-card from a hip pocket . |
| 3 | In 1913 , Liam Murphy did sail for New York without Nellie , promising to send for her ‘ as soon as he was settled ’ but Nessie O'Neil was n't sure and took her daughter home with her to the farm ‘ for company ’ . |
| 4 | Kathleen Blanchard collected eighteen thousand signatures from pensioners in Swindon alone and took her petition to Downing Street . |
| 5 | How many pieces of expensive jewellery , or very collectable coins , did these Victorian visitors lose as they did the social round and took their cures ? |
| 6 | He came close and took her hand in both of his . |