Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 61 | 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 . |
| 62 | She stood up and took a roll of bills out of her purse . |
| 63 | Bernice propped herself up and took a bite . |
| 64 | Joe got out slowly , stiffly , and he straightened up and took a deep breath of the exhaust-tainted air . |
| 65 | " Certainly , " Aunt Tossie sat up and took a sip from her glass . |
| 66 | If it had been a Peter Reid type , someone who battles and fights his way through every game as if his very life depended on it , I might have sat up and took a little bit more notice . |
| 67 | ‘ You mean the work of Mr Clancy , ’ said Peggy , as he stood up and took the towel she gave him . |
| 68 | The Colonel strode up and took the dead woman in his arms . |
| 69 | The grey sidled up and took the proffered titbit and then suddenly bucked and danced away . |
| 70 | She reached up and took the stone out of his hand . |
| 71 | I got up and took the pudding plates into the kitchen . |
| 72 | In Court I ambled up and took the oath |
| 73 | Then I got up and took the two rugs by their corners and dragged them outside the door . |
| 74 | The blackbird then flew up and took the cheese from his hand and kept on taking pieces of cheese . |
| 75 | Gabriel reached up and took the apple and bit into it greedily . |
| 76 | straight on the four one four from Chelmsford , picked up the M eleven followed the M eleven up and took the A forty five across country . |
| 77 | I mean i i i the these are individual peasants from a village who are standing up and taking the lead in criticizing landlords etcetera but , but they , they are not the Party cadres coming in from outside . |
| 78 | While shoot 'em up and take no prisoner-type games may put you firmly into the hand-relief category , other games can be just as telling . |
| 79 | After some weeks without Red Cross parcels , people began to arrive early at meals so that they could size up and take the largest of the scrupulously rationed helpings of potatoes , or the thickest of the apparently identical slices of bread . |
| 80 | And they did n't get up and take a bow afterwards . |
| 81 | Advanced booking is strongly recommended , but for those who wish to turn up and take a chance of a lane being available we will do our best to accommodate you . |
| 82 | ‘ I 'd better go up and take a look , ’ he mumbled again , but he did n't move . |
| 83 | But they certainly catch local attention and make people sit up and take a look . |
| 84 | ‘ And I know that when the pressure is on , I can get up and take a 20-minute walk around the reserve and come back again . |
| 85 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
| 86 | Instead of turning back or taking the upper channel , a long cul-de-sac ending at a floodgate , Dennis beached the punt on the rollers forming a portage over the weir . |
| 87 | Jesus pointed out that taking the law this far was not in the interests of people . |
| 88 | And he ca n't get the note out of his pocket and his trousers are all stuck to his bum , and he ca n't get them out and he 's digging it looks like he 's digging out his pants he 's going he pulls it out and takes the envelope off nearly and the waves are coming at him and he goes to read it and the wind blows it away . |
| 89 | Get it out and take a close look at it . |
| 90 | There is no longer any need for you to stick your head in the sand regarding financial matters , come out and take a look at the world around you . |