Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [pron] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as he got out and about he was going round the house looking for you and then he just stood at the bottom of the stairs and banged until I took him upstairs and he could have a look round up there and then he realized you were n't there |
| 2 | He had a number of handbills which he was distributing to everyone who passed so I took one nonchalantly and his kind , brown eyes smiled . |
| 3 | He said it was clear to him you were pining away , and that you could only be saved if I took you away and made love to you for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 4 | I took it regularly and pored over it every week for two months , but search and phone as I might , I could n't find a decent barn owl . |
| 5 | When the radio began to grate , I turned it off and spread myself out on the bed , using the knapsack as a pillow , and then when it got too sharp , making dents in the back of my head , I took it away and lay flat . |
| 6 | So I took it home and stuck it under the door . |
| 7 | A morning off , she took them occasionally when she felt put upon , but this time her ire and suspicion were aimed at him . |
| 8 | when she took it away and hid it . |
| 9 | Timidly , she went close to the bed and when the invalid stretched out her hand she took it gratefully and sat beside her . |
| 10 | She took it gratefully and sipped a small amount , but it was stale and she handed it back . |
| 11 | what we should do when you 're doing these and we took one apart but we did n't break them |
| 12 | They took him outside and up into the mountains . |
| 13 | Then they took her away and we knew nothing of her until her body was found eight days later , along with that of her son and two unknown men . |
| 14 | They took her home and tied her to the bed |
| 15 | Now , however , the French , no matter what they might have thought of American rhetoric , could at least pretend that they took it seriously and that their actions were being taken in defence of ‘ the free world ’ . |
| 16 | they came down with a lot o little bottles and they filled all them bottles up with the mud and they took 'em away and anal analyzed 'em and proved that it was erm human manure you see . |
| 17 | One day he took me aside and left me with the designer , a nervous girl who always wore black . |
| 18 | These meant he took everything personally and , instead of meeting a challenge purely as a challenge , he became aggressive about proving that he , Simon Cooper , was top dog . |
| 19 | He took it away and tried to look normal but he felt awful . |
| 20 | and the last time he said take it away for a week and see if it 's any better , so he took it away and it were no better so he took it down to Paul and somebody from come and had a look at it and said it 's injector problems |
| 21 | He took it gratefully and drank . |
| 22 | So he put it in shed , left it in shed for a while and then it were not last year the year before , he took it down , I 'm putting this in dustbin duck he says it 's no damn good , we went on holiday and me daughter 's boyfriend came down while we were away and er , he must of been looking in dustbin he says what 's this telly doing , our Mandy said it 's no good , me dad 's slinging it out , so he took it home and fixed it , it 's been going ever since |
| 23 | I recorded one and he took it home and if Jim had recorded another episode on it I do n't remembering him doing it . |
| 24 | He had a Phillips G eleven , he took it home and plugged it in , it ran for two hours |
| 25 | He took it eagerly and , still holding it , asked , ‘ What about dinner tonight ? ’ |
| 26 | Whatever John 's mother may have thought about his likely lack of application when he wanted to study music , once he decided to learn ballet he took it seriously and must have worked hard to make up for a late start . |
| 27 | He took us inside and introduced us to Kjell-Arne , a lanky , shy youth who worked for him and was told to make coffee , and Tove , the kennel girl . |
| 28 | It took me less than ten minutes to work the whole thing out . ’ |
| 29 | At a very gentle pace , it took me less than 7 minutes to cycle the 1.5 miles from Muirwood Rd. to Wester Hailes Shopping Centre — and 10 mins. to get back ( it 's uphill ) . |
| 30 | It took me more than an hour to give out the medicines . ’ |