Example sentences of "took my [noun] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually I took my bicycle and went off in search of friends who , like me , were too full of energy to want to rest . |
| 2 | And then last night I just took my stuff and knocked myself out instead . |
| 3 | Then suddenly a doctor walked in all dressed up in his green gown and a face mask and said , " Hello , this is it then , " and a nurse took my ankles and shoved them into some stirrups and covered me up in all this green cloth . |
| 4 | Jenkins took my arms and helped me up several flights of stairs , like a Boy Scout assisting an old lady . |
| 5 | I remembered the friend of Aisha 's who 'd helped me escape from her house in London , carrying one of Aisha 's children , while I took my suitcase and dragged the other child along with me . |
| 6 | ‘ Never mind , I 'll find somewhere , ’ I said , and when the crew bus , after a short drive , stopped and disgorged its passengers , I took my grip and vanished on foot and , after asking directions , made a homing line to where no one else was staying . |
| 7 | The coachman took my luggage and called me to hurry up . |
| 8 | While she started sorting out the lettuce from the spinach I took my leave and went up to my room . |
| 9 | With that remark I took my leave and made my way through the orchard and onto the road leading to Brigade H.Q That evening as I lay in my trench I thought about the events of the first seven days in Normandy . |
| 10 | The receptionist took my money and locked it in a drawer of the desk , then stood up . |
| 11 | ‘ Certainly , ’ he said , as if he had never seen me before , took my money and gave me a ticket . |
| 12 | She took my heart and squashed the sucker flat . |
| 13 | He took my arm and said , ‘ Now come and see the operating theatre . ’ |
| 14 | He took my arm and said , in friendly terms , ‘ Take care what you say , sir . ’ |
| 15 | One day , while we were roaming around junk shops and the Paperback Exchange , Changez took my arm and forced me to face him , which was never a pleasant sight . |
| 16 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 17 | Fritz took my arm and turned me round . |
| 18 | As we walked towards an ancient Volkswagen she took my arm and rested too heavily upon it and asked if I 'd brought her anything from London . |
| 19 | He was in agreement with my suggestion that the property be sold and before he returned to college in the autumn of 1976 , he took my advice and placed house and lands in the hands of an estate agent . |
| 20 | " Not every minute , " I said , and then he took my hands and pulled me right up to him . |
| 21 | I was raised in Britain where I took my A-levels and went to university , but I now teach at an American college . |
| 22 | I took my coffee and followed Trench over to his bed . |
| 23 | Quigley , with a short , convulsive movement that was halfway between a bow and a twitch , took my hand and led me towards her . |
| 24 | Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression . |
| 25 | He took my hand and rubbed it gently . |
| 26 | Didier took my hand and pulled me along the rue Victorie in the direction of the Café du Coin . |
| 27 | He took my hand and shook it warmly . |
| 28 | As we were sitting in the station waiting-room , waiting for the train to Zaragoza , he took my hand and wept . |
| 29 | He took my hand and held it in a very un-Tellenorean way . |
| 30 | After a moment he gently took my hand and moved it away , saying nothing . |