Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] took " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether the coffin-maker produced a bespoke outer case or took one from existing stock is not known , though logic argues in favour of the latter . |
| 2 | You went to Suffolk by the A12 through Chelmsford or took the country route . |
| 3 | He talked with them in his study or took them for walks in the park . |
| 4 | They took part in the advance into Syria , they were part of the Brigade that took Damascus on 1 October 1918 , and were there 31 October , when the Armistice with Turkey was signed . |
| 5 | The complex series of financial switches , deceptions and double deals they concocted were far more extensive than any of the comparatively small scams that took place in the US . |
| 6 | And the 25-year-old defender , who moved to Boundary Park along with Neil Pointon in the deal that took Rick Holden to Maine Road admitted : ‘ I grew up with Manchester City but in the end I hated getting out of bed in the morning to go to work . ’ |
| 7 | He was also one of those who formed the force that took part in the famous Dr. Jamieson 's Raid that led to the outbreak of the Boer War , and after the war , was a farmer in Rhodesia for ten years before returning to Scotland , where he died in 1951 . |
| 8 | Sung , following her , held out his hand and for the first time she let him help her , gripping his hand with a force that took his breath , her fingers tightening convulsively with every little jolt she received . |
| 9 | Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny . |
| 10 | In a similar line of argument , Reynolds 's Newspaper ( 14 August 1898 ) viewed the Hooligan panic as an indictment of the hypocrisy of a civilisation that took ‘ so painful an interest about moral handkerchiefs and hymn books for the barbarians of the wild Soudan ’ while turning a blind eye towards ‘ the far wilder barbarians they may find within a few paces from their own street-doors ’ . |
| 11 | They swaggered to a classy , confident victory full of irresistible one-touch football that took the Magpies ever closer to Reading 's 1985 record of 13 wins in a row at the start of a season . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , much of the investment that took place was never evaluated in this way because it was regarded as " inescapable " , that is , necessary to supply a satisfactory service level , rather than the level of service supplied being part of the decision-making procedure . |
| 13 | TransTools ' latest product is MultiBase , an applications development tool for relational databases that took four years to develop . |
| 14 | THE Chicago Board of Trade , the world 's largest futures exchange , was slapped by the past this week when its chief regulator lodged its first serious complaint against the exchange , over an episode that took place three years ago . |
| 15 | What has happened is that an alibi has been set up , for a wounded man " could not " have committed the murder that took place immediately afterwards some distance away . |
| 16 | Inside it was cool and there was a seat that took the weight off her swollen feet , and they watched as gleaming brass plates were trailed in front of their eyes with the regularity of a hypnotist 's charm , and she looked at Dan and he said no thanks and walked out . |
| 17 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 18 | This may seem blindingly obvious to the newcomer to the discipline , but there were very good reasons for the disputes that took place . |
| 19 | Years have passed over my head but I have never felt the worship , the love and yet the fear that took possession of my soul then . |
| 20 | He put a hand under her arm and turned her towards a silver-grey Rolls that took up all the parking space outside her shop . |
| 21 | ‘ It was brilliant to hit the goals that took us to the top , and it 's got to be the best 90 minutes of my career . ’ |
| 22 | DON GOODMAN grabbed the goals that took the heat off boss Malcolm Crosby … but gave the credit to striker sidekick Peter Davenport . |
| 23 | Ally McCoist , who invited Malta to take that with the two goals that took his tally for Scotland to 15 , also thrived on the good service provided by Pat Nevin , John Collins and Paul McStay . |
| 24 | Just a few yards away , people using the Matson dry ski slope have no idea of the tragedy that took place more than 50 years ago , but now a group of aviation enthusiasts aim to change all that . |
| 25 | It is the car that took on the Rocket and won . |
| 26 | Margaret Hughes wept in the backseat of the police car that took her from the court to prison . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's a German one , ’ he said pointing to a large drawing that took up nearly all the page . |
| 28 | I du n no it was arranged but it was a a small water boat that took us down , the Flying Kestrel . |
| 29 | If the body had come there as a result of a crime that took place on the river , then the River Police with their specialised knowledge of tides and shipping were the obvious people to investigate it . |
| 30 | We then had to get back to the car , and after a detour that took in just about all of the countryside , we arrive back at the airport for the flight home . |