Example sentences of "[noun pl] took his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quinn 's brace of neatly taken goals took his tally to six in four games since starting a month 's loan from Newcastle . |
| 2 | The multiplying sins took his breath away . |
| 3 | Nails took his usual Ford Escort that night from the parking lot outside the gasworks where the night shift was working , the one he had a key for , and he and Gary went for a drive round the back streets where they would n't meet a patrol car , out into the country for ten miles or so and back again . |
| 4 | Bartocci took his place on the other side of the desk . |
| 5 | But Cis took his side . |
| 6 | The ā gri took his mastiff mongrel together with a parcel of rice for the dhāmi : when he returned in the evening he said that the dog was no longer afflicted . |
| 7 | Sheisshaus took his pleasures in the midst of Herr Von Diesel 's cuckoo-clock collection . |
| 8 | Perhaps nothing would embarrass God more than if every one of His creatures took His Word literally and to heart . |
| 9 | Two girls took his surname but were either illegitimate or adopted . |
| 10 | St Peter was certainly married and on apostolic journeys took his wife with him . |
| 11 | By his second marriage John Vaughan had no children of his own , but his wife 's three children by previous marriages took his name . |
| 12 | The two tries wing GLEN WEBBE scored against Saracens took his total for Bridgend to 250 — and he has since increased that to 255 . |
| 13 | The police took his house apart looking for possible clues after she vanished from a leisure centre car park . |
| 14 | Andropulos took his glass — a scotch and not a small one , and disposed of half the contents in one gulp . |
| 15 | As he studied the list of names of men who had evaded the Dragoons , the names of 2 Ayrshiremen took his attention , both for the length of time they had eluded ‘ justice ’ . |
| 16 | Molassi took his eyes off the way ahead . |
| 17 | The prize pupil , however , turned out to have another side to his character , and others took his place on the platform on prize day . |
| 18 | ‘ For a short time one of my agents took his place . ’ |
| 19 | A small party of his vassals took his body to nearby Antioch , where he was buried in the cathedral . |
| 20 | Myeloski took his hand and shook it . |
| 21 | Zborowski took his words literally and was alarmed that Modi had sold his paintings himself . |