Example sentences of "took my [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coachman took my luggage and called me to hurry up . |
| 2 | The receptionist took my money and locked it in a drawer of the desk , then stood up . |
| 3 | ‘ Certainly , ’ he said , as if he had never seen me before , took my money and gave me a ticket . |
| 4 | My mother was reading to me from A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia , and I can remember exactly where she had got to in the book when , thinking I looked feverish , she took my temperature and put me to bed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 7 | Fritz took my arm and turned me round . |
| 8 | Quigley , with a short , convulsive movement that was halfway between a bow and a twitch , took my hand and led me towards her . |
| 9 | A tall and smartly dressed Englishwoman took my hand and put me in a chauffeur-driven car and , suddenly , after three months of confinement behind barbed-wire fences , we were driving away , through the barrier and down the lanes thick and bright with the leaves and flowers of spring . |
| 10 | He took my hand and rubbed it gently . |
| 11 | Didier took my hand and pulled me along the rue Victorie in the direction of the Café du Coin . |
| 12 | He took my hand and shook it warmly . |
| 13 | He took my hand and held it in a very un-Tellenorean way . |
| 14 | After a moment he gently took my hand and moved it away , saying nothing . |