Example sentences of "took [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keith and Tim took part at the Central Pool in Reading . |
| 2 | The Portuguese officials said they would hear the appeal on 18 October and confirmed the appeal only involved the fine and not the ban , which actually took effect at the Spanish Grand Prix last Sunday . |
| 3 | THE revels that once took place at the New Year turned everything base over apex . |
| 4 | Experiments in electrical recording continued , but the most significant research took place at the Western Electric laboratories in New York . |
| 5 | The presentation — by Shadow Housing spokesman John Battle — took place at the prestigious Savile Club in London . |
| 6 | The polo took place at the Khedivial Sports Club , or Gezira , as it was familiarly known , and the following afternoon found Owen walking dutifully about its spacious grounds with Jane Postlethwaite 's hand resting lightly on his arm . |
| 7 | The best debate in Britain this year took place at the Conservative Party conference when speaker after speaker analysed and criticised what was happening to the economy . |
| 8 | The first meeting , under Boyle 's chairmanship , took place at the Conservative Research Department on 16 February . |
| 9 | His lecture , on Building and the Built Environment , took place at the Royal Garden Hotel in London . |
| 10 | The annual meeting of the Rentokil Golf Society hosted by Chief Executive Clive Thompson took place at the Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club at the beginning of October . |
| 11 | The alleged offence took place at The Royal Brompton Hospital in Sydney Street , Chelsea , where the baby was being treated . |
| 12 | The interior filming of John and Mary took place at the old and dilapidated Biograph Studios which were at 174th Street in the Bronx . |
| 13 | In early Rome this took place at the old New Year which was in March — the Ides of March to be precise . |
| 14 | The annual presentations for the men 's section of Aldershot , Farnham & District Athletic Club took place at the Military Stadium on Friday . |
| 15 | That they did not was evident in 1988 as 112 gentlemen archers , over half of them using the traditional longbow , took aim at the annual tournament for the ‘ Antient Scorton Silver Arrow ’ . |
| 16 | SHARE prices slumped in Hong Kong yesterday when investors took fright at the continued plunge in Tokyo . |
| 17 | Ever a stickler for protocol , he and his wife took umbrage at the democratic etiquette of President Thomas Jefferson 's administration . |
| 18 | During the late 1860s and 70s , administrative powers were frequently used to override the principles of the reforms as the government took alarm at the critical attitude of a more assertive ‘ public opinion ’ , at recurrent outbreaks of student protest , and at the emergence of a small but dynamic underground revolutionary movement . |