Example sentences of "[noun prp] took " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE FLOOD of refugees fleeing the escalating conflict in Bosnia-Hercegovina took on crisis proportions at the weekend . |
| 2 | Downes took a bunch of car-keys from his pocket , opened the door of a British-Racing-Green MG Metro , got into the driver 's seat , and leaned over left to open the glove compartment . |
| 3 | The history goes back to 1938 , when Mexico took over US and British oil interests and reached a peak in 1975 ; eighty-three acts of expropriation of foreign firms in twenty-eight countries ( UNCTC , 1988a : table XIX-I ) . |
| 4 | When they reached the prison , at Riom , and an official tried to argue that they had no authority to remove the canisters , Jacques Allier took out a pistol and levelled it wordlessly at the bureaucratic face . |
| 5 | Kruger took up a sword-sharp scimitar and held it aloft for blessing . |
| 6 | ‘ Kruger took mine . ’ |
| 7 | Dersingham took a dark-coloured paisley handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his lips and then his nose with it . |
| 8 | ‘ We like it , ’ Guthrie took up . |
| 9 | There was everything to look forward to when Martin Brundle took his seat with the highly competitive Benetton team late last year , alongside the rising star , Michael Schumacher . |
| 10 | Therese took in Flavia 's gleaming silk shirt and eager face . |
| 11 | Gesner was in a foul mood again and Therese took the brunt of it . |
| 12 | Determined not to be viewed as another Wang , Groupe Bull SA took the time to clarify to journalists its position regarding IBM and the RS/6000 last week at its Les Clayes-sous-Bois research and development centre in Paris . |
| 13 | But by the Ausgleich the Habsburgs took into partnership one of the racial groups of which the empire was composed . |
| 14 | The Habsburgs took the Turkish threat more seriously than Matthias had done . |
| 15 | Madge Grimsilk took a small hand torch from her bag , pressed the button and placed it behind the forest at one side . |
| 16 | Jaruzelski took responsibility for the act , but repeated his assertion that martial law had prevented the greater evil of an invasion by the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | Montague bought Sherwood 's boxes for $537 million , Olsson took Sealink Ferries for $430 million and Sherwood kept the rest , including Hoverspeed , Sealink 's Isle of Wight ferry service , a refrigerated container business and 42 per cent of Orient-Express hotels . |
| 18 | Cotton took an appointment as golf director at Royal Waterloo Golf Club , telling his friends that he was testing the theory that absence really did make the heart grow fonder . |
| 19 | Rizla took holy orders . |
| 20 | Bragad took us by surprise . |
| 21 | Faldo took his 1992 winnings to a world record £1.5m , while Norman 's only consolation was that the £190,234 runner's-up cheque made him the first player in history to breech the $10 million barrier in career earnings . |
| 22 | With his ball unplayable , Faldo took a penalty drop before lurching to a six , while Norman chipped to three feet for his birdie four to go six under par . |
| 23 | In December , Sutherland took his whole party up to Beirut to continue their training in Greek caiques and other odd vessels . |
| 24 | Dr Rafaelo took her down to the poolside . |
| 25 | Since people 's self-assessments tend to reflect the way they wish they spoke , Trudgill took it that women wished to identify themselves with a higher social class , and thus that their status aspirations were higher than men 's ( with male informants he found the opposite tendency , which will be discussed later on ) . |
| 26 | Five days later ECOMOG took control of Monrovia 's James Spriggs Payne Airport . |
| 27 | Against all odds , Royal Berkshire took the men 's title and the coveted Trophy back to Bracknell , whilst Long Road , Cambridge took the short road to victory in the women 's event without dropping a set . |
| 28 | Antonio devoured half of his burger in one bite , whilst Susanna took a tiny morsel of lobster . |
| 29 | Georgina took him in her arms and kissed him on the lips . |
| 30 | Small took out a knife and skinned the lambs : bone and sinew were mangled behind their necks , and there was much blood , showing that the lambs had been killed by foxes , rather than taken as carrion by crows . |