She reached out and took my hand.

the French took Ghent

If the declarer succeeds in taking no tricks, the defenders are not penalized.

Black takes the rook with his bishop

It was the sixth time in eight innings that he has taken Lara's wicket.

It was only after he left that his victim realised her money had been taken.

She takes her seat and steals a brief glance at the magnificent view to her side.

they decided to take a small house in the country

He has agreed to take a total of 48 and they are currently arriving in batches.

I lost my chance at that and every good looking guy here is already taken.

My father would take a knife, reach up and disembowel the animal with a few flicks of his wrist.

let's take Napoleon, for instance

I took the magazine for a year but did not renew it.

the nurse takes my blood pressure

Kathy took a few more notes before watching the interviews from the back of the room.

A hidden camera secretly takes a close-up photo of the shopper's face.

mum's been taken bad

He took her violently and they shook and trembled as they came together.

This is not just water but water taken from the algae-green trough in the field.

Take two from four, how many are left?

the drive takes you through some wonderful scenery

I had taken Katie out to dinner and we had a really nice time.

the invasion took Europe to the brink of war

take the A43 towards Bicester

they don't take children

I take your point, and agree somewhat, but disagree somewhat.

The modern world takes a strangely ambiguous position on violence.

That means that the government spends less money than it takes in and applies the surplus to the NIB.

John Martin took the men's title

he took his chance to get out while the house was quiet

the lad took a savage beating

Defeat was taken with dignity.

And then the K1200S takes the corners, like no other bike I've ridden.

I fell over what I took to be a heavy branch

they refused to take it any more

take an aspirin and lie down

If there's any action to be taken [by the club] you'll be the last to know.

Additionally, once you elect to take a meeting our online scheduling software eliminates the frustrations of e-mail and telephone.

They took City and Guild courses in literacy, numeracy and personal skills.

she took a degree in business studies

the jury took an hour and a half to find McPherson guilty

it will take an electronics expert to dismantle it

We intend to buy fertilised eggs - the incubator we have bought takes 24 hen eggs but we might start with 12.

he only takes size 5 boots

Two of them were boys, the one Pip seemed taken with and one he had been standing with.

The grass has taken and was long and wet in the morning and was full of snails sucking to thick blades.

these type of grafts take much better than other xenografts

However, some transitive verbs take a prepositional phrase instead of an indirect object.

But you want to get it done and do it in the least amount of takes possible.

A modern version of the same book will have a different take on what we should know.

the take from commodity taxation

Die Another Day opened over the weekend with the biggest take ever for a Bond film.

When a compositor had set up his take he deposited the type set up by him on a galley upon the galley-bank, and deposited the copy from which he had set up the type in a drawer or box, or upon a table or shelf.

from the moment he arrived, they took against him

I took Slooh up on their offer of a test drive, and here's what I found.

But I have to take you up on your question - your question to Frank Rich.

he ordered a lamb madras to take away

he took to hiding some secret supplies in his desk

Mainly because I think people will take to weblogs very quickly.

I took to figure skating with enthusiasm and began competing at the age of eight.

When the bombs started falling, the family took to an Anderson shelter and a garden shed.

This took away from what was otherwise good cooking, and did not seem very West Coast.

she took up tennis at the age of 11

The Authors took their positions up around the Square, pages fluttering rapidly in their shivering hands.

It is in all our interests that his invitation is taken up.

The remainder of the album is taken up by particularly appropriate couplings.

I'll take it up with you over a cocktail tonight if you're downtown.

He simply took up where he'd left off before I had so rudely interrupted him.

when I got home my grandmother took up the skirt

he took him up as his assistant

A striking historical church is to be dismantled and moved - and it is the second time it has been taken apart.

Even more, a few times my Chinese friends took me apart.

I took her out to dinner the following night

Many years ago I took out a personal loan to buy a decent second-hand car.

the plaintiff suing for a debt took out a summons

Then at least I'll have something to take my anger out on.

If you are just running in to get something to take out, it's okay - the burger was awesome, the fries were old, and the soda was soda.

It is neither our intention nor in our interest to take him out or assassinate him.

most players would take their partners out into 4♥ on these hands

after a year of occupation, they are impatient to take back control of their country

most people decide not to take a cheating partner back

my old boss took me back

The music between scene changes took us back to the 1980s.

Having said it, Paisley could not bring himself to take it back.

Even if the store claims ‘no returns,’ I would take it back along with a dramatic protest.

If he did not manage to sell it before or during his forthcoming journey to Flanders, he would return it to the dealer Fierens who was willing to take it back at cost, namely three hundred livres.

he took me on as an apprentice

Several opponents took him on; more often than not, they ended up worse for wear.

Finding another studio willing to take the project on proved difficult.

From that momentous day, Muir's already awesome influence took on a fresh sheen.

Don't take on so, it will all turn out right in the end.

in 1938 the Nazis took over

City's finances were taken over by the State Financial Control Board.

At this stage, it's not clear what CH's plan for the satellites is - assuming it does indeed take them over.

But a syllable of two letters must not be taken over to the next line.

training for the show has not taken from her efforts to campaign for the shipyard

It worked and the plane's head rose a little bit and the aircraft took off safely.

Their pure fruit smoothie recipes took off, and they've grown steadily since.

Their ties were taken off, shoelaces removed, like common criminals.

It went up to $44.99 but then they took off $10 because we bundled with the internet, and that makes it $34.99.

I took the next day off

British

The broad social base on which the theatre rested during this period enabled the mimics to take off people from practically all walks of life.

I took down the address

Tony and Jane were given until March this year to take the structure down.

The book attempts to take in a too broad canvas and not everyone is au fait with pastiche operetta.

I threw my arms around him and took his presence in.

So you were taken in just like all the other fools by her beauty?

They took us in, fed us, clothed us, and taught us basic survival skills.

he'd maybe take in a movie, or just relax

she took in the dress to fit me

we took in the sail and stood off to the westward

Take laundry in to do for others that don't want to be bothered doing this.

‘I wouldn't mind taking up with up with her,’ another chuckled.

And of course, George takes after my mother a lot.