1.   Taking an envelope from his pocket he wrote down the names of his guests.

2.   Ivy took the envelope from him, widened the opening and extracted a small coil of blue plastic strip about a centimetre wide.

3.   Take the envelope, for example.

4.   I took the envelope out of the left-hand saddle-bag and held it across my chest.

5.   Lewis took the envelope handed him, postmarked Stratford-upon-Avon, and withdrew the two hand-written sheets.

6.   She took the envelope and pushed it into her bag.

7.   I put on Playtex dishwashing gloves, took the envelope outside and gingerly slit it open with a pocket knife.

8.   The staff was relocated to other quarters, and the envelope was taken for tests, Connell said.

9.   Then there is taking the envelope, ripping it to tiny pieces, throwing the pile to the ground and spitting on it.