1.   She took the box and began to eat.

2.   The policeman spoke into his portable radio and, evidently satisfied with the response, took the box himself, waving the van on its way.

3.   When they got back to the flat, Mum emptied out all the vegetables and fruit and Pete took the box to his room.

4.   He let me take a box of groceries while he unloaded a couple of suitcases from the boot.

5.   In Warner the accused took a box of tools, intending to return them shortly.

6.   Taking a box of chocolates from the bureau, he tore off the Cellophane, opened the lid, and with great care selected a fancy soft centre.

7.   Did you get any money back when you took that box of crisps back that time?

8.   Bono took a box from his desk.

9.   After the arrest, the authorities took several boxes from the house.

10.   But when a book-laden parent arrived recently at Westchester Elementary in Kirkwood, Mo., the librarian, Pamela Strang, took the box with apprehension.