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1  She had taken to flight as soon as the gun went off.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV
2  They were executed immediately, and fresh precautions for Napoleon's safety were taken.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VIII
3  The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter I
4  In the end they finished the harvest in two days' less time than it had usually taken Jones and his men.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III
5  With tears in their eyes they asked one another what they should do if their Leader were taken away from them.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VIII
6  He had become much disheartened after losing money in a lawsuit, and had taken to drinking more than was good for him.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II
7  Of late the sheep had taken to bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad" both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter V
8  And though no one cared to mention it in the hearing of the pigs or the dogs, it was felt that the killings which had taken place did not square with this.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VIII
9  She had taken a piece of blue ribbon from Mrs. Jones's dressing-table, and was holding it against her shoulder and admiring herself in the glass in a very foolish manner.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II
10  The advantage of only having to feed themselves, and not having to support five extravagant human beings as well, was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VI
11  Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial, and the barrel of beer in the scullery was stove in with a kick from Boxer's hoof, otherwise nothing in the house was touched.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II
12  At first no one had been able to imagine where these creatures came from, but the problem was soon solved: they were the puppies whom Napoleon had taken away from their mothers and reared privately.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter V