Sentence examples for took a portion from inspiring English sources

At the dinner table, Hina took a portion of vegetables and salad but didn't touch the main course, a thick rib-eye steak.

"This supposedly impossible drudgery that is just soul-crushing?" Mr. Moss took a portion of the onions for a sauce using canned tomatoes, garlic and a pinch of sugar.

According to officials and court papers, Sergeant Arenella, who joined the force in 1999, and Officer Bowens, who has been a police officer since 1995, took a portion of drugs and cash they recovered in November and provided it to a confidential informant as payback for pointing out the suspect, who was actually an undercover police officer.

The investigation also found that at two-fifths of carwashes visited in the city and one-fifth statewide, managers illegally took a portion of the tips The Labor Department has sent letters to all 640 carwashes in the state, inviting them to attend one of the 20 seminars the department has scheduled to educate employers about their legal obligations.

The researchers took a portion of the human antibody protein IgG and fused it to the cat protein responsible for cat allergy.

After these reforms, the kings were no longer administrative heads and merely took a portion of the taxes collected by the government in their kingdoms as personal income.

We need to take a portion uniformly — some kind of tax on wealth.

He might take a portion of the interest in the development.

Let the station staff take a portion of the profits on what gets sold.

Normally, teams take a portion of practice time in the preseason to prepare for the opener.

The father can take a portion of this leave instead of the mother if necessary.