Sentence examples for took a record from inspiring English sources

UK artists took a record 17.1% share of the global market.

WHEN I was 17, I took a record of John Cage's piano pieces out of the library.

In February, Alcatel-Lucent took a record 3.9 billion euro write-down, acknowledging the shrunken market value of its business.

At 22 years 270 days, Friedrich took a record set in 1935 by Swiss driver Reto Capadrutt, according to bobsled's world governing body.

Around 1.5m Colombians have been displaced from their homes by violence in the past five years last yearr, kidnappers took a record 3,707 people hostage.

A breakdown of the figures showed net trade, the gap between exports and imports, took a record 1.5 percentage points off quarterly growth.

The outcome was all but decided Saturday morning, when Woods took a record-breaking six-stroke lead after two rounds.

English wines took a record-breaking 80 medals among the northern hemisphere winners in the IWSC, among them Kent vineyard Gusbourne Estate, which took two gold outstanding medals, the competition's highest distinction.

The Scot took the first set on Centre Court but was taken apart by the Swiss after that, gradually crumbling to a 3-1 defeas as Federer took a record-equalling seventh SW19 title.

Financed mostly by Hollywood big brass, the Australia-born director's adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel took a record-equal haul of 13 Aactas including best film, best direction, best adapted screenplay and best cinematography.

Usher has the power to take a record into any lane.