Example sentences of "[vb past] taken the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Before she realised what he was intending he 'd taken the crutch from her and propped it out of reach . |
| 32 | She wanted other children , and by then I 'd taken the decision never to have any more and had a vasectomy . |
| 33 | He 'd taken the drug a square of paper like this , which would have distorted his perception and could have accentuated suicidal feelings . |
| 34 | Rovers thought they 'd taken the lead when Frazer Digby was forced to save on the line . |
| 35 | Paul Crossland admitted in court that he 'd taken the cash out of union funds , but said he 'd felt entitled to it because he had saved the union so much money . |
| 36 | She and her husband , Stephen , feel they 've only just begun to grieve , one we barn , where they 'd taken the girls in January last year . |
| 37 | Moved by the verdict , Mr Donnellan 's mother said she was proud he 'd taken the case to the police in order to clear himself . |
| 38 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 39 | And er I wrote to the No we 'd taken the decision at the Portobello branch th that Sunday that we support When we supported the executive decision , the strike for our just demand you see . |
| 40 | Yes y I think you 'd be more disappointed if you , if you 'd taken the tap this time and you 'd come out with a commended . |
| 41 | even though they 'd taken the car . |
| 42 | But on the last Page of the novel ‘ life had taken the place of dialectics ’ , and Raskolnikov is on his way home . |
| 43 | Latymer had taken the lead after 10 minutes but , despite playing the better football throughout , were beaten by two scrambled goals from Rodney Walshe , one just before half-time and the other 30 seconds from the end . |
| 44 | The universities had taken the opposite view . |
| 45 | The anthem , flower-presentation , long walk and interminable announcements all took place after the teams had taken the field , where they were forced to kick their heels in a neat line for nearly a quarter of an hour during which the chanteuse and the French Army choir six times exhorted the crowd : ‘ To Arms ! ’ . |
| 46 | The policeman on crossing duty had taken the 30 runners ' numbers : ‘ We are checking numbers with race officials who were also near the crossing and the runners involved will be interviewed with a view to prosecution , ’ Sergeant Lawton said . |
| 47 | On this question all social grades had taken the same line — the need to seize local gentry estates . |
| 48 | But when in one class he had taken the register and pronounced their names correctly , there had been some laughter from non-Indian children ( who were a minority in the class ) but floods of embarrassed giggles from Asian children , who seemed to prefer their names to be mispronounced in school . |
| 49 | By October , Art Arfons had taken the land speed mark ( not wheel-driven but official ) to 544.1mph . |
| 50 | Giugiaro had taken the unusual step of displaying a chassis too , letting the world see the high standard of carbon-fibre work in his monocoque , the cockpit-adjustable anti-roll bars and the massive 14ins drilled racing disc brakes . |
| 51 | In the move between the last position and this , a number of the Jocks had taken the opportunity to make a hot drink , and as the chill of early morning crept into them , the sweet tea lifted their morale . |
| 52 | Whilst the signaller busied himself with decoding the latest message from on high , the Troop Commander 's mind raced back over a fairly hectic three weeks , Which had taken the troop from Hameln ( of Pied Piper fame ) , the regiment 's home base on the River Weser , eastwards to the River Leine and north the River Aller , before swinging north-west to the mouth of the Weser in the Bremerhaven area . |
| 53 | When he had taken the tea and lay warmly wrapped and no longer shivering , Sister Cooney left him . |
| 54 | Even then she had taken the initiative . |
| 55 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 56 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 57 | In a comprehensive critique of the Government 's record , FoE says the claim made by Mr Nicholas Ridley as Environment Secretary that ‘ Britain had taken the lead ’ on environmental issues was absurd . |
| 58 | They had taken the lead after two minutes with a simple move that found the Oxford defence in disarray . |
| 59 | Lou Macari , the West Ham manager , was reported to have said it was impossible to control players once they had taken the field . |
| 60 | By the 1880s the Rothschilds had taken the Vale of Aylesbury by storm . |