Example sentences of "[vb base] taken [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hast taken leave of what little sense thou were born with ? |
| 2 | They 've taken revenge on the weavers |
| 3 | Mr , you 've taken issue with the conservation area . |
| 4 | I know what you 're saying and I think you 've taken leave of your senses . |
| 5 | Do n't sign any agreements before you 've taken expert advice . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've taken possession of the place , have n't we ? ’ said Susan laughing . |
| 7 | We 've got in the new format sixty of the new new format but what we have been able to do is take elements of the new re-fitted stores and put those for instance erm Pronto we 've managed to take those and re-fit them separately but the actual new concept stores sits at about sixty-odd stores and currently what we 're doing is to check the that we have had a a re-fits this year erm where we 've taken space for other sub-lets where put the new concept back to but as far as the go in majority of the chain now we have most of the major elements i.e an upholstery area bed area Pronto representation and indeed the re-fit that was discussed in the Chairman 's statement the kitchen and bedroom re-fit erm was applicable to all stores so all of the stores have got new kitchens and bedrooms in |
| 8 | I 've taken care of myself over the years : I hope it shows . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , a little high , but I 've taken care of that . ’ |
| 10 | I think they 've taken care of them . |
| 11 | I 've taken speed as powder right and erm it had an effect like these ones . |
| 12 | I 've taken note of the hints given in Starting Block and I 've organized my hard disk into 19 subdirectories and up to 6 levels of sub-subdirectories . |
| 13 | I 'm not opposed to links when they 're relevant , I 've in fact argued and encouraged them and defended them where they 've taken place and I believe that they were important but I do n't believe in them taking place where they 're irrelevant and er where they er are unhelpful . |
| 14 | There are six , two in one department and four in another , I believe it is. erm if you look at erm the way our departments are dotted all over the City , on expensive leases in fact , we 've taken property after property to accommodate our staff and they all need cleaners , so on and so forth . |
| 15 | Had a er not the best of starts but they 've taken control of the game for my money o over the last period . |
| 16 | Th th they 've come through and they 've taken control of the area . |
| 17 | Oh yeah , well after you 've taken tax and insurance back you see , you 've lost about three hundred , three fifty |
| 18 | You 've taken Nadirpur out of circulation . |
| 19 | Friends like to be given something you 've taken time and trouble to make for them . ’ |
| 20 | But of course the problem then is after all that , whichever way , whether you move them or you do n't , you 've taken time . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've taken sleeping pills . |
| 22 | Moreover , the political interests of Eastern Europe 's regimes have taken precedence over the economic interests of society . |
| 23 | Business studies have taken precedence for the 25-year-old Stokesley sprinter thus far into the season , but she steps belatedly on to the Olympic trail at Stanley Park on Sunday . |
| 24 | Thus , for example , students who have taken subject studies in English and History will also take courses in the teaching of those subjects . |
| 25 | Set-aside schemes have taken land out of production in the United States as well as in the European Community . |
| 26 | To date more than 200,000 refugees have taken shelter in Bangladesh , putting further strain on its economy as well as on its relations with Burma . |
| 27 | His shiksas and replicas , hostilities and escapes , have taken part in a great game of long duration , and he can be said to be reviewing the state of play . |
| 28 | Around a hundred of the staff have taken part in the buyout , which we are very pleased with . |
| 29 | By now , over 250 volunteers ( mostly university students ) have taken part in our experiments , the duration of which varies from 12 to 22 days . |
| 30 | Raleigh International ( formerly Operation Raleigh ) ( 071 351 7541 ) is the biggest and best known of these organisations : nearly 6,300 young adventurers from 17 to 25 have taken part since 1984 . |