Example sentences of "[v-ing] taken [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sounding taken aback , he said , ‘ You never cease to amaze me . |
| 2 | There 's one or two empty shops , but they appear to be moving fairly quickly and getting taken over . |
| 3 | Because it keeps happening , boys and girls in their summer holiday keep get getting taken away by people they do n't know and nasty things done to them . |
| 4 | Now the next thing erm , on the same page was , having taken away the , th th the non fee earning elements it actually pushed , and I 'm looking at your revised sheet now |
| 5 | Having taken up her post as director of the Photographer 's Gallery , Sue Grayson Ford fills us in on her plans for the gallery 's future . |
| 6 | The last time we met he had just bought a new boat , having taken up sailing in his spare time ( but he has n't much of that ) . |
| 7 | Twenty-eight-year old Yvonne is one of the more experienced members of the crew , having taken up sailing J/24s six years ago , and like most of the others had been seduced by the prospect of the round the world challenge after seeing the feature on the British Steel Challenge on the News at Ten . |
| 8 | He retired from the sea at the age of 36 , having taken up a career with the brush . |
| 9 | Daniel Carey returned to Frizingley as its Chartist Candidate entirely by chance , the gentleman who had originally been selected to fight the by-election having taken up a longish residence in jail on charges of plug-drawing and helping to demolish a workhouse near Rochdale . |
| 10 | Secretary Meretta Griffiths said : ‘ With so much work having gone into preparing the 50th anniversary show and with many exhibitors having taken up position we decided that the show should go on . ’ |
| 11 | Having taken on all these images and elements of pop mythology , do you want people to be aware there 's an element of irony involved ? |
| 12 | Having taken on so much responsibility for myself , I now began to feel guilty . |
| 13 | Having taken on the teachers and the police , he will now square up to fellow ministers and the voters . |
| 14 | having taken on the legacy |
| 15 | It also criticized the manufacturers and contractors for lax planning and supervision of the project , the first aircraft having taken nearly twice as long as planned to build . |
| 16 | The next morning he reported to Sir Dick White , then head of MI6 ( having taken over from Sir John Sinclair after the Crabb fiasco — see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 17 | Ross claims that the Promix system it acquired in 1991 having taken over Pioneer Systems ( CI No 1,730 ) is one of the few available packages specifically designed to address the booming process manufacturing market , with other offerings tending to be adaptations of discrete systems software . |
| 18 | This may be due to managerial incompetence , in which case the state ( having taken over the investment side of the financial institutions ' business ) could exercise its prerogative as ‘ trustee of the people 's savings ’ to force managerial changes . |
| 19 | Reed has published Steinbeck for the past three years , having taken over his novels and short stories from Pan . |
| 20 | Having taken over from Michael Barton as captain , Surridge led boldly , the sum of his character and his various skills proving formidable even if , paradoxically , he would never have been considered a batsman or bowler of the highest class . |
| 21 | The modern DNA machinery , according to this view , is a late-comer , a recent usurper of the role of fundamental replicator , having taken over that role from an earlier and cruder replicator . |
| 22 | The rumpus at Old Trafford apart , Javed Miandad , still a wonderful batsman , showed great maturity having taken over as captain from the charismatic Imran Khan . |
| 23 | By the end of the 1970s , with Norman Lindop having taken over the chairmanship from 1974 , the Committee had established itself as a unit which functioned in parallel with those for science and technology , arts and sciences , and research . |
| 24 | The only things that they do n't seem to worry too much about your having taken beforehand are alcohol and smoking , cigarettes . |
| 25 | Holders Newcastle lost 1–0 and will probably bow out , having taken just one point from their two games . |
| 26 | ‘ There were four major air disasters last year , all four planes involved having taken off from airports which were regarded as having maximum security . |
| 27 | Perdita , having taken far too much , was now feeding the rest of the steak to the shaggy lurchers who ringed the table , but kept their distance . |
| 28 | For many this is an embarrassing question , having taken far more in the way of overseas holidays than exploring our own kingdom . |
| 29 | I have also had three two-hour sessions at the job agency which has the training facility , and , having taken down some scribbled notes and typed them up have gone back over it all to improve my notes , so that I can continue re-reading them till I improve my knowledge . |
| 30 | Thank you for your letter of 19 May and I apologise for having taken so long to reply . |