Example sentences of "has taken [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This government has taken Britain into Europe further and more irrevocably than any previous government . |
| 2 | He has taken Britain into negative growth , rising unemployment and falling output . |
| 3 | ‘ We would n't have thought it possible , ’ said Lyn , daughter of Angela , who has taken Sam to classes . |
| 4 | Since the Khartoum regime launched a five-pronged ‘ final offensive ’ against the mainly Christian or animist rebels in early March , its army has taken Pochala , Col Garang 's hometown of Bor , and a string of smaller towns , advancing to within 30 miles west of the rebel headquarters at Torit . |
| 5 | There are over 7,200 drawings extant and it has taken Claudie Judrin ten years to complete the task . |
| 6 | Liverpool , Merseyside computer games company Psygnosis Ltd , which has quadrupled its exports in the last three years — and has taken Japan by storm , was another winner as was Ipswich , Suffolk-based BT & D Technologies Ltd , the joint optoelectronic manufacturing venture between British Telecommunications Plc , E I du Pont de Nemours & Co Inc of Wilmington , Delaware . |
| 7 | Recently the Commission has taken Germany to court because its law relating to the support of its film industry retains the requirement of German nationality when handing out subsidies . |
| 8 | In the wake of the resounding success of The Simpsons , a new cartoon series has taken America by storm . |
| 9 | One in four has taken Ecstacy , while LSD users have doubled to 35 per cent , says a survey by jeans company Wrangler . |
| 10 | Barcelona had already been refused a penalty , but they soon drew level through Julio Salinas , the deceptively inelegant striker who has taken Gary Lineker 's reluctant ill-fitted role on the right wing and , on Saturday , made such a good job of it that he might have had a hat-trick but for Francisco Buyo 's reflexes . |
| 11 | It has taken Gary Pallister a long time to fulfil the promise that tempted Alex Ferguson to part with £2.3m but in America the Manchester United centre-half delivered a powerful case for elevation to first choice . |
| 12 | The hope that the BBC or ITV would move into this job as they would for Commonwealth or Olympic Games was never realistic but it has taken Sheffield a long time to come to terms with the fact . |
| 13 | At long last the men are starting to exhibit the same confidence and rowing ability which has taken BRC 's women to eight Irish championships and countless Irish vests in the last six years . |
| 14 | In the 13 years since Montague broke away from Cables Montague , his father 's trucking company , he has taken Tiphook to pole position in the European container leasing business — a complementary , and vastly bigger , business than trailer leasing — and to second place in the world market behind General Electric subsidiary Genstar . |
| 15 | It has taken Andrew Murray a long time to do it . |
| 16 | It has taken Warren Ogden nearly 30 years to compile the information on these machines which began in the mid 1950s . |
| 17 | He has taken Serafin 's measure and knows that he is on top of the situation . |
| 18 | She has taken Diana to Covent Garden on innumerable occasions in the last few years . |
| 19 | He , in turn , might consider as his role model MacLaurin , who has taken Tesco from a poor second fiddle to Sainsbury to one of Britain 's great success stories . |
| 20 | Shelley , who split up from her husband Peter , 32 , last summer , has taken Stuart and daughter Natalie , six , to stay with friends . |
| 21 | Bonetti has his own boat , and has taken Walker all the way to Sardinia . |
| 22 | Former Northern Ireland international O'Neill , who helped Nottingham Forest lift the European Cup in 1980 , has taken Wycombe 13 points clear in the race for Football League status . |