Example sentences of "taken [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt that if CCs had been on offer at the time , Bruin would probably have taken them all . |
| 2 | She supposed Elder Seth must have taken them all with him when he left in his motorwagon train . |
| 3 | We 've just taken them all out to wash them , that 's all ! |
| 4 | Oh do n't worry about it now , all the plastic things then put put on that blue leaflet for now and then when you 've taken them all off you can put them in the bin . |
| 5 | The tension and frustration that had built up in the claustrophobic atmosphere of their life in Northumberland had finally spilt over when Louise had taken them both to the West End to buy the birthday dress . |
| 6 | ‘ It has taken me all this time to get to the position where I can call people up on the phone go out to dinner or to the cinema . |
| 7 | I 've eventually got there — but it 's taken me all these years , ’ she says . |
| 8 | Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint . |
| 9 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 10 | ‘ I mean that it might have taken me some time to see through your ‘ innocent abroad ’ act . |
| 11 | What can I do when there exists no object , no stolen thing at which to point and say , She 's taken my this or that ? |
| 12 | Should have taken my own |
| 13 | By the end I had a great admiration for Emil , Oliver and Cathy , who had neatly served and cleared three full courses with the floor swaying beneath their feet and who normally would have taken my few jobs also in their stride . |
| 14 | I 've taken someone this afternoon from Highdown just until the half term when they should go to a special school . |
| 15 | Walker Greenbank , the wall-covering group , has taken its former auditor , Arthur Young , to court over the firm 's failure to detect an alleged fraud in one of its subsidiaries . |
| 16 | True , it had taken her several minutes to decide whether the keys should be bunched or splayed but she had ceased fidgeting with them and settled into an abnormal quietude . |
| 17 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |
| 18 | For that day 's class she had taken her own watercolours , bought with the Visacard in Reading … |
| 19 | Had it not been for her chance meeting with Estabrook — who saw through her tumbling , distracted manner to the woman she was — she might well have taken her own life . |
| 20 | If Marek was right , Tatyana had taken her own life less as a result of the news of the murder Blanche had brought , than of her son 's dreadful confession . |
| 21 | And Manchester United have taken their former keeper Fraser Digby on a month 's loan from Swindon Town as cover for Peter Schmeichel . |
| 22 | This is because of the theological stance of some that people who have taken their own lives can not go to heaven , but instead go to hell eternally because the sin is viewed as such a serious one . |
| 23 | Only Anthea 's insistence had brought him to her room , where matters had taken their own turn . |
| 24 | The study found twenty-one students had taken their own lives over a fourteen year period , and more than two hundred and fifty others attempted suicide.Simon Garrett reports . |
| 25 | ‘ Very nice , ’ said Joe , eyeing the purchases , she 'd set out on the bed , ‘ but explain why it 's taken you all day . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ So what did you do after that — it ca n't have taken you all day ? ’ |
| 27 | Why it had taken him all day to travel thirty odd miles was not explained . |
| 28 | It has taken him all these years to understand the implications . |
| 29 | It would have taken him all day even if they 'd had enough tarmac in the back of the pickup ! |
| 30 | Petiver also bequeathed his own collection to Sloane and it had taken him many years to bring all this material into an orderly array . |