Example sentences of "taken [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Villa had not forgotten the enterprising football that has taken them second in the Premier League , and in an eight-minute spell before the interval , they twice worried Ipswich keeper Clive Baker . |
| 2 | It had taken them ages to get back from the Lock and now the evening was drawing in . |
| 3 | ‘ And now your … neighbours have taken them prisoner . ’ |
| 4 | It must of taken them years to get them made up to look even vaguely |
| 5 | Nearly all of them had germinated , although it had taken them weeks and weeks to do so . |
| 6 | Well if they take as long to do it I mean good heavens there 's been one clanking manhole cover at Halam and it has taken them weeks to do it . |
| 7 | This letter has taken me ages , i 'm off for some food . |
| 8 | It 's taken me months of physio to learn to walk properly again , and I 'm very grateful to all the people who helped me . |
| 9 | It 's tremendous really , it 's an unbelievable relief for me , it would have taken me months to get used to a new cue , that 's the only cue I 've ever had er since I started playing eight years ago . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course , it 's taken me years to get where I am . |
| 11 | Erm , live in Manchester , my natural place is Stockport which is , a little just outside Stockport , where I 've lived Erm , it 's taken me years to live |
| 12 | On clear days it was like flying over an Atlas map of the British Isles and I picked out all the familiar landmarks in about two hours , which had probably taken me days to cover by sea . |
| 13 | ‘ If you had n't been so awkward about it I doubt if that constable would even have taken my name and address . |
| 14 | Therefore an adjective which has the effect of qualifying a property rather than an entity will not occur in ordinary predicative position ( nor in postnominal attributive position ) ; this prediction is confirmed by the unacceptability of sentences such as : ( 11 ) the sum of $300 she had to pay was total the lecturer who is to greet the Queen is mere a scoundrel complete must have taken my umbrella the cousins distant were put at a separate table If the adjectives in ( 12 ) are acceptable , reflexion shows at once that they are adjectives with more than one meaning , and the one which appears in predicative position is not that in which they are sense-qualifiers : ( 12 ) their village is distant and hard to reach burning his licence was wholly lawful the set complete is worth 1500 francs |
| 15 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she went on practically , ‘ these were left after I 'd taken my fill , so I thought you might as well have them . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've taken my revenge on his father , by making Hareton work for me . |
| 17 | I was determined to return as soon as I had taken my degree , to follow the Awash river into the fabulous Sultanate of Aussa and discover how and where it ended . |
| 18 | It may seem that I 've never taken my title seriously , but below the skin I have great respect for it , and for this house too and the men who have gone before me who made it . |
| 19 | By the by , Caroline , you have taken my idea , I was also going to knit budgie sweaters . |
| 20 | Let me tell you something , Mam : I 'd have been happy to have had a bastard and to have taken my chance on never being married . |
| 21 | I climbed hesitantly , feeling clumsy as the tame macaw which that morning had taken my fingernails for a bunch of nuts . |
| 22 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
| 23 | ‘ The girls had taken my truck for their trip , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ Of course I 've taken my tablets . |
| 25 | They 'll feel like I 've taken my ball back and spoilt their game . |
| 26 | You 've taken my agenda . |
| 27 | Andrew 's taken my belt off . |
| 28 | They 've taken my man and my job ; let me keep my home . |
| 29 | They have taken my life away , my young child from me that I have always wanted , and after just three years and ten months . |
| 30 | It seemed to me that she should have taken my part , should somehow have defended me from my father . |