Example sentences of "taken [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Botrytis had taken the trusses before any fruit had set , A.D.A.S. had never seen anything like it . |
| 2 | The fact that this is the case is illustrated by events in recent history , such as devastating forest fires in the USA in 1988 , the virtually annual floods in the Indian subcontinent in the wake of the monsoon rains , and the continuing drought in parts of the African continent which have taken the lives and livelihood of countless people . |
| 3 | It is a strange thing continuing to do something by choice which has taken the lives of your close friends … |
| 4 | He began on a note of defiance : " If what is meant by that is that the President of the Republic has personally taken the decisions which it was incumbent upon him to take , that is entirely correct . " |
| 5 | Cos when they pulled into a slow section on the railway , the vandals have got on and just gone through the whole lot and taken the radios out . |
| 6 | After some early difficulties , his grip on England apparently became firm enough , and its magnates committed to the Danish dynasty : nobody seems to have taken the claims of the æthelings Edward and Alfred seriously in 1036 . |
| 7 | To those who knew no better , he told a story of having first taken the examinations and done brilliantly . |
| 8 | he said you know what is it and I showed him a piece like , he said oh I he said yes , I said I 've taken the nails out that I did n't see , he said oh I 've got a metal detector here |
| 9 | ‘ We gave away two stupid goals but still would have got something from the game if we had taken the chances we created . ’ |
| 10 | But I was the only one who had n't taken the blues . |
| 11 | Without that perception , the US would have taken the sanctions route alone , and the outcome of the crisis would have been very different . |
| 12 | When you 've taken the splints off your leg you can use them to strap your arm up . |
| 13 | ‘ I would have taken the girls . |
| 14 | She and her husband , Stephen , feel they 've only just begun to grieve , one we barn , where they 'd taken the girls in January last year . |
| 15 | Back in Argentina , Don Masson had been called in front of a hurriedly convened SFA meeting , where he changed his story , admitting that he had only said he had taken the drugs as an act of loyalty to his friend and roommate . |
| 16 | ‘ They have taken the guts out of the movie , except for Europe which always sees the true version , ’ the actor said . |
| 17 | It has become a commodity itself , to be bought and sold by people skilled only in doing just that , and they have taken the guts out of money , weeded it out . |
| 18 | Obviously the limits : we should not have taken the wires infinitely thin . |
| 19 | It was the same waggon yes but it was different driver and er not sure whether they taken the slates themselves there now . |
| 20 | She said : ‘ Everyone appears to agree it is more sensible to keep this traffic on rail but it has taken the efforts of hundreds of people to get a six-month reprieve . |
| 21 | Many people whose films have been lost have taken the processors to court , winning compensation for more than the cost of the film . |
| 22 | So far , we have taken the operators for granted . |
| 23 | Captain Ieuan Evans acknowledged : ‘ The level of enthusiasm our victory has caused has taken the boys a bit by surprise but , as Bob said , it 's gratifying to see how the boys have responded . ’ |
| 24 | By nightfall the Germans had taken the villages of Forges and Regneville and the important Height 265 on Goose Ridge ( Côte de l'Oie ) . |
| 25 | It had taken the mice a long time to explore , they had made short excited scurrying runs across the floor , then back to the hutch , nervous , unsure , limiting themselves to a small prescribed space , only later stepping out of it , extending their freedom . |
| 26 | Oh , I was n't and erm , the next thing I know I 've nearly fucking been bowled over , sort of the bags in fucking look behind me , so those two fucking bought the bags back down fucking legs and I 've just caught this like running round another , another thing , I thought oh fucking little kid , the next thing I know there 's another one gone pass me like , taken the bags , the handles out of the plastic bags , fucking and it was a girl that was going first this time , so I and sure enough there was a little fucking brat boy coming again , so I just went flying he sort of looked up at me and rubbed his eye like that and carried on running after the . |
| 27 | She said she had not wanted to die but that she had taken the tablets to calm herself down in order to get some sleep . |
| 28 | It was clear that things had improved considerably in recent weeks and that this could be seen as a consequence of her having taken the tablets . |
| 29 | When Tony 's father was interviewed he said he felt angry with Tony for having taken the tablets , especially as his girl friend , Pat , had been with him when he found Tony unconscious . |
| 30 | Sir , before I open the case , er after you have taken the appearances , it is my intention with your permission to make a special statement having regard to an event in the past , and to then make submissions . |