Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An applicant for a job with a finance company claimed he had taken a lengthy career break which turned out to be a prison term for robbery . |
| 2 | Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over . |
| 3 | I knew she had taken a fine dose . |
| 4 | Our shares plummeted because the City felt we had taken a great risk . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 6 | Aberdeen arrived back from Turin this afternoon , knowing they 'd taken a major step towards the quarter finals of the Cup Winners Cup . |
| 7 | No , I , I gather he has taken a long weekend , I do n't know where he 's whisked himself off to , but I 'm afraid I wo n't be here , er next week , I do n't know , quite know who will be , but er , Dominic 's taking er , a well needed rest . |
| 8 | … And at times in retrospect you wish you had taken a certain stat , because it turns out that the whole thing has boiled up , completely beyond what you know it to be , but it 's become political and the authority is being attacked and the chiefs ca n't defend it and say , ‘ OK . |