Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] taken [art] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far the EPA has taken a back seat to the Department of the Interior in shaping new environmental policy in the new administration ; Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has already taken action on endangered species , land management issues and reorganizing its science programme . |
| 2 | Even Midnight 's show-jumping had taken a back seat . |
| 3 | Carr has taken a back seat since retiring because of persistent injuries in October 1988 . |
| 4 | Since having her daughter Chiara , five , and son Joshua , three , she has been a full-time mother in rural Wiltshire , and her looks have taken a back seat . |
| 5 | That her family had taken a back seat in her life . |