Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] have taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the basis that a lot of the big houses that were doing holiday accommodation and so on , er have have already been converted and this is our experience , so on that basis we have taken a reduced figure for conversions and that is basically the reasoning behind it . |
| 2 | It was the first time I had taken a close look at him . |
| 3 | As many of you will have noticed from your Q.T. day programme Beryl will not be teaching this year ; for some time she has taken a great interest in the Back Pain Association and has now become involved particularly at weekends in special classes for back-pain sufferers . |
| 4 | It was the first time he had taken a real look at the premises from the back . |
| 5 | At one time he had taken a mild interest in literature , especially erotic works , but of late it had flagged . |