Example sentences of "[noun] have take a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NEC Corp has taken a hit from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which has placed the A-1 commercial paper rating of the NEC Industries Netherlands BV finance subsidiary on CreditWatch with negative implications , citing intensifying competition from local and international firms in Japan 's personal computer market , creating further pressure on profitability . |
| 2 | Obviously your heart has taken a hell of a pounding . |
| 3 | CU has taken a floor in another large City building , Plantation House , for key staff dealing in insurance markets to reduce the risk of disruption . |
| 4 | Ingres in Eastern Europe , Russia Hewlett-Packard Co has taken a licence from Ask Computer Systems Inc to distribute the Ingres relational database and application development tools throughout Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States . |
| 5 | I 've been working hard with Gill to get into top form for the Olympics so singles play has taken a bit of a back seat . |
| 6 | I 've been working hard with Gill to get into top form for the Olympics so singles play has taken a bit of a back seat . |
| 7 | ‘ Black Will has taken a fancy to your little brother — what think you of that ! |
| 8 | THE British defence industry has taken a battering from the government over the past decade . |
| 9 | The Scotch Whisky Industry has taken a lead in establishing company policies for identifying and providing treatment for employees with alcohol problems . |
| 10 | A prison inmate has taken a member of staff hostage in a cell . |
| 11 | Hundens Lane resident Ian Haszeldine said members of the allotment association had taken a lot of criticism about the way their land was kept . |
| 12 | Drivers had to take a library of documents , including copies of invoices , details about loads carried and transit forms to be stamped at each border crossing . |
| 13 | In the car park between the Questura and the prison Palottino had taken a break from polishing the Alfetta to chat to a pair of patrolmen . |
| 14 | I am pleased to see that the Chancellor has taken a step in this direction in his Budget , though it is nowhere near enough . |
| 15 | ‘ Terry Yorath has to take a lot of credit . |
| 16 | It 's clear that ace coach Eddie Futch has taken a shine to him . |
| 17 | On the Friday before his parents death , Christopher Gore had taken a train from Bath — where he was living — to Chippenham station . |
| 18 | The court heard that the child had taken a bottle of Phenol , also known as carbolic acid , while unsupervised , and sipped some . |
| 19 | This time she had been sent for urgently because Nigel had taken a turn for the worse — in fact , had nearly died after his peritonitis operation . |
| 20 | By the time the interval beckoned , Celtic had taken a grip on the game in midfield . |
| 21 | On 11 July Cross had taken a sample of his own tapwater into the local North Cornwall District Council offices and asked for it to be analysed , but the Council refused . |
| 22 | Now the District Council have taken a lot of money off this town , over the market stalls now , for a number of years , and I believe if they 're going to do a scheme like this which has been going on now for over eight years , it should be done all in one go . |
| 23 | EUROPE 's video war has taken a series of bizarre new twists as the European Community 's new rules on imports of video recorders from Japan produce results in the market place that nobody predicted . |
| 24 | Staff Nurse Edna Wilson has taken a diploma in aromatherapy — massage with exotic oils . |
| 25 | Staff Nurse Edna Wilson has taken a diploma in aromatherapy — massage with exotic oils . |
| 26 | THE DREAM of going it alone in business has taken a tumble in the present dodgy financial climate . |
| 27 | The British banger has taken a bit of a grilling today . |
| 28 | As our biggest lender to small businesses NatWest has taken a hammering in the recession . |
| 29 | Edmund Barham 's wooden acting as Carlos would have mattered less if he had been vocally more alluring and if his stilted phrasing had taken a hint from Mark Elder 's conducting . |
| 30 | He kept saying how their fortunes had taken a turn for the better from the moment Alice began playing with the group . |