Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] taken a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I can only say how much I cherished the " Well done , lad " , from him after I 'd taken a difficult catch in the deep off his bowling .
2 ‘ I know it 's ridiculous , but it felt as if I 'd taken an enormous jump into the dark , that night with you … ’
3 But , you see , I had taken a violent dislike to the short man .
4 It was the first time I had taken a close look at him .
5 When Panama City awakened , and after I had taken a small breakfast of pineapple , café con leche and a hard roll or two , I rented a small white Japanese car , acquired a map from the official cartographers who conduct their business under the curious name of the Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia , and set out to look for Santa Fé , for William — and for the Pacific .
6 ‘ Well , Charles , I 've taken a good look at your latest victim .
7 Yeah erm w what I 've done , I 've measured I 've taken an exact measurement ,
8 As I got nearer the Porsche I saw that during the night someone had taken a sharp instrument to the bodywork .
9 He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House .
10 She said , ‘ I have taken a great risk in coming to see you tonight . ’
11 I have taken a long look at local government finance .
12 I have taken a particular reading of the work of both Lévi-Strauss and Barthes that emphasizes the influence of structuralist linguistics but points to the progression of these writers ' ‘ structuralism ’ away from linguistic analysis .
13 In the course of this chapter I have taken an historical perspective upon the nature of religious belief , looking in particular at writers from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries .
14 A matter which has taken a great deal of time was the proposal before ITAC in relation to future arrangements for the Electronic Distribution of the Crown Court List .
15 We increasingly face a racism which avoids being recognized as such because it is able to link ‘ race ’ with nationhood , patriotism and nationalism , a racism which has taken a necessary distance from crude ideas of biological inferiority and superiority and now seeks to present an imaginary definition of the nation as a unified cultural community .
16 PC Week , which has taken a new interest in Unix since the Novell announcement and will reportedly even grace us with its presence at Uniforum , attacked Microsoft 's NT last week in a pair of front-page stories headlined ‘ NetWare Casts Shadow Over NT . ’
17 A company with similar beginnings to Star but which has taken a different direction is ACT , based in Birmingham .
18 According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up .
19 The watchers were now bellowing encouragement to each of the players in a game which had taken a new turn .
20 The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
21 The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
22 Olshan makes Susan a powerful , smart , sensual woman moving surefootedly through the opulent Westchester County jungle where the Kaplans live : she issues orders to the au pair , knows the Manhattan-Hartsdale train times , and deals honestly with a husband who has taken a sexual vacation from her on the very afternoon of the Rosen drowning .
23 Our Chairman , Richard Newcombe , who has taken a particular interest in the museum , then spoke , welcoming the guests and thanking them for their support .
24 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 .
25 As a result , she has taken a calculated decision to ensure that the royal grandchildren remain — whatever the cost — under her influence .
26 To my surprise , she 'd taken a regular job selling frames and contact lenses and had stuck it and was boss of the shop .
27 ‘ I 'd been asking why she 'd taken a clerical job when she 'd had an art training and she said it was all she could get at first but after a while she 'd managed to wangle this daytime class . ’
28 After the initial wave of guilty surprise , finding that the beautiful girl she 'd seen at the market had been Roman 's younger sister , she 'd taken an immediate liking to Anneliese .
29 I do n't believe it 's just me you 've taken a violent dislike to — ’
30 You 've taken a fair prize there , ’ he said dispassionately , ‘ if he live .
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