Example sentences of "[pron] have taken [art] [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 | It was difficult to make sure I had taken the right things but not too much and I found I could have done with less . |
| 7 | I had taken the Big C to Agincourt . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , Charles , I 've taken a good look at your latest victim . |
| 9 | Yeah erm w what I 've done , I 've measured I 've taken an exact measurement , |
| 10 | ‘ This man is n't the King because I 've taken the real King prisoner and murdered his servant . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've taken the small phial of poison Brampton 's supposed to have used . ’ |
| 12 | Er but er this is the position as it is now and I I 've taken the conservative position as always . |
| 13 | As I got nearer the Porsche I saw that during the night someone had taken a sharp instrument to the bodywork . |
| 14 | He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House . |
| 15 | She said , ‘ I have taken a great risk in coming to see you tonight . ’ |
| 16 | I have taken a long look at local government finance . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Therefore I have taken the different topics in the order that my sources thought appropriate and provided references to at least some of the specific instances of those problems that Howard gave in his text . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | A company with similar beginnings to Star but which has taken a different direction is ACT , based in Birmingham . |
| 24 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 25 | The watchers were now bellowing encouragement to each of the players in a game which had taken a new turn . |
| 26 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 27 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 28 | But there are also groups within these communities which have taken the other route , and adopted the position of a ‘ race apart ’ , investing it with a positive image as a means of asserting the distinctiveness of their own culture and its powers of resistance to the dominant society . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Our Chairman , Richard Newcombe , who has taken a particular interest in the museum , then spoke , welcoming the guests and thanking them for their support . |