Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] taken [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My television harangued me to buy endless varieties of insecticide and creature-killer , whereas in Bali it is taboo to move into a new home before the geckos and house-spiders have taken up residence first . |
| 2 | In just three years fish and fishkeeping have taken over reader JAY CHANDLER 'S life . |
| 3 | My father has been buying Margaret a designer wardrobe and escorting her to all the best restaurants and clubs and Suzie has taken up surf-boarding . |
| 4 | We will not find out why unemployment and heroin use are connected , why large groups of young men and women have taken on heroin use for the first time , or how they get the street money , without talking to them . |
| 5 | For the Christian who is living in the shadow of Advent , this life is no longer a ‘ cul-de-sac ’ but a road of hope , because God has taken up residence here . |
| 6 | Whether Branson had taken over Virgin Atlantic or it had overtaken him was difficult to tell . |