Example sentences of "[conj] he had taken a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his forties it grew worse and he decided to see a specialist When Alan mentioned that he had taken a lot of antibiotics just before the urticaria began , the specialist suggested that he try a diet with no sugar and very little starch . |
| 2 | He now earns his living as a lorry driver , so he had taken a week 's holiday to compete at Wembley . |
| 3 | He could n't stand the idea of going back to the section-house , so he had taken a series of private lodgings . |
| 4 | " Right then , " he said , when operations were satisfactorily completed and he had taken a swill of ale , " let's not back and fill , let's have everything full and by . " |
| 5 | She had snipped , and he had taken a lock . |
| 6 | In a moment the paper was back in its folder , and he had taken a step away from her . |
| 7 | The Mason came down out of his cart wearing God 's Creation robe because he had taken a fancy to its white ermine collar and the cabalistic sun , moon and stars embroidered front and back . |
| 8 | I was terrified that , while he had taken a branch off the piste towards the town , I might now be heading towards Mali , a waterless eight hundred miles away . |
| 9 | He had felt the power of his position when he had taken a bottle to the room of any major and propositioned for information on the talk in the mess when he , the KGB 's ears , was not present . |
| 10 | It was as though he had taken a drug , not one to make him hallucinate but one to end hallucination . |