Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [be] taking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ann had been taking an antidepressant for 6 months without much benefit . |
| 2 | After a dress rehearsal for a Symphony Hour show , I suggested , as producer , that in the adagio movement of the main symphonic item the violins had been taking the tempo slightly too fast . |
| 3 | Reuben Boll had been taking the last part of his annual leave . |
| 4 | On Feb. 6 , with the agreement of the authorities in the Georgian autonomous republic of Abkhazia , government troops established control in Sukhumi , where rallies in support of the deposed President had been taking place daily . |
| 5 | Pease had been taking part in a march through the capital , Lima , when the officer shot him at close range with bird shot . |
| 6 | Talks between the government and the ANC had been taking place against a background of mounting violence , particularly in Natal and the townships of the Transvaal , between supporters of the ANC and of Inkatha [ for eventual Mandela-Buthelezi meeting in January 1991 see p. 37951 ] . |
| 7 | Closures of railway lines had been taking place for many years , accelerated by the growing availability of cars in the 1950s . |
| 8 | The Local Plan inquiry had been taking place and the village had made a large input thanks to help from Rear Admiral Charles Weston and Christine Darter , who had devoted time and effort in presenting the parish point of view on many matters . |
| 9 | At the County Ground this morning John Gorman took over the crown as Swindon Town manager … down in London at Stamford Bridge Glenn Hoddle … the man whod abdicated was taking charge of his new kingdom Chelsea … |
| 10 | Mr Butler had been taking a collection-box home when he was attacked on the Tube , kicked in the face , kneed in the stomach , had his head banged against a door and almost strangled . |
| 11 | Eddie Chattaway had been taking part in the tournament for over twenty years before he loosed his winning arrow in 1977 . |
| 12 | These and others were named as Members of the new London Passenger Transport Board in May 1933 , but moves had been taking place behind the scenes from the beginning of the year . |
| 13 | A police surveillance operation had been taking place at the house , though not last night . |
| 14 | Mr Major had been taking private soundings about such a move before Christmas . |
| 15 | The only way this impinged on the message Macmillan had been taking up to the generals in the front-line was that they might now have to prepare even more urgently for military operations to reinforce allied policy . |
| 16 | To Zvi , Wine was an upstart — an interloper who had suddenly appeared in the community a year ago ( real name , Zvi had been told , was Benny Wineberg from Brighton ) , set up as a dentist , and by charging ludicrously low fees had been taking clients from Zvi . |
| 17 | Susan had been taking a few items of clothing from a chest of drawers to a suitcase open on the bed . |
| 18 | Discussions had been taking place since the middle of last week . |
| 19 | On the day she took her overdose , Pamela had been taking her end-of-term examination in Biology and English , but thought that she had done very badly . |
| 20 | Kochen maintained that DEC had been taking a worldwide census of ‘ hundreds of customers ’ recently to ascertain whether OSF/1-on-MIPS was a viable policy . |
| 21 | The worst violence yesterday was in the western city of David where the trial had been taking place since July 6 . |
| 22 | For many months a nurse had been taking care of Mary , described by everyone as a gentle , retiring person . |
| 23 | Since 1955 at Harwell construction had been taking place of ZETA — a 3 metre diameter doughnut shaped vacuum chamber containing deuterium plasma . |
| 24 | Although the British Government ruled out the prospect of the US company buying Austin Rover , within days of it leaking out that talks had been taking place , Bob Lutz , Ford of Europe chairman , said : ‘ I honestly believe it would have been best for Britain . ’ |