Example sentences of "[noun prp] was taking the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Aldington was taking the witness stand on the third day of his libel action against the historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy and Nigel Watts , a property developer , who circulated a pamphlet describing him as responsible for repatriating 70,000 Yugoslavs and Russian Cossacks to be massacred by the communists in 1945 . |
| 2 | Observers believed that Alia was taking the opportunity of the embassy sit-ins to strengthen the hand of the reformers in the party and government . |
| 3 | While Karpov was taking the difficult road to a draw , Speelman and Timman were trying hard to beat each other . |
| 4 | They were all minors and Joseph was taking the normal step to protect their interests , for if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband . |
| 5 | ENVIRONMENT Minister Sir George Young was taking the wheel of a JCB digger to launch work on a new £6 million wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Nottingham today . |
| 6 | McAllister was taking the piss with little flicks and turns . |
| 7 | It was early morning and Sara was taking the first typing session of the day . |
| 8 | It is true that Europe was taking the bulk of British exports in part because of the fall-off in sales to the United States , which was entering a period of recession , but the importance of her sales within Europe was self-evident . |
| 9 | Charles was taking the job a long way from the safe arena of charitable patronage and ribbon-cutting and into politically dangerous areas , where constitutionally , he ought not to be . |
| 10 | And , as Mr Chapman thought , Kookai was taking the long-term view . |
| 11 | Morag was taking the old hat to the bucket when Grandad walked in the door . |
| 12 | In his classroom , Mr Trotter was taking the role . |
| 13 | As the opening production was Gypsy Baron , where Ingrid was taking the lead and Therese had to play the role of an eighteen-year-old village maiden , it was n't hard to guess what most of the jokes were about . |
| 14 | And the reason being is that somebody thought that John was taking the work without having to take people , which he ca n't do . |