Example sentences of "they 've taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the women who have n't bothered with make-up — unless they 've taken superlative care of their complexions — have now got skin that shows the ravages of time . |
| 2 | What Butthole Surfers have done , what made and makes them so crucial , is that they 've taken on the sonic possibilities bequeathed still unexplored and underdeveloped by acid rock but have jettisoned many of the disabling attitudes that originally trammelled that music — sophistication , expertise , the counter-cultural impulse to edify . |
| 3 | Now they 've taken a plunge into the dive computer market and the outcome is the DataMax Sport . |
| 4 | In 1988 , Ruth Barclay teamed up with her niece , Sherrie Bodie , to open Barclay & Bodie which has been so successful they 've taken over the shop next door . |
| 5 | Touche Ross are wasting their time and our money , and we regret that they 've taken this action . ’ |
| 6 | They 've taken revenge on the weavers |
| 7 | They 've taken my man and my job ; let me keep my home . |
| 8 | They 've taken the body over to the Medico-Legal Institute . |
| 9 | They 've taken 130 porters up the Ultar Gorge , and what 's more they 've brought 22,000 feet of Kevlar rope for fixing . ’ |
| 10 | But there have been people so sunk in self-blame they 've taken on the guilt of their firm 's collapse — which really does have to be nonsense . |
| 11 | Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ? |
| 12 | They 've taken some very carefully set-up photographs with a big fucking camera and I suspect — from an aside or two they probably did n't expect me to understand — that these snaps will be the basis for some computer manipulation to see how well I fit the bill . |
| 13 | They 've done it , they 've taken the outside tables away . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm so glad they 've taken away my chains , ’ I told him . |
| 15 | ‘ They 've taken him to Queen Elizabeth Hospital with a suspected broken leg and a few cuts and bruises . |
| 16 | ‘ They 've taken the cork out now . ’ |
| 17 | They 've taken his dabs and examined the mallet , but we left it at that when we knew the Yard had been called in and you were on your way . |
| 18 | Well , Wa Waitrose have taken it , like all the supermarkets , they 've taken it on trial . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's a good boy , he 's done nothing , they 've taken him away , I know he always comes home or sends me word if he 's going to be kept . ’ |
| 20 | They think that I 'm just a mousy old woman , and could n't possibly know what goes on — they 've taken away all confidential work from me and Mr. Lennis treats me as if I were a half-wit . |
| 21 | But when they were originally written erm I think it were f seen as fairly low key but now they 've taken , assumed a much greater importance in terms of them being the actual service specification for the new careers services under the , the employment legislation . |
| 22 | They 've taken a print of Hugo 's Amex , but I do n't somehow think he 's on good personal terms with them , and you know how tight everyone is on expenses , these days . ’ |
| 23 | They 've taken away the master computer file and charged him with , well , we do n't know exactly what but it involves an awful lot of money . |
| 24 | Had a er not the best of starts but they 've taken control of the game for my money o over the last period . |
| 25 | And they 've taken the free kick quickly and tried to take full advantage of the situation and the referee has said you ca n't do that . |
| 26 | ‘ They 've taken all our fingerprints . |
| 27 | That would mean they 've taken something like ten miles at that point . |
| 28 | They 've taken him off to a dry house . |
| 29 | Now I 've seen a lot of people who complain about taking drugs and the side effects they get , when you analyze it , you first of all find they have n't taken it , or they 've taken five other drugs at the same time |
| 30 | Nobody 's who 's died has ever been depressed after they 've taken |