Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] taken [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the execution of Xavier de Chavigny , the German High Command had taken over the house and gardens at St-Cloud and used the beautiful late-seventeenth-century mansion to quarter troops . |
| 2 | The vote will be seen as a victory for the local authorities , who put so much pressure on the clubs , and many of the delegates were relieved that the vote had taken away the threat of possible punitive action from their local councils . |
| 3 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 4 | The bomb had taken out the café , and the two floors above it . |
| 5 | Deacon had taken over the head of the formation as the leader 's R/T was not working , and calling a warning to the other pilots , he swung into the attack on one Messerschmitt from the quarter position , breaking away to attack a second similarly , though in neither case did he observe any results . |
| 6 | In Reggio Calabria , where a government commissioner had taken over the city council following the arrest in July of 25 of its 50 members on corruption charges , a further 22 people including three parliamentary deputies were arrested on Sept. 7 . |
| 7 | In Scotland not one local authority had taken up the scheme and only twenty-five councils in England and Wales had responded . |
| 8 | She had come to question him and , as had happened so often , her father had taken over the conversation . |
| 9 | The chanting had taken on the form of animal howls and disgusting collections of words screamed out by the blood-frenzied mob . |
| 10 | Sarah 's voice had taken on the tone of an interrogation . |
| 11 | At once the audience had taken up the song , and drowned the dialogue . |
| 12 | When it reappeared in December , Index had taken over the printing — and Gutenberg 's technology was to rule for the next 12 years . |
| 13 | The Regatta chairman talks about the way hospitality had taken over the regatta course and howm glad they are that it seems to be declining . |
| 14 | Now another siren had taken up the warning . |
| 15 | After the resignation of John St Luce as Finance Minister on Feb. 22 , the Prime Minister had taken on the Finance portfolio himself and presented the 1991 budget to Parliament on March 7 , giving only an outline of the proposals instead of a detailed budget speech . |
| 16 | The couple had taken over the shop six years previously and had achieved a healthy profit through hard work . |
| 17 | The London buses by this time had taken on the look of the more modern style and were being driven by diesel engines , also they were capable of carrying as many as fifty-six passengers . |
| 18 | His face had taken on the expression of imbecile beatitude the religious sometimes adopt . |
| 19 | By 1785 , Mary Gifford of The Swan Inn across the street had taken over the ownership of Charles 's house . |