Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pron] [verb] taken [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harriet was telling me you 'd taken the cottage opposite hers . |
| 2 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me you 'd taken the pearls ? |
| 3 | For there was nothing but mockery there as he scorned loftily , ‘ Do n't tell me you 've taken the cure ? ’ |
| 4 | Mind you I 've taken the precaution of leaving all my nursing manuals at home . |
| 5 | we we 've taken the contract up with the Chad , have n't we ? |
| 6 | Because they were overthrown and the others were taken off into captivity into battle life , and what a life they had , the one of slavery , so at that time because they took no note , because they were destiny instructions to Jehovah for his word and again want to see , they had eyes , but they just did n't want to see it they knew , all the whys and wherefores and what the responsibilities were , but they did n't measure up to them and because of that many of them lost their lives , and if they did n't they were taken into captivity , Jeremiah four , in verse twenty two , again another prophecy sent to them exactly over the same message , the same reasons describes to them as being a , er people that is foolish and of me they have taken no notice Jeremiah four and verse twenty two . |
| 7 | Then when Tsu Ma returns from riding , I 'll tell him you have taken the job , yes ? ’ |
| 8 | On the other hand , the great majority reckoned that they themselves had taken the decision to use a particular type of credit ( regardless of whether or not they had seriously considered any other type too ) . |
| 9 | When he admitted his offence to the SFA , poor Willie told them he had taken the drug to alleviate hay fever . |
| 10 | The matter may also arise indirectly in situations in which the decision-maker belongs to an organisation which initiated the proceeding , but where he himself has taken no part in the decision to prosecute . |
| 11 | You 've probably taken two hours getting the stuff out and then putting it back in again , and if you move it you 've taken a lot longer . |
| 12 | There was no proof that it was he who had taken the necklace . |