Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thoughtlessly , grandly , I had then taken a fallen branch and lopped the top leaves off some innocent plant like a child . |
| 2 | I 've already taken a considerable risk by telling you this much . |
| 3 | It it 's a part of the county council I 've always taken a considerable interest in , and I support them in all their efforts . |
| 4 | I have just taken a long , stiff drink . |
| 5 | I am not pregnant , I have not taken a hallucinatory drug , and I have never killed anyone . |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Funnell thought it better not to call him because you 'd only taken a small dose . |
| 7 | She had even taken a small part at a provincial theatre until pregnancy again intervened , and had found that she was not forgotten , that Dinah Asshe could become Dinah Arkwright and be the same woman . |
| 8 | In the summer of 1921 she moved permanently to Ireland , in which country 's affairs she had always taken a keen interest . |
| 9 | She had always taken a long time over her toilet : a review of her clothes ; a long-drawn-out bath ; massage ; manicure ; then her hair and make-up . |
| 10 | We have just taken a quick overall look at the situation , one that I hope will enable the reader to form a clear picture of the scope of the French nuclear programme and the unique way in which we implemented it . |
| 11 | They 've always taken a special interest in Sefton because of the bomb blast . |
| 12 | In recent years , after an earlier period of reaction , most of the leading German theologians have been post-Barthian in the sense that while they have departed from him in various ways , they have nevertheless taken a basic orientation from him . |
| 13 | What we can say is that where pollution control has been attempted it has usually taken a crude and simple form . |
| 14 | ‘ It has certainly taken a great deal of time for myself and the other ten or so members of our committee . |
| 15 | He had also taken a new Japanese product called Musachi , to replace the proteins lost through training and competitions — after getting the approval of team doctor Malcolm Brown . |
| 16 | He had already taken a major decision : he would stay in Vienna . |
| 17 | But as I say , he unselfishly insisted that he should not be given a place on any scheme in which he had n't taken a personal part . |
| 18 | He had always taken a strong interest in his students but , compared with Camberwell and Central , the College , having more pretensions , had a social side that created greater togetherness . |
| 19 | It was one of his few boasts that he had never taken an academic examination in his life . |