Example sentences of "[pers pn] have take [art] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
| 2 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 3 | I had n't needed to serve her : I 'd taken the tray from Cathy . |
| 4 | And one of the people I 'd taken an order from , they started pushing . |
| 5 | It was only a four-seater plane , though , and in the end there was n't enough room for me , so I had to take a bus from Birmingham up to Dundee . |
| 6 | I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon . |
| 7 | I have taken no pay from the United States . |
| 8 | So many of you enjoy Dr. D 's column ( we have taken an extract from his latest book this month , page 176 ) that we photographed him at home with his new wife , TV presenter and novelist , Christine Webber , page 8 . |
| 9 | They had taken the area from the rebels and were defending it on the orders of General Kopyion . |
| 10 | They have taken a selection from their Cordillera , Appalachian , and Outback lines , adapted the harness to suit a women 's figure and called them the Nanda Devi range . |
| 11 | The more the hybridizing and crossing back and forth has concentrated on the spectacular , the further it has taken the plants from the vigour of their natural origins , and the less resistant many have become to pest and disease . |
| 12 | Before she realised what he was intending he 'd taken the crutch from her and propped it out of reach . |
| 13 | With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board . |
| 14 | He had taken a book from the shelves at random but , for the last ten minutes , had n't even bothered to turn the page . |
| 15 | The officer was duly fetched in and asked whether or not he had taken a statement from Wells . |
| 16 | He had taken the knife from Molassi 's body and was studying its bloody tip with interest when the Doctor entered . |
| 17 | But he had taken the package from her , and somehow , in the process , drawn her towards him . |
| 18 | In a similar rally in Belfast in April he had taken the salute from over 100,000 Protestants in military formation . |