Example sentences of "[pers pn] had taken a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had taken a couple of slices of bread up the tree with me , with the intention of feeding small pieces of pinched flake into their midst to see if they would accept them . |
| 2 | I had taken a letter of introduction from my own bench and from the Magistrates Association . |
| 3 | She had taken a tablet of the drug — one of a group of amphetamine-based substances — on a visit to the Hacienda club in Manchester in July . |
| 4 | She had taken a handful of downers with her whisky around 10 a.m. and had woken up in hospital . |
| 5 | Whether or not horses understand landing procedure ( they do n't smoke or have to cope with seat-belts ) , it occurred to me that we had taken a couple of bites at the cherry on our approach — I could only guess how near we came to dismantling the gateway to India , for there are no windows in those vehicles . |
| 6 | She described liquidators Cork Gully as ‘ corpse snatchers ’ and said it was unfair that they had taken a total of £7.9m in expenses over 10 years . |
| 7 | Then , entering Henry 's land once more , they had taken a couple of fences in good style and returned home in excellent spirits , congratulating each other warmly . |
| 8 | Renewing the emphasis on the unit 's original raison d'etre created by Lord Rayner , the Prime Minister 's first efficiency adviser — the scrutiny programme of efficiency studies — was necessary , Sir Angus said , as ‘ it had taken a bit of a setback ’ . |
| 9 | It had taken a score of masons a score of years to hammer the pitons for all those , hanging from their work as they progressed . |
| 10 | As her mother was fond of saying — it had taken a lot of trouble to get her this far , and this last little step was going to take a deal of organizing as well . |
| 11 | He had taken a sheet of writing paper from the desk and used it to make notes during the meeting . |
| 12 | He had taken a container of 800 barbiturates from his pharmacy and 136 tablets were later recovered . |
| 13 | He had taken a bottle of cough mixture with him but it had n't helped much . |
| 14 | He had taken a sample of blood from the plump flaccid arm , feeling for the vein as carefully as if she could still flinch at the needle 's prick . |
| 15 | He had taken a couple of square inches of rock cocaine from wherever he had hidden his supply and was chopping it with his knife on to Trent 's shaving mirror . |
| 16 | He had taken a couple of tablets of synthesized dope . |
| 17 | He had taken a lot of trouble with his appearance this morning , Briant noticed , his heavy gray hair carefully slicked across his head , his knitted red tie carefully arranged against the collar of his pink shirt . |
| 18 | In his forties it grew worse and he decided to see a specialist When Alan mentioned that he had taken a lot of antibiotics just before the urticaria began , the specialist suggested that he try a diet with no sugar and very little starch . |
| 19 | He had taken a picture of her after that and one of the animal cemetery . |
| 20 | ‘ Next day he packed his bags and I found he had taken a load of my clothes , ’ added Kim . |
| 21 | He could n't stand the idea of going back to the section-house , so he had taken a series of private lodgings . |
| 22 | He had taken a group of talented individuals and moulded them into a superb team , ridding them of their old factions and weaknesses , and showing the disbelievers that black men were every bit as good as white . |
| 23 | " Right then , " he said , when operations were satisfactorily completed and he had taken a swill of ale , " let's not back and fill , let's have everything full and by . " |
| 24 | Just because Comrade Andrew was what he was , did that mean he had taken a vow of celibacy ? |