Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] taken [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently someone had taken a piece of wood for the fire . |
| 2 | the pink bits the bit that fits onto ridge , they 've got three screws in each piece but they only need two to hold them , so I 've taken the centre one out of each one and used it to do the |
| 3 | Ellwood wondered how the search for Tessa was going and how long it had taken the Department to close the story down . |
| 4 | Obviously he had taken the opportunity whilst in the station of running through her statement . |
| 5 | So he 'd taken an upstairs room and divided it into six spaces , figuring he could charge £1.50 an hour for each of them and really coin it in . |
| 6 | So it 's taken an hour just to drop her off , Get parked and get in here . |
| 7 | But once I 'd taken the plunge and got myself organised , I found it was n't bad at all , and not nearly as difficult as I 'd imagined . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Just over five minutes later she had taken the tablet and Felipe was pouring her a cup of tea , and Maggie looked at him in amusement . |
| 10 | It 's er , they ought to have , they 'll ha , have to it wants now I 've taken the screw out of the sinks that has got ta be put back . |
| 11 | Now they 've taken a plunge into the dive computer market and the outcome is the DataMax Sport . |
| 12 | I was being suppressed by Central Authorities for so long , but now they 've taken the lid off . |
| 13 | The aliens have stolen the key ; and now they 've taken the spaceship . |
| 14 | He 's taken things off the floor and now he 's taken the floor up . |
| 15 | Well you 've taken the colour out there obviously in photocopying it but you 've also got to be crafty and think of things like that as well . |
| 16 | But , as today he had taken the precaution of restraining his crowning glory within a Mothercare bag , he scratched his nose instead . |
| 17 | He was known for a devout man , the lord of Parfois , a patron of pilgrims and collector of relics , and long ago he had taken the cross ; when he wanted to blaspheme he turned to his classical education and its multiple gods , and loosed his barbs at them . |
| 18 | She wanted other children , and by then I 'd taken the decision never to have any more and had a vasectomy . |
| 19 | Even then she had taken the initiative . |
| 20 | He 'd daubed a rock with paint and used the tell-tale splashes to correct a slight right-hand drift , and then he 'd taken a rasp to the elaborate Monte Carlo grip , reshaping the stock to approximate to the military form on which he 'd been trained and binding it with tape when it was as he wanted . |
| 21 | Maybe he 'd taken a course in French film as a way of learning how to pick up girls . |
| 22 | Again we have taken a lead . |
| 23 | He knew that Martin had seen him and yet he had taken no notice of him . |