Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of his attempts to concentrate as much work as possible into his days in London , he still found he had to take a great deal of it back to Shamley Green . |
| 2 | An applicant for a job with a finance company claimed he had taken a lengthy career break which turned out to be a prison term for robbery . |
| 3 | I knew she had taken a fine dose . |
| 4 | Our shares plummeted because the City felt we had taken a great risk . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Did you have to take a whole summer ? ’ she demanded angrily . |
| 7 | As he spoke he began to take a backward step , and for an instant Gentle 's dizzied brain almost thought it possible the man would retreat into nothingness ; be proved spirit rather than substance . |