Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] have taken [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Next day he packed his bags and I found he had taken a load of my clothes , ’ added Kim .
2 He also claimed he had taken no part in the actual assaults on the victim .
3 He claimed he had taken the measurements of Eclipse during life , and wished to satisfy his curiosity by trying them on the dead subject .
4 But then avowed with a great deal of feeling , ‘ I sorely needed somebody 's help when , with daylight I returned to that hotel and discovered you 'd taken a train back to Mariánské Láznë ! ’
5 I think she thought I had taken the wind out of Rossetti 's sails … .
6 I thought you had taken the cab to Reading . ’
7 ‘ I confess that I thought you 'd taken the boat .
8 Rovers thought they 'd taken the lead when Frazer Digby was forced to save on the line .
9 We knew he 'd taken a survival kit and space blanket on his trip , and that knowledge gave us hope .
10 He later admitted he 'd taken a tablet supplied by another pupil .
11 he said you know what is it and I showed him a piece like , he said oh I he said yes , I said I 've taken the nails out that I did n't see , he said oh I 've got a metal detector here
12 One , Destina Momrosier of Port-au-Prince , said she had taken the boat several times , usually with 500-600 other passengers , but she estimated that as many as 1,500 probably could fit aboard .
13 She wished she had taken a chance and kept Angel , for there was no lessening of the pain that parting with her had caused , and no comfort to be found in Newcastle Place .
14 While some sailors said they had taken an oath to the Soviet Union and would never take another , others said they would serve in any fleet as long as the pay was right .
15 Urbina said they had taken the embassy in protest against President Violeta Chamorro 's policy of allowing left-wing Sandinistas to retain control of the police and army after she had beaten them in elections in 1990. — AP
16 When she got through he said he had taken a train on the spur of the moment and was in Bristol .
17 As we did so he explained he had taken the day off , instead of next Sunday , which would have been part of his free week-end .
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