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 . |