Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] have taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The diocese had found him a housekeeper , a Miss Lambe , who was as small and anxious as a hamster , and who had taken a tiny , remote bedroom as her burrow , and already filled it with crocheted mats and pictures of the Royal Family . |
| 2 | Richard Clutterbuck is a lecturer in Law in our School of Social Sciences at the University , and he 's taken a particular interest into legal aspects of violence in society . |
| 3 | A company with similar beginnings to Star but which has taken a different direction is ACT , based in Birmingham . |
| 4 | You very humbly describe yourself as an absent Pro-Chancellor , but you have taken a considerable interest in this university over the years , and we 've been grateful for it . |
| 5 | The feminists thought the whole structure was rotten , but they had taken a particular dislike to Pilger . |
| 6 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
| 7 | Lord Hulton had only about thirty suckling cows but it had taken a three-hour rodeo to test them . |