Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] have taken [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And they 've taken the free kick quickly and tried to take full advantage of the situation and the referee has said you ca n't do that .
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 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 .
4 The feminists thought the whole structure was rotten , but they had taken a particular dislike to Pilger .
5 But he had taken the great step .
6 But he has taken the unusual step of giving the declaration before the reasons because the tribunal ordered the reinstatement by next Monday .
7 Not only has he been prepared to forgive , but he has taken the brave step , for a unionist , of accepting a seat in the Irish Senate , as token of his Irish identity .
8 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 ) .
9 Lord Hulton had only about thirty suckling cows but it had taken a three-hour rodeo to test them .
10 But it has taken the extraordinary campaign of the Natural Law Party to bring home the sheer size and wealth of the movement , 25 years after it first made headlines .
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