Example sentences of "[subord] he had taken a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He now earns his living as a lorry driver , so he had taken a week 's holiday to compete at Wembley .
2 He could n't stand the idea of going back to the section-house , so he had taken a series of private lodgings .
3 The Mason came down out of his cart wearing God 's Creation robe because he had taken a fancy to its white ermine collar and the cabalistic sun , moon and stars embroidered front and back .
4 I was terrified that , while he had taken a branch off the piste towards the town , I might now be heading towards Mali , a waterless eight hundred miles away .
5 He had felt the power of his position when he had taken a bottle to the room of any major and propositioned for information on the talk in the mess when he , the KGB 's ears , was not present .
6 It was as though he had taken a drug , not one to make him hallucinate but one to end hallucination .
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