Example sentences of "have taken [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This too has taken its toll on the traditional freedoms of university life . |
| 2 | He said that he respected the views of his colleagues at SO , but added that they obviously had taken their decision on the information they had , while the SSO was still in the process of getting information from the management about the proposal . |
| 3 | A loss of compression on both cylinders of the Volvo Penta MD7a — plus some very black sump oil — meant that something was happening inside the engine , and certainly 11 years had taken their toll on the paint on the outside of the block . |
| 4 | Later , as the aircraft swooped down over many of the fields that were so familiar to me in my detecting rambles around the countryside , I soon realised that the weather had taken its toll on the cropmarks . |
| 5 | Years of pumping iron have taken their toll on the 45-year-old 's body . |
| 6 | But while injury and age have taken their toll on the others , Kapil , at 33 , is still among the world 's most effective paceman . |
| 7 | Fourteen years of Tory government have taken their toll on the impression , on young people 's impression of trade unions . |