Example sentences of "he [vb -s] taken a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I , I gather he has taken a long weekend , I do n't know where he 's whisked himself off to , but I 'm afraid I wo n't be here , er next week , I do n't know , quite know who will be , but er , Dominic 's taking er , a well needed rest . |
| 2 | ‘ He has taken a marked fancy to you , my dear , ’ pursued the other . |
| 3 | He has taken a marked fancy to my expectations , she might have said . |
| 4 | Although his title , The Rural Muse : Studies in the Peasant Poetry of England ( 1954 ) , implies that he has taken a positive view , he is hardpressed at times to defend the value of the peasant poet : |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mm oh he 's taken a big chunk of the grass . |