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

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No	Sentence
1	He had taken a sheet of writing paper from the desk and used it to make notes during the meeting .
2	He had taken a container of 800 barbiturates from his pharmacy and 136 tablets were later recovered .
3	He had taken a bottle of cough mixture with him but it had n't helped much .
4	He had taken a sample of blood from the plump flaccid arm , feeling for the vein as carefully as if she could still flinch at the needle 's prick .
5	He had taken a couple of square inches of rock cocaine from wherever he had hidden his supply and was chopping it with his knife on to Trent 's shaving mirror .
6	He had taken a couple of tablets of synthesized dope .
7	He had taken a lot of trouble with his appearance this morning , Briant noticed , his heavy gray hair carefully slicked across his head , his knitted red tie carefully arranged against the collar of his pink shirt .
8	In his forties it grew worse and he decided to see a specialist When Alan mentioned that he had taken a lot of antibiotics just before the urticaria began , the specialist suggested that he try a diet with no sugar and very little starch .
9	He had taken a picture of her after that and one of the animal cemetery .
10	‘ Next day he packed his bags and I found he had taken a load of my clothes , ’ added Kim .
11	He could n't stand the idea of going back to the section-house , so he had taken a series of private lodgings .
12	He had taken a group of talented individuals and moulded them into a superb team , ridding them of their old factions and weaknesses , and showing the disbelievers that black men were every bit as good as white .
13	" Right then , " he said , when operations were satisfactorily completed and he had taken a swill of ale , " let's not back and fill , let's have everything full and by . "
14	Just because Comrade Andrew was what he was , did that mean he had taken a vow of celibacy ?

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