Example sentences of "he had taken a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had taken a great deal of trouble . |
| 2 | The uppers had come completely away from the soles of the toes and the treads had been worn so smooth he had taken a hot knife to them in an attempt at a retread ! |
| 3 | It was the first time he had taken a real look at the premises from the back . |
| 4 | At one time he had taken a mild interest in literature , especially erotic works , but of late it had flagged . |
| 5 | He had taken a personal interest in them ; there , he said , a little pettishly , Edouard would find room for no complaints . |
| 6 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
| 7 | An applicant for a job with a finance company claimed he had taken a lengthy career break which turned out to be a prison term for robbery . |
| 8 | It was where he had taken a vivacious Puerto Rican paediatrician , Carmen Rodriguez , on their first date . |
| 9 | ‘ Sit down , ’ said Stone , after he had taken a large mouthful of the whisky . |
| 10 | I also spoke to the chief investigator of the Senate committee , who said that he had taken a large amount of information about this to the first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington , but the British government had hampered any further investigation . |
| 11 | Smith said that he had taken a pre-match risk only where the fitness of Andy Goram was concerned . |
| 12 | He had intended to head back to the funicolare station but perhaps he had taken a wrong turning somewhere in his hurry to get away from Maidstone 's apartment . |
| 13 | After being pulled over , John sheepishly explained that he had taken a wrong turning for his home in Gosforth , Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 14 | In September of that year , he had taken a high line with Henry VIII , letting him trundle up to York only to gaze north at an empty road , for James , probably at the persuasion of his council , failed to keep his appointment with the English king . |
| 15 | He had taken a deliberate risk with his own life . |