Example sentences of "had taken a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall tone of noble criticism remained moderate , yet political consciousness had taken a momentous leap since Nicholas 's death . |
| 2 | As I got nearer the Porsche I saw that during the night someone had taken a sharp instrument to the bodywork . |
| 3 | At one time he had taken a mild interest in literature , especially erotic works , but of late it had flagged . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | The fatal injury was a blow to the head , not a very heavy blow but the deceased had taken a substantial amount of alcohol in the hours before he suffered the injury , and the effect of alcohol is to increase the flow of blood to the brain so that , et cetera , et cetera , et cetera . |
| 6 | No force had taken a worse drubbing in the first mad onrush of Plan XVII than the Second Army that had then been under his command ; yet , in the moment of defeat , he had made an astonishing turnabout . |
| 7 | Michael Heseltine , as Secretary of State for the Environment , had taken a strong line on Barlaston , using his powers to carry out emergency repairs for the first time . |
| 8 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
| 9 | It was the first time I had taken a close look at him . |
| 10 | The months of dangerous living had taken a savage toll of his health and he had bad conjunctivitis . |
| 11 | In the third edition of his The Principles of Political Economy ( 1821 ) Ricardo added a chapter on machinery , conceding that Barton ‘ had taken a correct view of some of the effects of an increasing amount of fixed capital on the condition of the labouring classes ’ , but maintaining that there was a , perhaps imperfect , positive relationship between increases in capital and the demand for labour . |
| 12 | When Panama City awakened , and after I had taken a small breakfast of pineapple , café con leche and a hard roll or two , I rented a small white Japanese car , acquired a map from the official cartographers who conduct their business under the curious name of the Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia , and set out to look for Santa Fé , for William — and for the Pacific . |
| 13 | Late in May Andy Norman had taken a small party of athletes to Oslo for a meeting . |
| 14 | Joan had taken a great liking to Alianor Woodville who , during the past restless weeks , had regaled her with colourful tales of the court in earlier days when Henry the Sixth and Edward the Fourth had played turn-and- turn about for the English crown . |
| 15 | He had always found that once you knew where you were wrong , then you had taken a great step towards being right . |
| 16 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 17 | He had taken a great deal of trouble . |
| 18 | It had taken a hundred firemen from three counties to bring the blaze under control , and it destroyed half the British armed forces stock of parachutes.Senior Aircraftman Douglas Bailey had drunk the equivalent of seventeen pints of beer . |
| 19 | But , you see , I had taken a violent dislike to the short man . |
| 20 | Woodmill came back well after Humberside had taken a 2–1 lead with a spectacular goal scored from inside their own half . |
| 21 | One of them gesticulated to us and , using harsh , staccato Russian ( which neither of us understood ) and rather violent stabs into the air , made it very clear that we had taken a dangerous route over the ice and that we were very stupid indeed . |
| 22 | It was the first time he had taken a real look at the premises from the back . |
| 23 | As at Lord 's , it was Logie and Dujon who got the runs , but with Foster taking 5 for 64 they were all out for 183 , the first time England had taken a first-innings lead since the Lord 's game of 1984 . |
| 24 | This was the occasion for further expressions of friendship on the part of the two sovereigns , for Queen Victoria had taken a personal interest in the Empress 's accouchement and had sent Lady Ely , one of her ladies-in-waiting , to be present at the birth . |
| 25 | He had taken a personal interest in them ; there , he said , a little pettishly , Edouard would find room for no complaints . |
| 26 | The Yang brothers had taken a prominent part in quelling the " turmoil " in mid-1989 and presided over a massive programme of political education within the army . |
| 27 | 261 Squadron was indeed tired — it had taken a terrible beating from Müncheberg and his men . |
| 28 | But if this were the case , then the fleas had taken a terrible revenge for the loss of their erstwhile companion through history , their life-support system . |
| 29 | Clearly Auld was of the opinion that the Tyndale incident could have been avoided if the authority had taken a wider view of its role . |
| 30 | The Court of Appeal had taken a similar line in Chelsea Man plc v Vivat Holdings plc ( 1989 ) unreported , Court of Appeal , 24 August . |