Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] taken a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Egyptian had taken a chance , and it had paid off . |
| 2 | . I hardly dare say this in this context , but if we well now the Council has taken a decision to close this elderly person 's home , there is actually a logic to it , which I 'd like to talk about . |
| 3 | The following lists other areas in which the Council has taken a lead and , to varying degrees , also involves local authority land . |
| 4 | I am pleased to see that the Chancellor has taken a step in this direction in his Budget , though it is nowhere near enough . |
| 5 | The court heard that the child had taken a bottle of Phenol , also known as carbolic acid , while unsupervised , and sipped some . |
| 6 | The Institute has taken a leaf out of CIMA 's book and joined Opportunity 2000 , the business-led initiative launched by John Major , which aims to put more women into top management jobs by the beginning of the next century ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1991 , p 15 ) . |
| 7 | Cath Thompson , from the Traveller 's Rest , Cockerton , said the meeting had taken a step forward as Inntrepreneur had agreed to negotiate rents . |
| 8 | Closer to home the constant noise through the night has taken a lot of people in Abingdon by surprise . |
| 9 | Members of the European Commission [ EC ] have reached an agreement to control and reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and the UK has taken a step towards this with new legislation governing all industrial processes [ See page 5 ] . |
| 10 | That was when the terror had taken a grip on her . |
| 11 | Therefore the Commission has taken a number of actions to attempt to minimise its occurrence . |
| 12 | But the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , who once lived in the colony , said the governor had taken a series of moves which were supported in the territory and should be supported in Britain . |
| 13 | The paper had taken a day to produce . |
| 14 | When the traitor scum , the creatures of the Al Daawa al Islamiya , last tried to assassinate the Chairman , six of the Guard had been killed , the Colonel had taken a bullet to the stomach , but the Chairman had survived untouched . |
| 15 | The Government have taken a stand on the right principles , and when my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister goes to Maastricht to uphold them , he will have the overwhelming support of the House and the country , whatever the outcome of the summit . |
| 16 | of that fund was paid in by the Government , but now the Government have taken a holiday . |
| 17 | The Government have taken a number of steps to promote the provision of affordable homes for exactly the people whom the hon. Gentleman mentions . |
| 18 | While making it easier for people to build up considerable capital assets , and to pass these on intact , the Government has taken a number of measures that have allowed many people to acquire capital assets for the first time . |
| 19 | Well , they would have showed a wider picture of the actual picture , and apparently they take , co , the photographers had taken a baby away from it 's mother he 's standing in the middle of a desert , and there 's a picture of them with a baby and all these photographers photographing it ! |
| 20 | The youth has taken a year off from his studies at Edinburgh University to fight his trial . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't find out until after I 'd taken the lease on , but the department store on the corner has taken a lot of our casual trade . ’ |
| 22 | God knows why but the cardinal had taken a liking to them and decreed that no one should harm them . |
| 23 | The Spaniard had taken a shine to Angela . |
| 24 | The company has taken a £47m hit above the line and another £23m below . |
| 25 | Before that all the students had taken a course which qualified them to teach children for their first five years in school . |
| 26 | The School has taken a number of steps to maintain these numbers by continual monitoring and updating the programmes it offers ; the Financial Studies degrees have recently been re-structured to make them more attractive to students wishing to enter the financial services industry ; Mathematics continues to expand the portfolio of the degree combination it offers . |
| 27 | The tiles had taken a month to arrive , and if a replacement batch was required it would mean her hanging fire on the commission for another four weeks . |
| 28 | But it 's the war , ’ she added without guile , and because the chief had taken a liking to the woman with the thick Liverpool accent who met her gaze without flinching , she told them to cut along to the galley ; if they were lucky they might just make standeasy . |
| 29 | Now the weather has taken a turn for the worse we realise we need to heat it . |
| 30 | The preacher had taken a girl out to kill her , but had made of her a weapon which could be used against him . |