Example sentences of "[verb] taken [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has taken me all this time to get to the position where I can call people up on the phone go out to dinner or to the cinema . |
| 2 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 3 | It has taken him all these years to understand the implications . |
| 4 | The laibon wants it understood that it has taken him some time to trace the trouble back to this incident . |
| 5 | It was an extraordinary development in an extraordinary saga and striker Gary Bull said : ‘ This has taken us all by surprise , although nothing comes as a shock at Barnet anymore . |
| 6 | Sensibly the 18-year-old Glengormley rider has taken it all in his youthful stride and will contest the final round in Italy . |
| 7 | Then , as if to prove she 'd taken it all down her gullet , she opened her mouth wide for his inspection . |
| 8 | Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint . |
| 9 | ‘ I mean that it might have taken me some time to see through your ‘ innocent abroad ’ act . |
| 10 | There is no doubt that if CCs had been on offer at the time , Bruin would probably have taken them all . |
| 11 | She supposed Elder Seth must have taken them all with him when he left in his motorwagon train . |
| 12 | It would have taken him all day even if they 'd had enough tarmac in the back of the pickup ! |
| 13 | ‘ So what did you do after that — it ca n't have taken you all day ? ’ |
| 14 | Oh do n't worry about it now , all the plastic things then put put on that blue leaflet for now and then when you 've taken them all off you can put them in the bin . |
| 15 | It had taken her all this time to put her life back together , and now it looked as if it might be turned completely upside down again , and all because of Julius ! |
| 16 | She felt her contribution to the discussion had been negligible ; it had taken her all her patience just to keep her temper . |
| 17 | On a week 's package holiday at the time , the first break she had been able to afford since leaving drama school , it had taken her all of five minutes to make up her mind to stay . |
| 18 | The tension and frustration that had built up in the claustrophobic atmosphere of their life in Northumberland had finally spilt over when Louise had taken them both to the West End to buy the birthday dress . |
| 19 | Why it had taken him all day to travel thirty odd miles was not explained . |
| 20 | Petiver also bequeathed his own collection to Sloane and it had taken him many years to bring all this material into an orderly array . |
| 21 | Mungo had been so unnerved by the feather and the peculiar note that it had taken him several moments to decide on the next move ; not the next major move in his life , but literally the act of moving an arm or a leg . |
| 22 | And a slight slip you know , had taken him half a thou over the bore . |
| 23 | It had taken him half an hour to get his hands and nails clean , using white spirit and a nailbrush as well as soap and water . |
| 24 | She had taken it all for granted for so long , her creature comforts had been assured and she had not given a moment 's thought to how they were provided . |
| 25 | Never have I been so reviled , never , and I have taken it all , knowing him to be old and alone , and I … ’ |
| 26 | Kevin and Tony have taken it all beyond the slopes and use similar methods , often combined with the skiing experience and teaching languages . |
| 27 | I have taken it enough times from Steve . |
| 28 | I 've eventually got there — but it 's taken me all these years , ’ she says . |
| 29 | Nine minutes it 's taken him this evening , no more — almost as fast as me . |
| 30 | I do n't think so when I went to let him in he 'd pulled himself up round the patio and looked as though he expected to be walloped for being silly he 's taken us this morning . |