Example sentences of "[adv] taken [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Marc 's business in the stable must have only taken a minute because he was coming in through the great oak doors even before she reached the foot of the stairs . |
| 2 | It had only taken a glance to recognise the ship 's chandler , the site corroborated by the smell of tarred rope ; the same with Mick 's Bar and Johnson 's store . |
| 3 | Godfrey Carey , for the prosecution , told the jury that the young woman had ‘ only taken a lift from someone in whose hands you could not really expect to be more safe — an officer in uniform ’ . |
| 4 | They had only taken a step or two when they heard a rustle in the leaves , and a sound like someone huffing under a heavy load . |
| 5 | It had only taken a matter of yards for her to acknowledge that her sandals made abysmal hiking boots . |
| 6 | What is even more remarkable against this background is that modern science has now not only taken an interest in the mystical art of the Zodiac , but is actually trying to prove that a person 's stars do have an effect . |
| 7 | Next , the tenor , who was engaged as a stop-gap , is a church singer from Lodi who has never before acted on such a big stage , who has only taken the part of the primo tenore a couple of times , and who moreover was only engaged a week before the performance . |
| 8 | And if they get together neither wants to pay because they have n't done anything , we 've only taken the stuff out and put it back in again . |
| 9 | I have long taken an interest in nineteenth-century history . ’ |
| 10 | Where London has perhaps taken a lead , it has been followed . |
| 11 | The guideline for division of any race is usually when entries reach double the safety factor , but the Dunston have sensibly taken the decision to divide their Maiden even though the original entry of 29 falls one short of this maxim . |
| 12 | Life had suddenly taken a mis-step , and she was completely thrown . |
| 13 | And they had suddenly taken the dullness out of hers . |
| 14 | A predisposition to stress such as that apparently suffered by the accused in the present case might fall foul of this restriction and it may have been for this reason that the Court of Appeal preferred to regard the case as one which might have been disposed of under section 78 had not the trial judge wrongly taken the view that that section also requires some misconduct on the part of the police . |
| 15 | He has obviously taken the Echo 's Fun Fortnight very seriously indeed … perhaps a little too seriously . |
| 16 | He had headed for Berka Satellite field , whose commandant had obviously taken the lesson of previous raids to heart . |
| 17 | Now presumably somebody in government or Whitehall has just taken a decision to , to go for it all in one year , I do n't know why , I , I do n't suppose we 're told why , but the , the consequence of the decision is actually going to be that people in Shropshire , our clients and social services are going to pay for that decision , either through paying charges for services that they now get for nothing , or by getting less services , er , and this does n't seem to be in line with the government 's stated aim of , of targeting money where it 's most needed . |
| 18 | She had just taken a mouthful of the rather sour wormwood-flavoured wine when Anthony came breezily into the room . |
| 19 | And he goes on to reveal in the letter that he had just taken a day off ‘ work ’ to watch a Tennessee high school football game with Ginger Alden , the 20-year-old Tennessee beauty queen who bore a startling resemblance to his mother and whom he called ‘ little Gladys ’ . |
| 20 | I know what I 've got the find , oh god it 's alright , I 've just taken a look in here it 's like a bomb ! |
| 21 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 22 | you 've just taken a knock you did n't get the job , it 's not to say a job wo n't come up again now what you gon na do give up or keep trying ? |
| 23 | He had just taken a call when Maggie arrived to eat . |
| 24 | I have just taken a cone of machine washable wool from my shelf , it is sold as ‘ four-ply ’ . |
| 25 | Yanto had just taken a swig of cider , and instantly sprayed a dozen regulars as the uncontrollable spasm of laughter erupted . |
| 26 | ‘ He might have just taken a walk and got lost , ’ said Pascoe without conviction . |
| 27 | Mrs Popple had just taken a bath . |
| 28 | Erm , the carol festivals are on and there 's one at Thaxted , which might be quite nice , actually , erm it 's on the same page , the previous column And someone 's just taken a driving test at ninety one . |
| 29 | And she was saying , cos her friend works in a bank and she 's just taken a mortgage on because they get so much knocked off their mortgage do n't they , if you work in a |
| 30 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |