Example sentences of "[conj] taken a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sealed units must have destroyed at lot of the or taken a chunk out of the market . |
| 2 | His damp hair was slicked back as if he 'd recently been for a swim or taken a shower . |
| 3 | A school leaver in 1976 , he had never owned a camera or taken a picture . |
| 4 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 5 | He put the flask on her lap to free both his hands for the cleaning , and before she knew it , she had raised the bottle to her lips and taken a sip . |
| 6 | The moment when Pascoe had sat down and taken a sip of the wine ! |
| 7 | Let down , their elation leaking away , they had decided to give up , and taken a taxi back to Alice 's mother 's house , where Alice made them both coffee and scrambled eggs . |
| 8 | Linley had left the restaurant at 3 p.m. and taken a taxi to Fleet Street , a journey of no more than ten minutes even on a busy Friday afternoon . |
| 9 | Chris and Patrick had caught a train to London and taken a taxi straight to Richie 's flat . |
| 10 | Detective Constable David Hemes told the inquest that Mr Ryder had left his home and gone to his chemist 's shop in Old Town Lane , Formby , and taken a bottle of barbiturates . |
| 11 | The girl had grinned and taken a gulp of iced tea . |
| 12 | They had ignored the seriousness of the news bulletins that night and taken a trip down the Mersey on the Royal Iris to celebrate the finishing of their bedroom , though Mr Chamberlain had told them next day that they were at war with Germany . |
| 13 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 14 | She must 've sneaked into the pantry one day when nobody was looking and taken a bite out of that jelly . |
| 15 | Mr Healey had said he was himself knackered that morning , having returned the previous day , very late , from a seminar in Florence , and taken a dose of the cough mixture Benylin to get to sleep , which he found worked better than Mogadon . |
| 16 | " And taken a knife to them , " Graham said , looking down at Slater 's legs and shrugging his arm free of the light grip which held it . |
| 17 | He gave evidence as to how he and other officers had approached Drew on 22 July and taken a statement . |
| 18 | Wilkinson has battled hard and taken a lot of knocks this season . |
| 19 | And taken a paracetamol overdose . |
| 20 | And they both er wave to the crowds , both sets of players and taken a round of applause as the two captains are out there , and there are plenty of cameras , including video cameras er almost obstructing my view and er I hope that gentleman is er going to take up a rather better position from my point of view because we want to see the er performances of the two teams . |
| 21 | In 1956 he had quit the Voice full-time , settled into writing his weekly column , ‘ The Village Square ’ for the paper , and taken a job with the New York Times travel section . |
| 22 | ‘ We would have taken the same action and taken a prosecution if it had been any other film which had been shown without the consent of the licence-holder . ’ |
| 23 | You could have vanished into a Scotch mist and taken a boat to one of the Western Isles — with all the plate and linen , etc. , etc. — for all I am aware . |
| 24 | Sharpe looked down the high street , half expecting to see French Dragoons galloping into the small village , but it was only the Prince of Orange who had abandoned his carriage and taken a horse from one of his escort . |
| 25 | A MAN died in hospital a week after taken a knock on the head while playing football , a fatal accident inquiry heard yesterday . |