Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] taken [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Charles took Corsica and Sardinia , he drove out Saracens who had taken these islands , in tum , from the East Romans . |
| 2 | Friends then , the three of us — me sitting in the back of the old Countryman as it rattled along , Edward at the wheel singing Verdi as though he 'd just found the key to the Hermetic Mystery if not that of the aria he 'd chosen , while Laura , who had taken some persuading , groaned and laughed beside him . |
| 3 | That position had been urged in amicus briefs filed by the French Republic and ( less emphatically ) by the Federal Republic of Germany , although the petitioners who had taken this position in the lower courts did not maintain it in the Supreme Court . |
| 4 | When I returned to Washington and told this story , I received several accounts of severe reactions , including psychosis , among healthy individuals who had taken this drug . |
| 5 | And it was as he turned from her , that jewel box in his hand , that he suddenly knew who had taken those jewels , and his anger carried him away from Charity 's pain and her need . |