Example sentences of "[noun prp] have taken [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , Mr Lawson has taken pride in the fact that recorded inflation is coming down , which makes it difficult to explain to — say — the Tory party conference why interest rates have to follow the Germans up . |
| 2 | It is the first time ICI has taken part in such an event , attracted by the sponsors — The Sunday Times — and distinguished patrons , including Sir David Attenborough , Sir John Harvey-Jones , Jonathan Porritt , Bill Oddie and Spike Milligan . |
| 3 | The extended partnership of business , local education service , university and polytechnic , in Sheffield has taken ownership of the Sheffield Record of Experience and Achievement . |
| 4 | She 's had a hectic Christmas — one long round of shopping , cleaning and cooking for the entire family , including Malc 's brother and his wife and his mother , who has become confused and forgetful since Dad 's death and Lynda has taken care of her with selfless dedication . |
| 5 | In recent years , Mr Foyt has taken things a bit easier , skipping some races and training a racing team of younger drivers . |
| 6 | Spain 's Alcatel Sesa SA has taken control of two Polish companies , PZT Telkom , which employs 640 people in Warsaw , and Teletra , which has about 1,300 employees making public telephone exchanges ; Alcatel Sesa said it would guarantee jobs for 1,650 people at the two firms for the next 18 months and committed itself to increasing the capital of the two companies by another $25m within a year ; it plans to start manufacturing the Alcatel 1000 S-12 exchange in Poland , where it says it has already built eight digital exchanges in Poland with a $60m credit that was put up by the Spanish government . |
| 7 | The LDDC has taken control of the Docklands Light Railway from London Underground and has made some progress . |
| 8 | But now that Gharr had taken Mala away — and had probably been enjoying her , as he 'd quaintly put it — I 'd began to see that I really had no choice . |
| 9 | By 1989–90 , all LEAs had taken part in TVEI programmes as part of the pilot scheme , and the national scheme had extended to 67% of LEAs and 55% of schools and colleges , with 30% of the age group taking part ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 6.8 ) . |
| 10 | Fields privately resented the way in which Branson had taken responsibility for the purchase of the first Virgin aircraft ; while Branson , for his part , grew increasingly alarmed at the way in which his new partner appeared to be running the rest of the company . |
| 11 | A flock of chattering sparrows came over the Cages , landed on the grass by the litter bin where Woil had taken stance , and then twittered off again over the tigers ' cages . |
| 12 | A Home Office spokesman yesterday denied that any such incident involving Courtney had taken place at the prison . |
| 13 | Tilda had taken Heinrich below , and put a saucepan of milk on the gas for his coffee . |
| 14 | On May 10 demonstrators gathered in front of the KGB headquarters , where Nabiyev had taken refuge , and where negotiations were taking place between the government and opposition groups . |
| 15 | TWENTY-NINE students and staff from the Lycée Victor Grignard in Cherbourg have taken part in the third annual exchange with Alton College . |
| 16 | The General Synod of the Church of England votes on the matter next week , but already the Bishop of Chester has taken action to head off a split in his church . |
| 17 | Royle added : ‘ Olney has taken time to settle in but he is full of running and he is now doing okay . |
| 18 | ‘ And the odd thing is that of all the people who complained to you after that sermon that they 'd never been to Rome only Sister Dew has taken advantage of this opportunity to go there . ’ |
| 19 | Nicholson had taken LSD , but he had first done so , he said , as a quest — an adventurous actor seeking experiences to file away for the future . |
| 20 | Curtis had taken advantage of it and put an azalea on the table in the passage , a yellow one with a pungent scent . |
| 21 | Manjiku had taken Mr Anthony 's first wife , the island wife , the one that died by drowning . |
| 22 | The concept of personal salvation was not new to Rome since the cults of Isis and Dionysus had taken root in the city in the early first century . |
| 23 | As a cadet Eva had taken Colossians 1 verse 18 as her special verse : " That in all things Christ might have the pre-eminence . " |
| 24 | Then comes Phaleron , and the best harbour of all , the three-bayed Piraeus , safe to use only after Athens had taken Salamis , opposite , from Megara in the days of Solon . |
| 25 | It was on this issue that his controversy with R. J. Campbell , then minister of the City Temple in London , centred ; many had accepted the views to which Forsyth had taken exception . |
| 26 | However , the waiter in the Piazza del Campo had taken Hugh 's camera off their table and was waving to them to sit closer . |
| 27 | Mr Heath had taken Britain into the European Community . |
| 28 | He 'd been exactly the same once before when he 'd found out that Pete had seen Last Tango in Paris ( ‘ Yeah , but what did they actually do ? ’ ) and now , as then , Pete had taken care to fine-tune Ted 's frustration to the point of obsession . |
| 29 | When Alexei had taken Mubarak 's sword , he nodded to Yuan . |
| 30 | If Talkin Loud has been criticised in the past for not saying much at all , then the fact that storming releases in 1992 from the Young Disciples and Tammy Payne have taken months to see record shop racks has n't helped . |