Example sentences of "[vb past] take [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , Oh , I took the dog for a walk last tonight , and there 's some skid marks down the end of Crouch Road the there 's the and then they 'd taken half the road out and you can see someone 's done a wheely , and they 've gone in and done like this business and shot off ! |
| 2 | ‘ All boxers were weighed in , but because there was no chance of getting through a 28bout programme at a workmen 's club in one night , we decided to take half the bouts to another venue two nights later . |
| 3 | It did n't matter that it had taken such a long time . |
| 4 | It was many years since the Deputy Under Secretary had taken such a holiday ; his previous inclination would have been — towards fishing the west country salmon rivers or stalking the Scottish moors . |
| 5 | We shared a laugh at the strange goings on inside , finding it hard to understand why life had taken such a bizarre turn for John and us all . |
| 6 | The old oak girders had taken such a clouting |
| 7 | The Direktor had taken such a chance on her . |
| 8 | ‘ People were coming into the shop saying they could n't understand why I had taken such an attitude . ’ |
| 9 | It had been a relief to reach camp but had taken all the will-power I could summon to put up the tent and cook a meal . |
| 10 | In awarding penalties for failure to comply with precepts issued under s 51 , TMA 1970 , the General Commissioners had taken all the relevant circumstances into account and the Court would not vary the amounts determined , according to the Chancery Division in Delapage Ltd v Highbury General Commissioners and IRC [ 1992 ] STI 205 . |
| 11 | His mother had taken all the family jewellery with her . |
| 12 | Then one of my sons went down into the village to see if the army had left , He came back to tell us that they had destroyed everything , that they had taken all the maize , all the cows and had burnt every house in sight . |
| 13 | Before Nicola Hammond had gone for her walk with Gunter Schmidt , she had taken all the money in her wallet and lined her bra with it . |
| 14 | Nora 's virtual command , reinforced by her petulant departure , had no bearing — except that she had taken all the pleasure out of it for him . |
| 15 | At Maidstone , where the company had moved from Reading , a maid-servant had seen Drew frantically trying to remove a stain from his jacket ; the operation had taken half an hour . |
| 16 | It had taken half an hour , the inside of his head fitting loosely , like a drawer in an old chest . |
| 17 | When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste . |
| 18 | We had to take all the gear up in a hoist . |
| 19 | She had to take all the money in his wallet , she explained , because her ‘ business manager ’ would beat her up if she did n't turn in the profits . |
| 20 | Nisbet , the 25-year-old full-back , refused to take all the credit on the strength of his contribution to the victory over the Belgians . |