Example sentences of "[to-vb] taken a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have liked to have taken a doggy bag to restaurants and collar extras he could n't quite fit in , like garlic bread , crusty granary rolls and After Eights . |
| 2 | Your client is alleged to have taken a conveyance . |
| 3 | There was a pause on the line long enough for Pascoe to have taken a nap . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , she 's usually particular who rides Leopold , but she seems to have taken a shine to the boy . |
| 5 | Since Lemmy 's move to LA , Motorhead 's fortunes seem to have taken a turn for the better . |
| 6 | The playing fortunes of David Campese , on the other hand , seem to have taken a turn for the worse . |
| 7 | She seemed to have taken a turn for the worse , her eyes had gone dull and slitty again with a third kind of lid coming half across . |
| 8 | Nero wants you for the circus , he seems to have taken a fancy to you and was asking about the lanolin — say no more ! |
| 9 | Both people entering unemployment as a result of losing a temporary job and people taking temporary jobs as a way out of unemployment seemed more likely to have taken a number of jobs , to have experienced a number of spells of unemployment , to have had less time in work and more time in unemployment than people becoming unemployed for other reasons , or managing to obtain a permanent job on leaving unemployment . |
| 10 | McFarlane was said to have taken a cake and a Bible on the trip . |
| 11 | Over the past six months or so you appear to have taken a leaf out of the Aquarian book and aired your grievances in such a manner that you now face the possibility of a complete break from the past , which in turn would alter so much you have built up and established over the years . |
| 12 | He must have seen the blaze of fury in Sophie 's eyes , but , ignoring it , he added smilingly , ‘ Fate seems to have taken a hand in our affairs . ’ |