Example sentences of "[vb infin] taken [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talbot would have taken long odds that he was cold sober . |
| 2 | He should have taken great pride in having so very much pleased the world with his choice . |
| 3 | He 's a sadistic man — he must have taken great pleasure in working over Joe last night . " |
| 4 | At thirty-one , he remarks to Louise — a parenthesis to a hypothesis — that if he had ever had a son , he would have taken great pleasure in procuring women for him . |
| 5 | Kold will have taken great encouragement from last weekend 's results at Wembley when his Danish players won two of the five titles , as there was undoubtedly some concern in European badminton after the Asians completely dominated the Barcelona finals . |
| 6 | Superintendent Clive Fothergill said : ‘ We would have taken appropriate measures to ensure he could have come and gone like any other team manager . ’ |
| 7 | But to go to and to go to I would have thought would have taken similar lengths of time . |
| 8 | Some may have taken part-time jobs so that they could cope with the increasing demands at home , some may never have worked at all outside the home . |
| 9 | However , the position taken by the Court of Appeal loses much of its force if it can not be assumed that the House would have taken non-certified points of appeal had they been raised . |
| 10 | Almost all freeholders would have taken strong exception to the suggestion that their support had been purchased , and this was as true of those gentlemen who had recently obtained posts for themselves or their sons as it was for those who had been less fortunate . |
| 11 | ‘ . Of course , had the wind been very gusty before , they would already have stopped flying , or they would have taken extra precautions to make sure that there were enough people to prevent an incident . |
| 12 | They 'd been feeding her up ( according to Danielle , they would have taken extra food from the other children ) . |
| 13 | Ace suddenly realized he might have taken other damage . |
| 14 | Users in this group were not known to be taking any drug other than cannabis ( though , like any drug user , they may have taken other drugs without official knowledge of this ) . |
| 15 | But I might have taken other examples . |
| 16 | The risk of the husband dealing with the property in the period between the court order and completion of the conveyance to the wife or lodgment of the transfer to her at HM Land Registry has already been mentioned ( see above p10 ) and practitioners will no doubt have taken protective steps accordingly . |
| 17 | Other businesses may obtain their terms from a trade association or similar organisation , in which case the association may have taken legal advice in the preparation of the terms . |
| 18 | These solutions implied considerable redevelopment in the central , older parts , but it remained unclear as to just what form of renewal was to be adopted either in land use or visual terms , Town planning as an art form may have taken considerable strides in suburban or garden city situations . |
| 19 | If an effective will to de-alienate Northern protestants in their attitudes to the republic existed , and if there had been a real change in the Irish catholic hierarchy 's position on such matters , then they would indeed have taken positive steps to support FitzGerald 's attempt to introduce such constitutional changes . |
| 20 | Although the Shorter Oxford Dictionary says that it means that the person has drunk ‘ intoxicating liquor to an extent which affects steady self-control , ’ it is arguable that the person must have taken intoxicating liquor to excess so that he has lost the power of self control . |
| 21 | It must have taken supernatural greed |
| 22 | Suffolk , who eventually beat Hertfordshire 18–15 to take runners-up spot , would have taken top honours had Clark not pulled off such an immaculate saver . |
| 23 | As an owner you generally know these symptoms or will have taken veterinary advice . |