Example sentences of "taken [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , in the space of three years , the curious puzzle of the shrinking Sun has taken researchers from the studies of dusty old records locked away in the files of the world 's most famous observatory to speculations about the internal workings of the Sun and a grim warning of the possible climatic future that will confront the next generation of human beings on an already overcrowded planet . |
| 2 | Taken X-rays . |
| 3 | They were afraid to ta but if they 'd had that if they 'd told me to provide an extra coach for the Manchester as I was suggesting , Dougie would have come out and taken strips off them for You see . |
| 4 | I can tell you , a few hearts nearly stopped beating just before the scissors cut into the fabric that had taken hours and hours to knit ! |
| 5 | He had lost his watch back in Victorian London and so had no clear idea of time ; it may have taken minutes or hours to get back to the hole in time . |
| 6 | And when she came home she said , Do you know what she said she must have taken ages she said to put that cord through that er beam , she said . |
| 7 | Shaved this Lieutenant Sergeant Major eyebrow off when he was sleeping one night , and he was in front of the , the Colonel Chief and Regional so what he did , he , cos it , it took , taken ages , took about three months to grow back , so what he did was he shaved the other one off as well |
| 8 | I just say that I 'm sorry go on do n't want to be dejective this evening but I mean minutes will be taken notes will be taken points have been raised I think that 's a very valuable point that you 've actually have raised . |
| 9 | You must avoid negative study habits — like telling yourself you 'll begin that essay when you 've taken notes from one more book . |
| 10 | Having taken notes ( in whichever format ) , you must learn how best to use them . |
| 11 | You 've actually taken notes ? |
| 12 | A colleague had been dispatched to the market to enquire about the knives and Marshall had taken notes during a series of interviews . |
| 13 | Normally he would have taken notes , but he knew that Pickerage would be doubly uneasy if he did that . |
| 14 | Maggie had n't even taken notes , and most of Mitch 's shots seemed to be for pleasure . |
| 15 | Crawford explained , ‘ Throughout my acting career , I have always taken notes of myself from directors and from actors . |
| 16 | In the new system , after a registered kidney donor has died , the hospital to which he or she has been taken contacts the nearest computer centre . |
| 17 | The OFT , having taken opinions from various sectors , considered that these particular sections of the Consumer Credit Act had not really been effective . |
| 18 | Hayley I tell you what , have a word with my mother because my mother 's done it for years , always taken tablets , and I reckon this is half her problem now cos she 's got to her old age she 's on the change , and these things have affected her throughout her life now . |
| 19 | With his wife Thecia he had taken houses in Pottergate , Lincoln , on a repairing lease from c .1245–8 , with rights of inheritance . |
| 20 | The Wellington was obliged to ditch in the sea off the North African coast due to technical problems , the General and the crew being taken prisoners by the Italians . |
| 21 | The princess , who seemed relaxed away from the pressures of marriage problems , had taken sons William and Harry to Playscape for an earlier visit . |
| 22 | And , and why have you taken ribbons out of your hair mummy ! with him ! |
| 23 | People who work in special education have taken views at either extreme , and at many points in between . |
| 24 | Times deputy circulation manager Bob Thompson said sales had risen by about 20pc and they had taken readers mainly from The Independent and The Daily Telegraph , as well as expanding the quality newspaper market . |
| 25 | The problem appeared particularly acute in those wells which had taken losses during the workovers — those where a large amount of water had been pumped into the well bore and the productive reservoir to keep the wellbore stable . |
| 26 | Although the merger gave them the chance to start Andy claims they could ‘ never ’ have done it without it — the recession has taken clients and exposure has been ‘ painful ’ on occasions . |
| 27 | It was not hype or cleverly taken pictures designed for ‘ sophisticated ’ audiences , sated daily by instant coverage of war and disaster ; the problem is real enough — and in real terms , it very nearly defies description . |
| 28 | After a group photograph , we proceeded by road again to Plowden , Eaton , Lydham Heath and finally , the old station site at Bishop 's Castle , Ron Mardle having taken pictures at all of the old station sites . |
| 29 | She was a woman photographer , who had taken pictures of that patriarchal World War One world out in France and Flanders . |
| 30 | Roger Cook 's cameraman had mingled with the crowds … and taken pictures of drug dealers . |