Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] taken [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others have discovered that if you depress a note behind the slide , the string passes under it enabling it to sound ; but no-one has taken the technique to the extent that this man has . |
| 2 | They immediately brighten , become more animated and are often quite grateful that someone has taken the time to listen to them . |
| 3 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 4 | I 'd taken a year off just before I found out I was pregnant , because I 'd badly needed a break and then I could n't work looking fat . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd taken a band out of the independent scene and guided them and refined them . |
| 6 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
| 7 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
| 8 | I 'd taken a lot , but at the end of the day I only had a set of photographs that everybody else had — a load of people on a march . |
| 9 | I 'd taken a lot , but at the end of the day I only had a set of photographs that everybody else had — a load of people on a march . |
| 10 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 11 | I wish I 'd taken the money now ! finding I was pregnant scared me more than anything , because my sister Vanessa was also pregnant and saying to me , " I 'm pregnant — what am I going to do ? " |
| 12 | But once I 'd taken the plunge and got myself organised , I found it was n't bad at all , and not nearly as difficult as I 'd imagined . ’ |
| 13 | She wanted other children , and by then I 'd taken the decision never to have any more and had a vasectomy . |
| 14 | She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 15 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 16 | I had n't needed to serve her : I 'd taken the tray from Cathy . |
| 17 | I tell ye , I was sorry I 'd taken the trouble . ’ |
| 18 | I rather wish I 'd taken the step earlier . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't find out until after I 'd taken the lease on , but the department store on the corner has taken a lot of our casual trade . ’ |
| 20 | And one of the people I 'd taken an order from , they started pushing . |
| 21 | Had I wanted to do something in astronomy , which I did actually want to do because I 'd taken an interest in it , in fact I would not have thought of this type of molecule . |
| 22 | I had taken no interest in Egyptian politics , but this struck me as a novel view . |
| 23 | This body of mine in which I had taken no pleasure or pride , he was honouring , saying to it , ‘ I love you , I love you , I love you , ’ believing me to be asleep , and I let him go on believing . |
| 24 | I had taken a couple of slices of bread up the tree with me , with the intention of feeding small pieces of pinched flake into their midst to see if they would accept them . |
| 25 | I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house . |
| 26 | I had taken a letter of introduction from my own bench and from the Magistrates Association . |
| 27 | I had taken a package tour to Moscow and Leningrad primarily for the White Nights Festival of the Arts in June — an annual event of Soviet cultural life when the sun hardly sets for a fortnight and old men sit in the public gardens for half the night playing speed-chess . |
| 28 | I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon . |
| 29 | Through the binoculars , I traced the path I had taken the night before when following Victor . |
| 30 | Perhaps the others would blame me for deserting , I thought , but Captain Smollett would be pleased I had taken the Hispaniola , I was sure . |