Example sentences of "[pron] have taken [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone has taken out a PP which is contracted out of SERPS , the widow 's pension under SERPS or under the occupational pension scheme to which she belonged previously will be replaced by an annuity bought out of the fund of contributions built up so far . |
| 2 | So the decision was made for me , you see , it was only afterwards that I saw I had taken quite a step — a leap in the dark , in fact . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've taken up a good deal of your time for no purpose Mr. Preston . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've taken over a local building firm which has unfortunately gone belly-up , ’ Vitor told her , ‘ and included among their assets is a plot of a sizeable number of acres which encompasses your property . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sure you would , landlord , but I 've taken rather a fancy to this ale-house of yours . |
| 6 | I have seen you in the House , and though we have n't met , I have taken rather a fancy to you , and would like if I can to help your career . |
| 7 | The minster leads into the largely undisturbed Georgian town centre , which has taken on a new lease of life under the guidance of the local Civic Society . |
| 8 | Hi-Tech and more sleekly designed kitchens look good with white tiled floors whether ceramic or vinyl , but again you could use cork and vinyl , or composition tiles or even linoleum which has taken on a new lease of life now that people have realised how well it can look inlaid with other colours . |
| 9 | Fürst Franz Thun-Hohenstein remembers : ‘ When the enormous picture arrived packed up , my sisters and I were curious to see and touch something which really came from Decin , from Bohemia , which had taken on a kind of dream-like quality for us ; Decin did live on for us , but was unattainable . |
| 10 | Welcome back : Coming up shortly , the ghostwatchers who 've taken on a whole houseful of spirits . |
| 11 | Yes indeed , I mean many argue that in fact a law was n't required , and that the common law , as it 's developed and grown and , for example , in the Quinlan case , says that the withdrawal of treatment , the withholding of consent to treatment , is entirely lawful ; and some might argue that , by giving a law like this , which is rather narrowly drawn , you 've taken away a lot ; in other words , a doctor will feel , this I can do , but the other I ca n't do . |
| 12 | If you 've taken down a door leading from hall to living room , or kitchen to dining room , you may be lucky and be left with interesting architrave mouldings around doorways , but if they 're plain modern ones , you 'll probably rip them out with the door . |
| 13 | City wisdom suggests that you should n't put all your eggs in one basket , so for most people it is best to consider a single company PEP only after you 've taken out a £6,000 general plan . |
| 14 | He had a lot of sympathy for the girl , she had taken on a lot and was doing it well . |
| 15 | She had taken only a couple of steps when in her haste she missed her footing . |
| 16 | One of Peter Freygood 's friends in Regina was a chap called Geoffrey Byrnes who had taken up a literary job in Chicago in 1935 . |
| 17 | I did , however , recently visit a long-established and normally experienced retailer who had taken on a new member of staff who filled a big sales tank with a mixture of large Heteractis and Stoichactis anemone species . |
| 18 | The ex-wife , who had taken quite a shine to him , kept it reserved . |
| 19 | The cut in mortgage tax relief will not , however , affect elderly people — aged over 65 — who have taken out a mortgage loan as part of a Home Income Plan in order to buy a life annuity . |
| 20 | ‘ You have taken on a great responsibility , ’ the turtle told her . |
| 21 | She 's taken quite a lot off actually . |
| 22 | Appropriately enough for a photo session with one of the fittest men in the world — capable of dancing for hours without a break — we 'd taken over a corner of top London gym , The Peak , at the Hyatt Carlton Tower Hotel . |
| 23 | ‘ We know we have taken on a lifetime 's commitment but I love this boy . |
| 24 | It means we have taken out a major supplier of cannabis in the south of England . ’ |
| 25 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 26 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 27 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 28 | afford a holiday now , I mean now they 've taken on a mortgage |
| 29 | The they 've taken over a place , only temporary but they 're ever so cheap in there ! |
| 30 | Everything around him had taken on a rosy hue and he felt excitement in his guts . |