Example sentences of "[pron] have taken [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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1 | I have taken it a stage further with the inclusion of many groups usually seen as problematic , linking them with more familiar body plans . |
2 | Yeah but they 've tak they 've taken they 've taken it a stage further and er prettied it up and given it another facility . |
3 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
4 | It has taken me a lifetime to learn that lesson . |
5 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
6 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
7 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
8 | It had taken her a long time to get over that . |
9 | It had taken them a while to find the taxi-driver . |
10 | He made me a desk with a roll-top and secret drawers and a matching leather stool ; a huge Tudor doll 's house with leaded windows and roses round the door , filled with hand-carved furniture ; a bow-windowed shop with a sign saying ‘ Lynne 's Store ’ and shelves stocked with dozens of tiny tins of Heinz products — it had taken him a year to cut out all the miniature Heinz logos from magazine adverts , which he had stuck to one-inch lengths of silver-painted dowelling . |
11 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
12 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
13 | It had taken us an hour to walk but had taken the men who drove it thirteen years of drilling and blasting through 748 fathoms of solid rock to build it . |
14 | Very good they are too : it 's taken me a whole month to stop laughing ! |
15 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |
16 | ‘ The Doctor just was n't at his best when St Jovite murdered him in Ireland and it 's taken him a while to get over that . |
17 | He 's taken it a step further too … producing a microchip that carries the individual voice pattern . |