Example sentences of "[pron] have taken a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | ‘ I 'd taken a band out of the independent scene and guided them and refined them . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | And one of the people I 'd taken an order from , they started pushing . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house . |
12 | I had taken a letter of introduction from my own bench and from the Magistrates Association . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon . |
15 | But I think they recognise that I 'm not trying to exploit the Broads to line my pocket , and that I 've taken a bit of care . |
16 | ‘ I 've taken a bearing on the monastery and radar station on Mount Elias there . |
17 | I 've taken a look at three big names in DOS word processing — WordStar 7 , WordPerfect 5.1 and Q&A 4 — to see what they have to offer in comparison with their much-hyped Windows brethren . |
18 | ‘ I 've taken a stand . ’ |
19 | ‘ I 've taken a day off and I 've changed my shift . ’ |
20 | No , I 've taken a couple , look . |
21 | the first time I 've taken a pill for years and years and she said , my taste and my smell |
22 | So what if I 've taken a jazz classic and clubbed it up ? |
23 | As a Labour councillor of a rural part of Leicestershire , a very beautiful po part of rural Leicestershire erm I 've taken a straw poll amongst my farming friends and er when I talk about fox hunting they er roll and shrug their shoulders , there 's no problem and if fox hunting is er part of the culling process , they do n't have a problem . |
24 | After booking his place in today 's semi-final as fastest qualifier , McKean said : ‘ I felt totally in command out there , and I 've taken a lot of confidence from that run . ’ |
25 | I 've taken a dislike to the colour . |
26 | ‘ I 've taken an invisibility potion and I 'm just coming back into view . |
27 | She felt as if someone had taken a swing at her with a sledgehammer , but did n't fall off her stool . |
28 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
29 | Apparently someone had taken a piece of wood for the fire . |
30 | At last I found it in the stern of the barge , a hole the size of a man 's fist as if someone had taken a hammer and smashed through the bottom . |