Example sentences of "[pron] have taken a [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house . |
| 10 | I had taken a letter of introduction from my own bench and from the Magistrates Association . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've taken a bearing on the monastery and radar station on Mount Elias there . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've taken a stand . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've taken a day off and I 've changed my shift . ’ |
| 18 | No , I 've taken a couple , look . |
| 19 | the first time I 've taken a pill for years and years and she said , my taste and my smell |
| 20 | So what if I 've taken a jazz classic and clubbed it up ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | I 've taken a dislike to the colour . |
| 24 | She felt as if someone had taken a swing at her with a sledgehammer , but did n't fall off her stool . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Apparently someone had taken a piece of wood for the fire . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I have taken a couple more roach to hemp and reckon i have about 14 lb in the net . |
| 29 | I know too that you can never be with me here and for that reason I have taken a decision . |
| 30 | I have taken a stand for freedom against tyranny . |