Example sentences of "[pron] has taken [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 matter may also arise indirectly in situations in which the decision-maker belongs to an organisation which initiated the proceeding , but where he himself has taken no part in the decision to prosecute . |
| 4 | My attitude is that if somebody has taken the trouble to write a letter , they deserve a reply . |
| 5 | Until I can do this , the entire complex cascade I have described in the previous section , and which has taken a decade of work to map , might simply turn out to be a consequence of a bad taste in the chick 's mouth and nothing to do with learning and memory at all . |
| 6 | as you know with dint of great effort , got er , the er , scheme off the ground , which has taken a lot of , all of us a lot of hard work , er , and we 're proposing other schemes at Bexford House . |
| 7 | It is a strange thing continuing to do something by choice which has taken the lives of your close friends … |
| 8 | But the problem is that this requires a teacher of genius ; and that a pupil has anyway only a brief time to get through work which has taken the lifetimes of many eminent predecessors : there must always be something artificial about heurism . |
| 9 | We are talking about a spectacular slide in support for Conservatism in Scotland , which has taken the Tories from the high point of being the majority party in Scotland in the mid-1950s to the point today when they are on the edge of extinction as a serious and significant force in Scotland . |
| 10 | Dublin-born master flautist Brian Dunning and ex-Stockton 's Wing bodhran virtuoso Tommy Hayes were soon joined in Portland , Oregon , by Bothy Band founder Micheál O Dhomhnaill , and immediately the stage was set for a musical collaboration which has taken the band all over the world . |
| 11 | For Japan , which has taken the lead in the Cambodian operation , one more act of generosity might ensure the success of its most ambitious post-war venture into international affairs . |
| 12 | Meanwhile Central South has been investigating the company which has taken the Harris family to court . |
| 13 | Almost every conjurer who has taken a parti pris in this field has found himself accused of possessing psychic powers . |
| 14 | We know of a person from Churchstoke who has taken a Video of the remains of the old trackbed , but so far this Video has not been seen . |
| 15 | Mick , who has taken a number of 20 lb pike from Essex waters this winter , travelled further afield from his Basildon home and fished a Predator Baits ' frozen mackerel on 11 lb line and two size 8 barbless trebles . |
| 16 | This reads as follows : If a settlor who has taken a loan from his settlement and has been charged to tax under the legislation repays the loan the tax previously charged is not of course repaid . |
| 17 | If a field officer who has taken a risk and opted to negotiate should subsequently have second thoughts , he may find his evidence has disappeared . |
| 18 | The Tutor is a student of peasant origin who has taken a job teaching the son of a wealthy merchant whose household is spending the summer in their country dacha . |
| 19 | The number and variations of incidents in ‘ Hamlet ’ are primarily all connected with the incident of Hamlet 's hatred and eventual murder of his uncle , who has taken the throne after killing his ( Hamlet 's ) father Even though at times these may seem irrelevant to this theme , all tie in with Hamlet himself . |
| 20 | This is n't sculpture from the gimmicky , pile-of-bricks school as anyone who has taken the trouble to observe how a flock behaves will instantly recognise . |
| 21 | Everyone who has taken the trouble to contact them and to work with them speaks of their high qualities and commitment . |
| 22 | BRUCE DAVIDSON , the United States rider who has taken the world three-day event championship twice but never won Badminton , will try again on last year 's winner , The Irishman II , from May 7-10 . |
| 23 | By the way , there 's someone who has taken the d'Urberville name near The Chase . |
| 24 | A. M. Fairbairn complained that the clergy had become ‘ more professional than social ’ and the Baptist C. F. Aked attacked ‘ the funny little assistant priest , who has taken the place of the old-fashioned curate ’ , the man who says |
| 25 | A MAN who has taken the town to his heart since moving to Darlington 12 years ago has double cause for celebration this week . |
| 26 | Each of you has taken an oath to return a true verdict according to the evidence , but , of course , you have a duty not only as individuals , but collectively . |
| 27 | All right , he is very busy , one could understand a degree of impatience ; but this girl is in a bad way , she has taken a knife to her room , she sees blood before her eyes . |
| 28 | Now listen answer the question I asked you , answer the question I asked you , she has taken a lot of drugs in the past , not Prozac . |
| 29 | On this occasion she is at a posh party , where she has taken a glass of champagne , but only ‘ to be sociable ’ — a motive which in anyone else would have driven Patrick to contemplate another of the umpteen blows he feels like unleashing — when the novelist unleashes one of his phonological jokes , which play on vagaries of pronunciation . |
| 30 | ‘ Barry wants to see how she has taken the race and I do n't think he will make his mind up until next week , ’ said owner-breeder Dick Hollingsworth . |