Example sentences of "[pron] has taken the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 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 | My attitude is that if somebody has taken the trouble to write a letter , they deserve a reply . |
| 4 | It is a strange thing continuing to do something by choice which has taken the lives of your close friends … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Meanwhile Central South has been investigating the company which has taken the Harris family to court . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Everyone who has taken the trouble to contact them and to work with them speaks of their high qualities and commitment . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | By the way , there 's someone who has taken the d'Urberville name near The Chase . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | A MAN who has taken the town to his heart since moving to Darlington 12 years ago has double cause for celebration this week . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | Harvey may refuse the usual ‘ women 's role ’ but she has taken the indie scene by storm by writing some starkly troubled sexual vignettes while sounding as if she 's profoundly at ease in her own skin . |
| 19 | She has taken the issues raised in Woman to Woman and produced Entering the Masquerade . |
| 20 | To an astonishing degree , the controversy about him has taken the form of a continuing debate about his private life . |
| 21 | Finally , Ronchey has obviously decided that the warding profession nationally needed smartening up , so he has taken the opportunity of his decree , which by Anglo-Saxon standards is astonishingly dirigiste in its detail , to order that from now onwards warders are to wear summer and winter uniforms ‘ in conformity with suitable models ’ . |
| 22 | He has taken the scalps of the world number two , Stefan Edberg , then the number three , Pete Sampras , on the way to this final . |
| 23 | But Alain , he is so sensitive , he has taken the affair to heart . |
| 24 | Whether he gave the command to open fire in Vilnius and Riga or is cynically refusing to condemn the thuggery of his troops in order to put pressure on the Baltic republics , he has taken the side of order against law , acting in defiance of those republics ' legally elected parliaments . |
| 25 | ‘ He has taken the brunt of the criticism at our ground , but wrongly so . |
| 26 | And the upshot of it is that he has taken the custody of the de Breos lands from the Earl of Cornwall , and bestowed it upon his beloved justiciar . |
| 27 | He has taken the off-scourings of this world , the apostle Paul said , those that were nothing , and he has made them into something . |
| 28 | She said : ‘ Everyone appears to agree it is more sensible to keep this traffic on rail but it has taken the efforts of hundreds of people to get a six-month reprieve . |
| 29 | ‘ It has taken the rise in bottled water drinking to make it practicable to sell it on its own . ’ |
| 30 | Imagine says it has taken the complexity out of authoring by creating a program that constructs sophisticated hypermedia apps without recourse to a scripting language . |