Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [been] take [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All he had was the certainty that whatever steps had been taken that day had led them in one direction only . |
| 2 | The photograph had been taken some years ago at a GLC panto . |
| 3 | In the past , the orthodox approach had been to take these literally , while the rationalists had dismissed them as arbitrary fiction . |
| 4 | Yet at 1130 hrs that morning a Corps Commander 's Conference had been held at 5 Corps HQ [ Kp 217 ] at which one of the main topics discussed had been " the Evacuation of the Cossacks to the Russians " and under this heading the decision had been taken that : " Divs will be prepared to shoot at Cossacks to enforce the evacuation plan . " |
| 5 | If a listeners ' poll had been taken that evening I believe we would have rated 100% listenership . |