Example sentences of "[verb] taken a [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The youth has taken a year off from his studies at Edinburgh University to fight his trial . |
| 2 | Thomas Cook , the best-known name on the high street , has taken a leaf out of the book of Airtours ( which owns Pickfords ) and has snapped up a 10.3% stake in Owners Abroad , the UK 's second biggest operator . |
| 3 | The Institute has taken a leaf out of CIMA 's book and joined Opportunity 2000 , the business-led initiative launched by John Major , which aims to put more women into top management jobs by the beginning of the next century ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1991 , p 15 ) . |
| 4 | United Airlines and American Airlines I 've been told are n't really all that good to fly with , mate of ours went up to the airport to pick his parents up , they just got back from a holiday in and er they flew and a , on a seven hour journey , where ever it was they come from , they did n't have any food , no food , nothing , what they done is they , they , they 'd taken a container off , but they had n't put a new one on . |
| 5 | I think in truth erm er we 'd taken a weekend off and er to go to Venice , there was a big er art exhibition on and Anne wanted to see that . |
| 6 | He 'd taken a taxi out to Baby Boy 's grave , and then he 'd walked the rest of the way . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd taken a band out of the independent scene and guided them and refined them . |
| 9 | no my wallet and some one handed it in and they 'd taken a fiver out of it , they 'd gone , oh , oh |
| 10 | But then avowed with a great deal of feeling , ‘ I sorely needed somebody 's help when , with daylight I returned to that hotel and discovered you 'd taken a train back to Mariánské Láznë ! ’ |
| 11 | The evidence of whether she would have taken up her place at Norwich in Autumn nineteen eighty seven or would have taken a year off and started in Autumn nineteen eight eight is equivocal . |
| 12 | Over the past six months or so you appear to have taken a leaf out of the Aquarian book and aired your grievances in such a manner that you now face the possibility of a complete break from the past , which in turn would alter so much you have built up and established over the years . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've taken a day off and I 've changed my shift . ’ |
| 14 | Vina , who was Irish champion two years ago , had taken a year off from competition to have a baby last September , and Punchestown was her first major outing this season with Knockdrin . |
| 15 | A wife whose husband had taken a girl out on a number of occasions would tell the counsellor , ‘ This time it 's different — they 've slept together . ’ |
| 16 | The preacher had taken a girl out to kill her , but had made of her a weapon which could be used against him . |
| 17 | He felt as he had in Oxford , the first time he had taken a girl out with a packet of French letters in his wallet . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ’ They all looked at me and suddenly , horror struck me : the two or three policemen normally along there had disappeared — had taken a prisoner along to the station — and there was n't another policeman within half a mile . |
| 20 | I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house . |
| 21 | Things happen , he thought , and lay on the bed listening , but she had taken a magazine in with her and he fell asleep waiting . |
| 22 | But in the meantime Louis had taken a step back by withdrawing his consent to the betrothal of Richard and Alice . |
| 23 | It was , she realised with astonishment , his version of an apology , and she had a feeling that it had taken a lot out of him to say it . |
| 24 | Maintaining that calm , uncaring façade even for just a few minutes had taken a lot out of her , and she felt the faint beginnings of a headache behind her eyes . |
| 25 | With 800–900 of Switzerland 's 2300 professors due to retire before the end of the decade , the Swiss have taken a leaf out of Britain 's book and set up a scheme for appointing ‘ new blood ’ assistant professors at the rate of 300 in each of the next two four-year planning periods . |
| 26 | ‘ But since that match we have progressed , while Liverpool have taken a step back . ’ |