Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] taken [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was carrying wall units and I 'd taken fourteen wall units one after another up two flights of stairs . |
| 2 | ‘ If I 'd taken more trouble with economics I might have been more effective as Prime Minister . |
| 3 | Since my episode with Moustaine during the first week of training , I had taken due care with my backside ; but others had n't got the point . |
| 4 | Apart from wanting the law or whatever to catch up with him ( which it did n't ) , I had taken little notice , and no interest , in John 's furtive and elaborate preparations for travel — the series of interviews with the Reverend Kreditor , for example . |
| 5 | I also bound up with my brochure , a number of photographs ; for I had taken two cameras abroad . |
| 6 | She wanted me to accompany her but I hung back , afraid that she 'd find out that I had taken two lumps of coal , and Dad had gone out , so he was not there to protect me . |
| 7 | I had taken two classes in physical anthropology and felt less guilty because of this and they were satisfied ; although they would have preferred I had chosen to read law . |
| 8 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 9 | If she or I had taken more trouble I might have been convinced that all religious people were cruel hypocrites . |
| 10 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
| 11 | I 've taken eight antidepressants over the last ten years , Prozac has n't been one of them I must admit . |
| 12 | I 've taken one pair up to the tree house and now I ca n't find any up there . |
| 13 | Many is the time I 've taken good fish , working the vane out across the wind by continuous adjustments to the line , holding back on the float etc. when others have sat waiting for the wind to swing around a couple of degrees . |
| 14 | yeah , erm , I do n't quite know what to do about this , this is , I 've taken some stuff out , if I can slide it down the |
| 15 | Now in the lock museum I 've taken some locks th that I collected and took them over there they used to do speed locks butted locks sidecar locks er then , as the motor trade changed from all wood frames to metal frames , other types of locks , I took there but this is what is amazing me , they , at the lock museum they highlight all the Willinghall locks which are the padlocks , which are locks er wardrobe locks , cabinet locks and all the smaller type of locks but there was the biggest industry , I mean Walsall locks are still in existence now , they made er er locks for , for , for cars , the Bloxwich lock , that was their biggest trade was er , was er the bigger locks . |
| 16 | I have n't really had a vacation , this is the first time I 've taken some time off and I barely got here ; just because of the pace of the world , especially last year . |
| 17 | Starting off with paragraph thirty three of P P G three , , erm you 'll see in my statement that I 've actually in seeking to address point A dealt with each of the conditions that P P G three er refers to , for which a new settlement should be contemplated , and you will see that I 've reached a conclusion that having regarded the unique circumstances of York , the Greater York new settlement does represent an appropriate and justified policy response , you 'll se also see my statement , I 've taken some comfort from the fact that the good practice guide that has been published by the department of the environment , has endorsed the approach that North Yorkshire County Council has taken towards the special circumstances of the Greater York area . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've taken another envelope : it 'll do for the next batch of typescript . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I can not comment any further , except to say that I have taken legal advice on this matter . ’ |
| 20 | I have taken that precaution . ’ |
| 21 | You may well be wondering why I have taken such pains to show that the Spirit of God , his active intervention on the human scene which took such varied forms in the Old Testament , became concentrated in the person of Jesus the Messiah , and then was poured out by him upon the messianic community . |
| 22 | ‘ I have taken great pains to stress that aspect in the sometimes heated discussions , ’ he said , adding he was not enthusiastic about the original proposals and still had serious reservations . |
| 23 | ‘ I recommended the player through a contact , so I have taken some flak from my management team . |
| 24 | I have taken some photographs , but they are still in the camera , and I hope to have a complete set ready for the next Journal . |
| 25 | ‘ I have taken human life , ’ she cried . |
| 26 | I have taken this opportunity to point them out to the Minister and I hope that something good will come of it . |
| 27 | Rebutting suggestions that Scottish Liberal Democrat MPs would baulk at losing the opportunity for a Scottish Assembly , he added : ‘ My colleagues and I have taken this decision jointly and collectively . |
| 28 | ( I have taken this summary of the plaintiff 's argument from the judgment of Lord Donaldson M.R. , at p. 324h . ) |
| 29 | I have taken these surveys from the 1960s as a useful starting point . |
| 30 | In order to make myself comprehensible to them , I have taken particular pains with the style and clarity of the exposition … " |