Example sentences of "[pers pn] have taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only say how much I cherished the " Well done , lad " , from him after I 'd taken a difficult catch in the deep off his bowling . |
| 2 | ‘ I know it 's ridiculous , but it felt as if I 'd taken an enormous jump into the dark , that night with you … ’ |
| 3 | But , you see , I had taken a violent dislike to the short man . |
| 4 | It was the first time I had taken a close look at him . |
| 5 | When Panama City awakened , and after I had taken a small breakfast of pineapple , café con leche and a hard roll or two , I rented a small white Japanese car , acquired a map from the official cartographers who conduct their business under the curious name of the Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia , and set out to look for Santa Fé , for William — and for the Pacific . |
| 6 | out so you just , so maybe just , maybe , I 've taken a slight hard line to say no , people have got to make a wee bit effort too , but maybe in fact |
| 7 | ‘ Well , Charles , I 've taken a good look at your latest victim . |
| 8 | Yeah erm w what I 've done , I 've measured I 've taken an exact measurement , |
| 9 | She said , ‘ I have taken a great risk in coming to see you tonight . ’ |
| 10 | He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House . |
| 11 | I have taken a long look at local government finance . |
| 12 | I have taken a particular reading of the work of both Lévi-Strauss and Barthes that emphasizes the influence of structuralist linguistics but points to the progression of these writers ' ‘ structuralism ’ away from linguistic analysis . |
| 13 | In the course of this chapter I have taken an historical perspective upon the nature of religious belief , looking in particular at writers from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries . |
| 14 | As many of you will have noticed from your Q.T. day programme Beryl will not be teaching this year ; for some time she has taken a great interest in the Back Pain Association and has now become involved particularly at weekends in special classes for back-pain sufferers . |
| 15 | As a result , she has taken a calculated decision to ensure that the royal grandchildren remain — whatever the cost — under her influence . |
| 16 | To my surprise , she 'd taken a regular job selling frames and contact lenses and had stuck it and was boss of the shop . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd been asking why she 'd taken a clerical job when she 'd had an art training and she said it was all she could get at first but after a while she 'd managed to wangle this daytime class . ’ |
| 18 | After the initial wave of guilty surprise , finding that the beautiful girl she 'd seen at the market had been Roman 's younger sister , she 'd taken an immediate liking to Anneliese . |
| 19 | I do n't believe it 's just me you 've taken a violent dislike to — ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 've taken a fair prize there , ’ he said dispassionately , ‘ if he live . |
| 21 | Knowing he was in the right , that she had taken a stupid risk , only made things worse . |
| 22 | Approximately 100 people then took part in the business meeting when our President , Lady Braithwaite , opened the proceedings with many congratulations to the Society on the previous eventful year in which she had taken a deep interest . |
| 23 | She had taken a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance , she realized now , waiting for him to open the door . |
| 24 | I knew she had taken a fine dose . |
| 25 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |
| 26 | She had taken an immediate liking to the Vicar , the Reverend Geoffrey Brighouse , an ex-naval officer who had matters well-organised and from whom , she had quickly realised , she could learn a lot . |
| 27 | With her husband she had taken an active part in the publications of the Pali Text Society , both in Pali , the classical language of Buddhism , and in English . |
| 28 | She knew she had taken an enormous risk in going to see Rose Maylie . |
| 29 | … And at times in retrospect you wish you had taken a certain stat , because it turns out that the whole thing has boiled up , completely beyond what you know it to be , but it 's become political and the authority is being attacked and the chiefs ca n't defend it and say , ‘ OK . |
| 30 | He had always found that once you knew where you were wrong , then you had taken a great step towards being right . |