Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] taken [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Training of users is also an issue and , helpfully , BT BIS has taken the line that their natural user group , the smaller firms , not only need training in how to use the system — which is , after all , not terribly difficult — but also in what the information available can be used for and , to some extent , how to use it . |
| 2 | It would only have taken a word and the simple , undeniable proof . |
| 3 | There was a further element to Mr McLean 's rapidly boiling anger : the sudden arrival of Mr Uppal , who hitherto had taken no interest in the case . |
| 4 | Reproach mingled with anger — anger that she did not wait , anger that another man should so easily have taken the woman he loved , anger that she should be heavy with another man 's child . |
| 5 | Coleridge must soon have taken the poem to read to the Wordsworths , and in the following month had an even more substantial achievement to show them . |
| 6 | Surely the Pharisees themselves should be judged , if not charitably , at least fairly : from their own literature ( which the Jewish and Christian scholars referred to above have taken the trouble to study ) rather than from the taunts of their opponents . |
| 7 | That I know we 're flogging a dead horse , but that half past ten , a phenomenal amount of time , it should never ever have taken a fraction of that if it had been done properly . |
| 8 | The parent company , perhaps in France or in the USA , will probably have taken a portfolio of beauty pictures when the products were initially launched in their home country . |
| 9 | It would probably have taken an expert jadesmith more than ten years to complete such a suit . |
| 10 | When the present Secretary of State addressed the House on that occasion , he might also have taken the opportunity to draw to the attention of the House and to remind the public outside , particularly in Scotland , that the nature of sovereignty in the Scottish constitutional tradition is different from that of Westminster . |
| 11 | Her colour 's dreadful ; Anya 's little sleeping draught may have been harmless , but the day and night just past have taken a toll . |
| 12 | In Masterson v. Holden it was held that the conduct was insulting because the magistrates might properly have taken the view that such objectionable conduct in a public street may well be regarded as insulting in that it suggests to a witness that he or she is somebody who would find such conduct in public acceptable himself or herself . |
| 13 | In France it seems mainly to have taken the form of rationalization during a major merger boom . |
| 14 | Mr O'Connor said the campaign so far had taken a lot of time and effort , with mixed results . |
| 15 | Suppose he suggests that the Incarnation might just as well have taken a female as a male form , and the Second Person of the Trinity be as well called the Daughter as the Son … . |
| 16 | She had not imagined Miss Grimes spending six-and-six a week on drink and might well have taken the attitude of the officious social worker . |
| 17 | Essex might even have taken the title after the morning 's matches produced two good wins . |
| 18 | Miller must surely have taken the family on local botanising expeditions to Chelsea Heath , the large stretch of common land to the north of the Fulham Road , where they could search for plants important to the Physic Garden . |
| 19 | Mr Farrow is understood locally to have taken the conveyance between the Earl of Carnarvon and himself over the lordship of the manor to mean that he was owner of the common . |
| 20 | Underestimated in England , because everywhere Kingmaker have visited abroad has taken the NME 's word as gospel — far more seriously than people do who read the NME in England . |
| 21 | Police believe he could then have taken the train from Lime Street station . |
| 22 | He was only 21 when he answered the call : a young man from a comfortable background who only months earlier had taken an interest in politics for the first time . |
| 23 | It had been Lewis himself who a few minutes earlier had taken the call from the Met . |
| 24 | He wanted to know whether they would be prepared to take payment for what they produced after everyone else had taken a cut . |
| 25 | Had it not been for the adroitness and presence of mind of two reporters for the Empire News and Daily News respectively , Alfred Wells , butcher 's assistant , would probably never have taken the stand at Reading 's most famous coroner 's inquest . |
| 26 | For the same reason you came to your grandfather 's defence , I could never have taken the jade ! ’ she insisted passionately . |
| 27 | Without her you would never have taken the road . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Some of these ladies may never have taken an exam in their lives , ’ says Sue , ‘ and getting the certificate does a lot in terms of confidence building . |
| 29 | Critics of the PLO 's decision to back the participation of a Palestinian delegation in the current Middle East peace process would most likely have taken the opportunity of Mr Arafat 's demise to make a bid for power . |
| 30 | They too have taken an interest in the ideological and cultural world of the communities but only to facilitate and improve their marketing of so-called popular drugs like aspirin and alkaseltzer . |