Example sentences of "[noun prp] have taken [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Talkin Loud has been criticised in the past for not saying much at all , then the fact that storming releases in 1992 from the Young Disciples and Tammy Payne have taken months to see record shop racks has n't helped . |
| 2 | ’ — Which is why I imagine Burun has taken steps to remind Artai that it is the ulus of the Kha-Khan to be the Lord of the Earth , ’ he said . |
| 3 | In recent years the head offices of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have taken steps to increase their influence on this process , and have aroused the resentment of local favourites whose chances of nomination have been jeopardised by this " interference " . |
| 4 | However , in a concession to a veto threat delivered by US President George Bush , Congress allowed Bush the authority to restore the aid programme if he could certify " that the government of Jordan has taken steps to advance the peace process in the Middle East , or that furnishing assistance to Jordan would be beneficial to the peace process in the Middle East " . |
| 5 | The United States House of Representatives on June 20 voted by 410 to eight to cut off military aid to Jordan worth US$27,000,000 , pending assurances that " the government of Jordan has taken steps to advance the peace process in the Middle East " [ see p. 38119 ] . |
| 6 | It marked the first occasion on which the UK had taken steps to grant political asylum to a refugee from another Western country . |
| 7 | Georgia had taken pills to settle her stomach , but she was still throwing up every hour . |
| 8 | The resources of the Communications Compound would be stretched to the limit , sending instantaneous pictures by satellite to destinations which Marco Polo and Captain Cook had taken years to reach . |