Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of his attempts to concentrate as much work as possible into his days in London , he still found he had to take a great deal of it back to Shamley Green . |
| 2 | ‘ Next day he packed his bags and I found he had taken a load of my clothes , ’ added Kim . |
| 3 | An applicant for a job with a finance company claimed he had taken a lengthy career break which turned out to be a prison term for robbery . |
| 4 | 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 ! ’ |
| 5 | I knew she had taken a fine dose . |
| 6 | Our shares plummeted because the City felt we had taken a great risk . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 8 | The feeling persisted and suddenly , although he knew he was being ridiculous , he felt he had to take a ride into Mansfield to have a look at the site where the old Empire Theatre had once stood . |
| 9 | We knew he 'd taken a survival kit and space blanket on his trip , and that knowledge gave us hope . |
| 10 | He later admitted he 'd taken a tablet supplied by another pupil . |
| 11 | Did you have to take a lot to the pawn shop ? . |
| 12 | ‘ Did you have to take a whole summer ? ’ she demanded angrily . |
| 13 | As he spoke he began to take a backward step , and for an instant Gentle 's dizzied brain almost thought it possible the man would retreat into nothingness ; be proved spirit rather than substance . |
| 14 | She wished she had taken a chance and kept Angel , for there was no lessening of the pain that parting with her had caused , and no comfort to be found in Newcastle Place . |
| 15 | Apart from understandable concern with the French side of the triangular relationship with Vietnam , US policy makers were under two further constraints had they wished to take a more free-wheeling course . |
| 16 | Tandy said it expects to take a $70m charge against current quarter figures to cover the shortfall between the price to be paid and the value in its books — it says the sale has the potential to increase operating earnings and provide more cash for debt reduction , retail growth or share buy-backs . |
| 17 | When she got through he said he had taken a train on the spur of the moment and was in Bristol . |