Example sentences of "[vb past] taken a [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | United Airlines and American Airlines I 've been told are n't really all that good to fly with , mate of ours went up to the airport to pick his parents up , they just got back from a holiday in and er they flew and a , on a seven hour journey , where ever it was they come from , they did n't have any food , no food , nothing , what they done is they , they , they 'd taken a container off , but they had n't put a new one on . |
| 2 | I think in truth erm er we 'd taken a weekend off and er to go to Venice , there was a big er art exhibition on and Anne wanted to see that . |
| 3 | He 'd taken a taxi out to Baby Boy 's grave , and then he 'd walked the rest of the way . |
| 4 | I 'd taken a year off just before I found out I was pregnant , because I 'd badly needed a break and then I could n't work looking fat . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd taken a band out of the independent scene and guided them and refined them . |
| 6 | no my wallet and some one handed it in and they 'd taken a fiver out of it , they 'd gone , oh , oh |
| 7 | 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 ! ’ |
| 8 | Vina , who was Irish champion two years ago , had taken a year off from competition to have a baby last September , and Punchestown was her first major outing this season with Knockdrin . |
| 9 | A wife whose husband had taken a girl out on a number of occasions would tell the counsellor , ‘ This time it 's different — they 've slept together . ’ |
| 10 | The preacher had taken a girl out to kill her , but had made of her a weapon which could be used against him . |
| 11 | He felt as he had in Oxford , the first time he had taken a girl out with a packet of French letters in his wallet . |
| 12 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 13 | ’ They all looked at me and suddenly , horror struck me : the two or three policemen normally along there had disappeared — had taken a prisoner along to the station — and there was n't another policeman within half a mile . |
| 14 | I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house . |
| 15 | Things happen , he thought , and lay on the bed listening , but she had taken a magazine in with her and he fell asleep waiting . |
| 16 | But in the meantime Louis had taken a step back by withdrawing his consent to the betrothal of Richard and Alice . |
| 17 | It was , she realised with astonishment , his version of an apology , and she had a feeling that it had taken a lot out of him to say it . |
| 18 | Maintaining that calm , uncaring façade even for just a few minutes had taken a lot out of her , and she felt the faint beginnings of a headache behind her eyes . |