Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] taken [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He should have taken great pride in having so very much pleased the world with his choice .
2 He 's a sadistic man — he must have taken great pleasure in working over Joe last night . "
3 It must have taken supernatural greed
4 Although the Shorter Oxford Dictionary says that it means that the person has drunk ‘ intoxicating liquor to an extent which affects steady self-control , ’ it is arguable that the person must have taken intoxicating liquor to excess so that he has lost the power of self control .
5 Ace suddenly realized he might have taken other damage .
6 But I might have taken other examples .
7 Users in this group were not known to be taking any drug other than cannabis ( though , like any drug user , they may have taken other drugs without official knowledge of this ) .
8 Some may have taken part-time jobs so that they could cope with the increasing demands at home , some may never have worked at all outside the home .
9 Other businesses may obtain their terms from a trade association or similar organisation , in which case the association may have taken legal advice in the preparation of the terms .
10 These solutions implied considerable redevelopment in the central , older parts , but it remained unclear as to just what form of renewal was to be adopted either in land use or visual terms , Town planning as an art form may have taken considerable strides in suburban or garden city situations .
11 ‘ . Of course , had the wind been very gusty before , they would already have stopped flying , or they would have taken extra precautions to make sure that there were enough people to prevent an incident .
12 They 'd been feeding her up ( according to Danielle , they would have taken extra food from the other children ) .
13 Superintendent Clive Fothergill said : ‘ We would have taken appropriate measures to ensure he could have come and gone like any other team manager . ’
14 But to go to and to go to I would have thought would have taken similar lengths of time .
15 Talbot would have taken long odds that he was cold sober .
16 At thirty-one , he remarks to Louise — a parenthesis to a hypothesis — that if he had ever had a son , he would have taken great pleasure in procuring women for him .
17 Almost all freeholders would have taken strong exception to the suggestion that their support had been purchased , and this was as true of those gentlemen who had recently obtained posts for themselves or their sons as it was for those who had been less fortunate .
18 However , the position taken by the Court of Appeal loses much of its force if it can not be assumed that the House would have taken non-certified points of appeal had they been raised .
19 Suffolk , who eventually beat Hertfordshire 18–15 to take runners-up spot , would have taken top honours had Clark not pulled off such an immaculate saver .
20 Kold will have taken great encouragement from last weekend 's results at Wembley when his Danish players won two of the five titles , as there was undoubtedly some concern in European badminton after the Asians completely dominated the Barcelona finals .
21 As an owner you generally know these symptoms or will have taken veterinary advice .
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