Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] taken a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where London has perhaps taken a lead , it has been followed . |
| 2 | Apart from a cameo role in the ill-fated and so far unreleased Bloodhounds of Broadway , she has not taken a film role since the poorly conceived Shanghai Express and Who 's That Girl . |
| 3 | Although the Labour Party as a whole has not taken a stand on the political position of the monarchy , Tony Benn has expressed the view that these two powers of the Crown should be transferred to the Speaker of the House of Commons because he stands apart from the political parties and is directly answerable to the Commons for the conduct of the chair in a way that does not apply to the position of the Crown . |
| 4 | Now presumably somebody in government or Whitehall has just taken a decision to , to go for it all in one year , I do n't know why , I , I do n't suppose we 're told why , but the , the consequence of the decision is actually going to be that people in Shropshire , our clients and social services are going to pay for that decision , either through paying charges for services that they now get for nothing , or by getting less services , er , and this does n't seem to be in line with the government 's stated aim of , of targeting money where it 's most needed . |
| 5 | Britain has always taken a stand against bullies and tyrants to ensure that we can live in a safe world and I pray that our resolution to do this will remain undiminished . |
| 6 | DEC has also taken a booth at this week 's SunWorld expo in San Francisco to make an aggressive bid to entice SunOS applications and user to Alpha . |
| 7 | The Murdoch image has also taken a knock with the failure of Media Partners , when investors proved unwilling to back his management style . |
| 8 | B has also taken a washing machine which cost £200 and which had a selling price of £280 from the business for personal use . |
| 9 | The route has now taken a bit of hammering with a Yugoslav bagging the third ascent and Sean Myles and Andy Pollitt steaming in for the fourth and fifth ascents soon afterwards . |
| 10 | But the call-offs mean that he has now taken a step nearer being involved . ’ |
| 11 | Tell them the company has n't taken a stance at all , that our analysts are still working on it . " |
| 12 | She has even taken a group of clients on holiday . |
| 13 | And she was saying , cos her friend works in a bank and she 's just taken a mortgage on because they get so much knocked off their mortgage do n't they , if you work in a |