Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] have taken a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think they recognise that I 'm not trying to exploit the Broads to line my pocket , and that I 've taken a bit of care . |
| 2 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 3 | He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House . |
| 4 | Jackman has played Martin twice in the last eight months and lost both times , but Jackman was buoyed by the fact that she had taken a game off her on each occasion . |
| 5 | She had been horrified at the botch Ruth made of it and Ruth had begun to wish that she had taken a few of Hester 's proffered lessons . |
| 6 | Knowing he was in the right , that she had taken a stupid risk , only made things worse . |
| 7 | Under the terms of your mortgage , you will probably have to tell the lender that you have taken a tenant , and may then be charged a higher rate of interest . |
| 8 | Whether or not horses understand landing procedure ( they do n't smoke or have to cope with seat-belts ) , it occurred to me that we had taken a couple of bites at the cherry on our approach — I could only guess how near we came to dismantling the gateway to India , for there are no windows in those vehicles . |
| 9 | One of them gesticulated to us and , using harsh , staccato Russian ( which neither of us understood ) and rather violent stabs into the air , made it very clear that we had taken a dangerous route over the ice and that we were very stupid indeed . |
| 10 | I feel only that we have taken a wrong direction somewhere , and are blindly stumbling on because our leaders blindfold us . |
| 11 | The closed blades were not smeared with blood , and nothing about the scissors screamed out that they had taken a human life . |
| 12 | She described liquidators Cork Gully as ‘ corpse snatchers ’ and said it was unfair that they had taken a total of £7.9m in expenses over 10 years . |
| 13 | Well , considering the security here in Great Britain , I hope that they have taken a precaution for that , but then we 're dealing with a person who does not go by the book . |
| 14 | Word of total closure came just one week after the society had revealed that it had taken a controversial first step toward meeting its operating costs with a loan of $1.5 million from Sotheby 's secured by $3.5 million worth of works from its vast collections . |
| 15 | Far Eastern trader Inchcape Plc yesterday announced that it had taken a 15.3% stake in Gestetner Holdings Plc , the world 's largest independent photocopier dealer , with the support of 29.5% shareholder Ricoh Co Ltd . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Reebok believes that it has taken a further innovative step by eliminating much of the superfluous components so that now , the tennis shoe will consist of an estimated 12 separate components . |
| 18 | Both represent such a considerable departure from previous practice , however , and share so many features in common , that it has taken a while for the dust to settle after the major upheavals of recent years and for the difference between them to emerge . |
| 19 | I accept that it has taken a few years for the process to be completed , but everyone who studies the history books will be able to trace the downfall of the Thatcher Government — as some may still call it — to the time when she was foolish enough to remove the right hon. Gentleman from the duties that he was carrying out so successfully . |
| 20 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 21 | In his forties it grew worse and he decided to see a specialist When Alan mentioned that he had taken a lot of antibiotics just before the urticaria began , the specialist suggested that he try a diet with no sugar and very little starch . |
| 22 | After being pulled over , John sheepishly explained that he had taken a wrong turning for his home in Gosforth , Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 23 | I also spoke to the chief investigator of the Senate committee , who said that he had taken a large amount of information about this to the first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington , but the British government had hampered any further investigation . |
| 24 | Smith said that he had taken a pre-match risk only where the fitness of Andy Goram was concerned . |
| 25 | Although his title , The Rural Muse : Studies in the Peasant Poetry of England ( 1954 ) , implies that he has taken a positive view , he is hardpressed at times to defend the value of the peasant poet : |