Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who 'd taken a photograph of the bus asked if he might photograph the old people also , and the bus-driver told him to wait a minute . |
| 2 | The plaintiffs obtained an injunction to restrain the defendants notwithstanding that the product in question ( a swizzle stick embossed with the name of the ship upon which it was to be used ) was available to anyone who happened to take a cruise on that ship . |
| 3 | I 'm here to tell you that if Alan is right and big Arnie ( pictured left ) did the body beautiful business behind the Co that night , anyone who happened to take a photograph of him should send it in to me pronto . |
| 4 | The scientists said anyone who decided to take a dip to cool off might end up with a nasty stomach upset , eye and skin problems or , worse still , hepatitis . |
| 5 | Third place went to Denis McCullough but the hard luck story of the race belonged to Phelim Owens who had to take a slip road at Cardy Corner when lying fourth then rejoined the race in 10th place before ending up back where he had started — in fourth place . |
| 6 | Freed also said that it was he rather than Duna , who had taken a 90% stake in Hungary 's largest circulation English-language newspaper , Budapest Week . |
| 7 | In 1985 , they proposed to extend their role beyond that of an annual dining club for officers who had taken a degree through the police college scheme . |
| 8 | It had been a fairly commonplace murder , a henpecked husband at the end of his tether who had taken a hatchet to his virago of a wife . |
| 9 | I did n't see anything inevitable about an affair with a priest who had taken a vow of celibacy . |
| 10 | This was emphasised by those heads of department who had taken a lot of time over their self-appraisal and who claimed that as a consequence other things had had to suffer . |
| 11 | She sat in the front room of her house ( Arcadia Villas , Bed and Breakfast ) pouring tea for the wickedly handsome young man on the sofa , who had taken a room for the entire run of the pantomime . |
| 12 | Exams and erm she was about the first I think and there was erm somebody else who wanted to take a course in erm Youth Leadership but erm , very quickly the numbers increased till the time I left of course we , we were dealing with thousands |
| 13 | Mark McKay , the Great Britain amateur team rider who missed taking a lead in the King of the Mountains competition because of mechanical trouble , gained his reward at last . |