Example sentences of "we have taken a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've taken a cottage a couple of miles from the slopes . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 've taken a bit of stick and rightly so because we 've had a bad week and had two disappointing performances . |
| 4 | I believe we 've taken a decision on that for the health conference , last time round . |
| 5 | We 've taken a number of factors into account one of which is the lower occupancy levels at Beaver Vale . |
| 6 | We had taken a taxi to the Sharia el-Azhar from where the buses depart . |
| 7 | We had taken a London business colleague out who had never fished before ; the sort of man who had done everything and knew everything . |
| 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 | We establish order and think we are in control ; then Nu throws over the table and breaks what we have taken a lifetime to construct . |
| 10 | For the purposes of the plan , we have taken a fire as our incident . |
| 11 | ‘ We have taken a step backward , ’ Ryan said — and on this sorry evidence it looks as if it will be backwards all the way when the Test takes place at Cardiff Arms Park on 4 November . |
| 12 | Mr Ward said : ‘ Something has to be done here as we have taken a step backwards . |
| 13 | That having taken this momentous decision to join the Exchange Rate Mechanism , we have taken a step of the most important step towards economic monetary union from which there can be no turning back . |
| 14 | Since that point we have taken a number of steps to reduce students ' reliance on benefits . |
| 15 | Again we have taken a lead . |