Example sentences of "taken a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission has shown that it is able to act with relative speed under this procedure and has taken a variety of actions under it , including ordering a party to supply another party , refusing to allow undertakings to acquire further shares in a company in a takeover situation , ordering the cessation of predatory pricing and an order requiring the execution of a detailed supply agreement under which the Commission was to be notified of any price changes by the offending party or any case where it was unable to fulfil orders . |
| 2 | Interference theories have taken a variety of forms . |
| 3 | He had taken a sample of blood from the plump flaccid arm , feeling for the vein as carefully as if she could still flinch at the needle 's prick . |
| 4 | The important point is that the two-stage sampling process involves a sample of the primaries from each member of which is taken a sample of secondaries . |
| 5 | Some members who had not taken a journey by train and particularly by steam train for years came on one or both of our trips on the 22nd of June ( Central Wales Line ) and the 15th of July ( Severn Valley ) , to recapture the atmosphere . |
| 6 | Ridley had taken a course in biochemistry , and so was probably the person best equipped to pursue the matter , which turned out to be very difficult . |
| 7 | Those who have taken a course in German or French as a foreign language will already have some formal knowledge of that language . |
| 8 | He had taken a sheet of writing paper from the desk and used it to make notes during the meeting . |
| 9 | In fact , students who have taken a subject at A level do not , by the end of their courses , do better than those who have kept off it — as a recent study of economics graduates showed . |
| 10 | A prison inmate has taken a member of staff hostage in a cell . |
| 11 | The parent company , perhaps in France or in the USA , will probably have taken a portfolio of beauty pictures when the products were initially launched in their home country . |
| 12 | But it was not until the next Sunday , October 28 , the day after another climber had taken a message to Navarradonda , that a small ground search was mounted . |
| 13 | I have just taken a cone of machine washable wool from my shelf , it is sold as ‘ four-ply ’ . |
| 14 | I have taken a stand for freedom against tyranny . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 17 | Linley had left the restaurant at 3 p.m. and taken a taxi to Fleet Street , a journey of no more than ten minutes even on a busy Friday afternoon . |
| 18 | ‘ We 've taken a bit of stick and rightly so because we 've had a bad week and had two disappointing performances . |
| 19 | Beating Oldham 1–0 on 30 August had taken a bit of heat off Wilkinson , but another away defeat could well have led to calls for his resignation . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Yanto had just taken a swig of cider , and instantly sprayed a dozen regulars as the uncontrollable spasm of laughter erupted . |
| 23 | Until I can do this , the entire complex cascade I have described in the previous section , and which has taken a decade of work to map , might simply turn out to be a consequence of a bad taste in the chick 's mouth and nothing to do with learning and memory at all . |
| 24 | Cray Research Inc has taken a hit from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which lowered its subordinated debt rating to triple-B-minus from triple-B and it revised the ratings outlook to stable from negative , affecting about $106m of rated debt . |
| 25 | NEC Corp has taken a hit from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which has placed the A-1 commercial paper rating of the NEC Industries Netherlands BV finance subsidiary on CreditWatch with negative implications , citing intensifying competition from local and international firms in Japan 's personal computer market , creating further pressure on profitability . |
| 26 | Therefore make sure that you are not going to bed too early , particularly if you have taken a nap after lunch . |
| 27 | Detective Constable David Hemes told the inquest that Mr Ryder had left his home and gone to his chemist 's shop in Old Town Lane , Formby , and taken a bottle of barbiturates . |
| 28 | The court heard that the child had taken a bottle of Phenol , also known as carbolic acid , while unsupervised , and sipped some . |
| 29 | He had taken a bottle of cough mixture with him but it had n't helped much . |
| 30 | Hylton Ackerman , of Dale College , had taken a century off Mike Smith 's England team for Border at the age of 16 , and Chris Wilkins , of Selborne College and later of Derbyshire , had taken the shine off England 's new-ball attack with 62 runs in 55 minutes . |