Example sentences of "he has taken the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , Ronchey has obviously decided that the warding profession nationally needed smartening up , so he has taken the opportunity of his decree , which by Anglo-Saxon standards is astonishingly dirigiste in its detail , to order that from now onwards warders are to wear summer and winter uniforms ‘ in conformity with suitable models ’ . |
| 2 | He has taken the scalps of the world number two , Stefan Edberg , then the number three , Pete Sampras , on the way to this final . |
| 3 | But Alain , he is so sensitive , he has taken the affair to heart . |
| 4 | Whether he gave the command to open fire in Vilnius and Riga or is cynically refusing to condemn the thuggery of his troops in order to put pressure on the Baltic republics , he has taken the side of order against law , acting in defiance of those republics ' legally elected parliaments . |
| 5 | ‘ He has taken the brunt of the criticism at our ground , but wrongly so . |
| 6 | And the upshot of it is that he has taken the custody of the de Breos lands from the Earl of Cornwall , and bestowed it upon his beloved justiciar . |
| 7 | He has taken the off-scourings of this world , the apostle Paul said , those that were nothing , and he has made them into something . |