Example sentences of "'s taken a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She 's taken a long time to throw off the illness and is still not fully fit , ’ said Sheppard 's Milngavie and Bearsden coach , Alex McNeil . |
| 3 | ‘ Doyle 's taken a downward turn . |
| 4 | I can not possibly reveal the name of the alleged culprit , because at the time of going to press he 's taken a well-deserved holiday in the ardeche from his climbing wall company |
| 5 | Taylor yesterday underlined the lighter mood in the England camp when he kidded journalists : ‘ I am afraid Gazza 's taken a bad knock and I 've drafted in Vinnie Jones … ’ |
| 6 | In Oxford for the past 18 months , it 's taken a peculiar form when youths perform stunts in high performance cars in front of crowds . |
| 7 | But one MP , who 's taken a special interest in the problem says the sentence is n't tough enough . |