Example sentences of "he [vb past] taken [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unable to face his wife in the bungalow in High Park Avenue and fearful of meeting her in one of the shops if he hung about the town , he set off for another walk along the beach , striking out this time in the opposite direction from the one he 'd taken that morning . |
| 2 | Once or twice he 'd gone to great lengths to deceive me but , more often , he 'd taken little trouble to cover his tracks . |
| 3 | And he 'd taken some alcohol either just before , or with his meal . |
| 4 | He 'd taken another cigarette ! |
| 5 | At quarter to eleven her old friend Jerry , the Valium addict , wandered in complaining of stomach pains and said he 'd taken another overdose . |
| 6 | He looked as if he 'd taken both barrels into his chest at very close range . |
| 7 | ‘ If he had taken that product , he would also have tested positive those other days as well , ’ Grollet said . |
| 8 | Once he had taken that view he abdicated , albeit unconsciously , his responsibility to rule on the submissions made . |
| 9 | She had told Robert that she hated him , told him to go away , to move to another area , and he had taken that literally . |
| 10 | She could not bear to think that he had taken all that pure wrathful zeal into marketing or insurance broking . |
| 11 | But though he had taken all my poetic power , and gave me some of his in return , he still remained himself , his own man , his own poet . |
| 12 | He had taken all Anna 's coloured chalks , so that she was reduced to standing and watching while he drew the pictures . |
| 13 | He had taken all his oaths as a journeyman agent . |
| 14 | For his defence , he would have to rely on one of the defences in section 24 ( paragraph 16–22 below ) , which would involve showing that he had taken all reasonable steps ( to withdraw the brochure etc. ) to avoid committing the offence . |
| 15 | Mechanically he had taken each drink offered without thinking , for the simple reason that he had spent the entire journey staring out of the cabin window into the infinity of space . |
| 16 | Vaguely he wished that he had taken more interest in old science . |
| 17 | He had taken this attitude himself , but was finding it very uncomfortable to maintain , after his long years of quiet in the bush , untroubled by anything worse than wind or weather . |
| 18 | I had said , in revulsion at the intimacy his words implied , that he could do what he liked , I did n't care ; and he had taken this as evidence of a previously unsuspected sophistication in me . |
| 19 | Christopher — more talkative than usual — was animated in his description of the Highlands , where he had taken several long walks with Alastair . |
| 20 | However , he had taken several precautions to distance his own image from that of the nomenklatura as a whole . |
| 21 | Questions to determine whether he had taken any steps to prevent him driving may be necessary , such as ‘ Where are the ignition keys ? ’ or ‘ Is anybody else in charge of this vehicle ? ’ |
| 22 | And now then , this half that the college had , do you seem he had taken most of the timber from there , do you see . |
| 23 | And then do you see , he had taken most of the stuff from here , because he had four sawmills going do you see . |
| 24 | He had taken some comfort from the fact that he had been the last man to board the cage , so at least he could watch Yorky and the others exit , before his turn came . |
| 25 | He had taken some time off yesterday morning to take Azor , and incidentally her , for a long walk . |