Example sentences of "they [verb] taken [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd taken this information back . |
| 2 | But it was very premature , and I 'm very I was very sorry that they 'd taken this step , but very , very pleased when I saw the result coming out , and I 'm do congratulate them on their common sense there that they were prepared to put the opting out aside and were looking seriously and sensibly into the tertiary college consultations . |
| 3 | Oh , Oh , I took the dog for a walk last tonight , and there 's some skid marks down the end of Crouch Road the there 's the and then they 'd taken half the road out and you can see someone 's done a wheely , and they 've gone in and done like this business and shot off ! |
| 4 | ‘ They 've taken all our fingerprints . |
| 5 | They used to but they do n't any more they 've taken all that sort of brilliant stuff away . |
| 6 | They 've taken all the privileges away . |
| 7 | That 's the first and they 'll be the ones that will be able to tell you why they 've taken that decision and why we say it 's a reasonable decision . |
| 8 | They 've taken that . |
| 9 | And now suddenly just as soon as I come to form twos they 've taken that away . |
| 10 | No that was er that 's a picture of er 's erm er I think before they took that off they 've taken that off have n't they now ? |
| 11 | And the great thing is they 've taken that opportunity and erm thankfully we are still lying there in second place . |
| 12 | They 've taken each other for a walk , I think they , I think they 're having a little flirtation , I think they 're over there , |
| 13 | Touche Ross are wasting their time and our money , and we regret that they 've taken this action . ’ |
| 14 | They say they 've taken this unusual step because they feel the Standard Assessment Tests or SATS are worthless . |
| 15 | Er , they 've taken more carry forwards , in my department and the other central departments , er , they 've taken more from building maintenance . |
| 16 | Er , they 've taken more carry forwards , in my department and the other central departments , er , they 've taken more from building maintenance . |
| 17 | They 've taken some very carefully set-up photographs with a big fucking camera and I suspect — from an aside or two they probably did n't expect me to understand — that these snaps will be the basis for some computer manipulation to see how well I fit the bill . |
| 18 | See if they 've taken any . |
| 19 | Whether they had taken such action with the explicit authorisation of President Gorbachev remained unclear , although it was widely agreed that he had failed to respond adequately to the loss of life that had occurred . |
| 20 | They had taken all she had , and nobody did that to a woman of Liverpool and got away with it . |
| 21 | Then one of my sons went down into the village to see if the army had left , He came back to tell us that they had destroyed everything , that they had taken all the maize , all the cows and had burnt every house in sight . |
| 22 | and general behaviour we was really a lot improved because erm they had taken all their normal food like Mars bars and stuff like that and replaced it with like healthy food and er all the coke machines they replaced with like fresh fruit drinks . |
| 23 | Nor could they ever again find the paths they had taken that day . |
| 24 | But by midday they had taken most of it and had begun to dig in . |
| 25 | They had taken several houses when the Troop officer — Captain Johnny Giles — was working his way room by room through another . |
| 26 | Burrows stated that they had taken some seventy statements that night and he could not remember the Wells document . |
| 27 | Carol Hooper of Wan-stead , East London said : ‘ Michelle said they have taken all precautions . |
| 28 | The thousands of groups and organisations are as diverse as the colours of the rainbow , and they have taken this natural phenomenon as the New Age symbol . |
| 29 | They have taken this position not because they are resistant to change , but because they believe that these proposals will politicise the British Police Service and they are in my view entirely right to have that view . |