Example sentences of "had taken [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The form that literary studies had taken during the second half of the nineteenth century , positivism , was , as we saw in the Introduction , largely based on the genetic approach ; critics , or rather scholars , concentrated their energies on uncovering the sources and genesis of particular works , and the role of biography , history and history of ideas in these genetic studies obviously reduced the importance of literature itself in literary scholarship . |
| 2 | Charlie sat in the carriage of a train bound for Edinburgh and thought about the actions he had taken during the past four days . |
| 3 | He pointed out the pebbled street in front of park 's Guest House where they had first stayed and a bungalow they had taken between the church and the golf links . |
| 4 | The route we had taken through the cordillera from Cajamarca had brought us virtually into the outskirts of Tmjillo and we had put up at a hotel in the centre of the city , all three of us more or less out on our feet . |
| 5 | Weeks of sunshine had taken off the chill . |
| 6 | He always blindly put on in the morning the clothes he had taken off the night before , unless others were substituted on the chair beside the bed while he slept . |
| 7 | They had taken off the bells . |
| 8 | She had taken off the ribbon that kept back her hair and it hung about her shoulders , much longer than Seb had realised . |
| 9 | Blyth had taken off the hollow plastic leg and left it lying tangled in its straps and the long grass blades . |
| 10 | Robert James had taken to the hills . |
| 11 | A judge was divorced by his wife because he had taken to the idea that she was possessed by the devil and gave her a thump or two to drive Satan out . |
| 12 | Burton had a small part , did it competently , met Richard Leech , a young Irish doctor , who had taken to the boards . |
| 13 | At first they had taken to the Underground because it was warm , later for other reasons . |
| 14 | Seeing me , it had taken to the air , clumsily at first , then with Increasing speed as its great wings beat it downriver to Rash . |
| 15 | She led him stealthily up the path Rodomonte had taken to the summit . |
| 16 | He felt it was time to ask about the stains on the clothes that Jim Lancaster had taken to the dry cleaner 's . |
| 17 | As for Prince Charles , having declared that he kept an open mind on the subject of complementary medicine , he gave a dissertation on the recent allegations that he had taken to the occult : ‘ I do not play with a Ouija board . |
| 18 | In June 1263 , however , when Simon of Montfort [ q.v. ] resurrected the cause of the Provisions and advanced on the capital , Fitzthomas placed himself at the head of ‘ the people ’ who had taken to the streets in Montfort 's support . |
| 19 | He would never , if he had taken to the high seas in past centuries , have been caught napping by a mutiny . |
| 20 | Danu had never been that easy for him , even though the people had taken to the saints and images of Catholicism with the usual zeal of the pagan at heart . |
| 21 | On Saturday afternoon , most of the men had gone to watch the City at home , most of the women had taken to the washing machine . |
| 22 | Asked why he had taken to the streets just hours before polling , he said : ‘ I had other things to do , as you may imagine . ’ |
| 23 | Several thousand demostrators had taken to the streets , attacked " indecently dressed " women ( who they claimed were responsible for a drought ) , set fire to the head office of the Niger Women 's Association ( AFN ) , and also attacked the residences of the local prefect and sultan . |
| 24 | Harvey had always had a mania for showers and baths and he had taken to the sauna ritual with great enthusiasm . |
| 25 | She too had taken to the new helper . |
| 26 | Itar-Tass news agency said several hundred demonstrators in the Siberian city of Irkutsk had taken to the streets yesterday to demand Mr Yeltsin 's resignation while his supporters had begun collecting signatures in favour of a referendum . |
| 27 | The route they had taken into the underground passages had led them along a wide , high-ceilinged passageway that was easy to negotiate . |
| 28 | ‘ We met and he showed me some excellent photos he had taken at the crash site . |
| 29 | After the Summer Recess the Cabinet reverted to the subject of capital punishment on 3 November , with the Lord President of the Council reporting on the results of the soundings of Government supporters which he had taken at the request of the Cabinet at its meeting on 15 July . |
| 30 | His Excellency showed me a film he had taken of the three northern islands of the Tonga group which — being some 300 miles north of the main island — are invariably overlooked by such few visitors as Tonga receives . |