Example sentences of "had taken [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One who had taken part wrote of ‘ the power to aid ’ she had seen there . |
| 2 | But the children 's events in which he had taken part had been particularly rewarding . |
| 3 | The Government ‘ had taken powers to establish a loans scheme by diktat . ’ |
| 4 | He had been in charge of the Recorder Club ; he had taken boys sailing at Toddbrook and Salcome ; he taught so-called " dead " languages but made them live : quieter and gentler pursuits than many , no doubt , but performed with enthusiasm and commitment . |
| 5 | When running the Student Advisory Centre , he had taken telephone calls from homosexuals , assuming at first that they wished to be ‘ cured ’ . |
| 6 | It had taken £50,000 to bring Bobby back to the Palace from Leicester , but it was money well spent , for his presence was regarded by many as one of the major factors in Palace 's 1972 survival — and we recouped f 12,000 of it when Bobby bustled off to join Pompey just after Christmas . |
| 7 | Georgia had taken pills to settle her stomach , but she was still throwing up every hour . |
| 8 | She had taken pains to arrive only just in time . |
| 9 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 10 | Polybius , who did not like Timaeus , admitted that he had taken trouble to get information about the West . |
| 11 | The National Salvation Front ( NSF ) which had taken power following the violent overthrow of the regime of Nicolae Ceausescu at the end of 1989 , struggled in its first weeks to maintain its unity and to contend with growing popular criticism . |
| 12 | Anyway we went up there but we could n't do anything because the ground had taken fire do you see , all this peat . |
| 13 | Only 12 patients had taken oestrogen containing preparations . |
| 14 | Two further patients had taken oestrogen containing hormone replacement treatment ( again dose not known ) for menopausal symptoms , before and during the trial . |
| 15 | The resources of the Communications Compound would be stretched to the limit , sending instantaneous pictures by satellite to destinations which Marco Polo and Captain Cook had taken years to reach . |
| 16 | Upstairs in the bathroom where Anna had taken Merrill to freshen up , she caught a glimpse of her reflection in the mirror . |
| 17 | It was ridiculous to be upset at all , since she had herself intended to tell Nick she was married as soon as she saw him , or to make sure he saw her left hand on which today she had taken care to wear her wedding ring . |
| 18 | The city authorities had taken care to use the day to process certain cases in the court . |
| 19 | A majority of local authorities had taken care programming into account in writing their 1992/93 community care plans , but only about half of these planned any significant changes to accommodate its requirements . |
| 20 | I agree that such a tax system based on the capital value of houses , on a national banding system , would be unfair unless we had taken care to provide for compressed rates of taxation . |
| 21 | In addition to which , Kenamun had taken care to keep them waiting an hour in an unventilated antechamber before seeing them . |
| 22 | He had taken care to tell no one save Felicity where he was staying . |
| 23 | The girl had struck her three times on the right thigh , just where the once-broken bone was , and had taken care to stay out of the field of her optic burner . |
| 24 | While indulging his melancholy thoughts he had taken care to position himself in a nobly pensive attitude , with the candle at his side lending a glistening aureole to his dark profile . |
| 25 | Reporters and Panels had taken care to concentrate on the actualities rather than technicalities . |
| 26 | Mosley , speaking after a meeting of the Formula One commission of FISA at a Heathrow hotel , said he had taken action to sort out the confusion after weeks of chaos . |
| 27 | Thus , within months of the publication of the Report , the government had taken action to implement some of its main recommendations . |
| 28 | At least the enemy had taken time to bury the soldiers , but what a way to go ; dead and buried in a ditch hundreds of miles from home . |
| 29 | His mind had been prepared for an impossible radiance and it had taken time to absorb a new set of signals . |
| 30 | ‘ The commission took into consideration their record over the past five years , ’ said Graham Kelly , the FA 's chief executive , ‘ but they also noted that they had taken steps to improve it over the last 18 months . ’ |