Example sentences of "had taken a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , unexpectedly , he invited Brian and me to stay in Northumberland where he had taken a grouse moor for the summer ; thereafter we went each year until he died , first to Otterburn and then to Wark . |
| 2 | Freed also said that it was he rather than Duna , who had taken a 90% stake in Hungary 's largest circulation English-language newspaper , Budapest Week . |
| 3 | He could n't stand the idea of going back to the section-house , so he had taken a series of private lodgings . |
| 4 | Since 1983 the United Kingdom had taken a series of measures to tackle the problem of quota hopping . |
| 5 | But the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , who once lived in the colony , said the governor had taken a series of moves which were supported in the territory and should be supported in Britain . |