Example sentences of "'s taken [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E 's taken a fancy to you , John mate . |
| 2 | You see , he 's taken a fancy to you , and it would be awful if he thought … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Mine 's taken a bit of a bashing lately , ’ Robbie admitted as she sat down to her own ice-cream . |
| 4 | There 's still plenty of hard work to be done keeping the Victorian rose garden in shape — it 's taken a battering by recent heavy rain , but will be in full bloom again soon . |
| 5 | He says it 's taken a year to edit , but it 's all been worth it . |
| 6 | It 's taken a year for Central to bring the show to our screens from the first talks with Tom in the USA . |
| 7 | It 's taken a year for this window to be repaired and replaced . |
| 8 | It 's taken a fortnight to get the oil out of my fingers , nightly doses of Ecover washing up liquid notwithstanding . |
| 9 | ‘ Mister Liston 's gone back upstairs , and he 's taken a lady with him . |
| 10 | ‘ She 's taken a taxi up to Pollensa — Casa Pinar , is n't it ? |
| 11 | ‘ It 's taken a lot of my notorious skills at wheeling and dealing , but the bank are prepared to finance the deal on the strength of the new patent for the computerised cutting and sewing system , ’ Guy was saying , his voice flat and clipped . |
| 12 | It 's taken a lot of effort to get Charlie into his present condition . |
| 13 | ‘ Just as long as no one 's taken a room opposite , ’ I say . |
| 14 | He 's taken a break from the murky world of espionage to help his 5 year old Labrador unravel the mysteries of the canine psyche . |
| 15 | He 's taken no part in politics since his release . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's taken the money , but got us nothing to eat at all ! ’ |
| 17 | Mrs Chalk 's taken the day off … oh … ! ’ |
| 18 | It 's taken the fun out of being a model . |
| 19 | nQue Technologies Corporation , a small Silicon Valley start-up , has mapped out a wholly different approach to the Windows-on-Unix issue so wily and obvious it 's amazing it 's taken the industry this long to come up with it . |
| 20 | NQue Technologies Corp , a Santa Clara County start-up , has mapped out a wholly different approach to the Windows-on-Unix issue so wily and obvious it 's amazing it 's taken the industry this long to come up with it . |
| 21 | An award to a man who 's taken the future of the world into his own hands . |
| 22 | Now I 've got through the first round , it 's taken the pressure off me a bit . |
| 23 | ‘ But that 's taken the pressure right off , ’ said jubilant Darlington captain Steve Rose . |
| 24 | " That 's taken the wind out of his sails . " |
| 25 | It 's taken the club a couple of years to get its youth policy back on track , but all the signs now suggest that the current crop of teenagers is the most promising since John Robertson , Gary Mackay and David Bowman came through the ranks in the early Eighties . |
| 26 | So much so , that he 's taken an ad out in the local paper . |
| 27 | And when they reached her , she said , ‘ He 's taken an overdose . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ There 's a person here who says he 's taken an overdose . |
| 29 | ‘ That 's a good enough reason if he 's taken an objection to you . |