Example sentences of "'ve taken a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the first time I 've taken a pill for years and years and she said , my taste and my smell |
| 2 | as far as the committee was concerned there is they 've taken a decision on the preferred route , but we did as I 've just referred to in the earlier work , er we did assess that erm and that showed again er that the traffic would n't transfer from the A sixty one onto a southern bypass and a inner northern relief road . |
| 3 | I believe we 've taken a decision on that for the health conference , last time round . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've taken a cottage a couple of miles from the slopes . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I know you 've taken a degree in textile design … ’ |
| 6 | Now they 've taken a plunge into the dive computer market and the outcome is the DataMax Sport . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've taken a bearing on the monastery and radar station on Mount Elias there . |
| 8 | I 've taken a look at three big names in DOS word processing — WordStar 7 , WordPerfect 5.1 and Q&A 4 — to see what they have to offer in comparison with their much-hyped Windows brethren . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've taken a stand . ’ |
| 10 | Is it because you 've taken a stand since Mother 's been taking to her bed ? ’ |
| 11 | Well th they , they 're used to selling cheapy stuff , they do n't know if they can sell this , they 've taken a couple on |
| 12 | No , I 've taken a couple , look . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've taken a bit of stick and rightly so because we 've had a bad week and had two disappointing performances . |
| 14 | But I think they recognise that I 'm not trying to exploit the Broads to line my pocket , and that I 've taken a bit of care . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've taken a day off and I 've changed my shift . ’ |
| 16 | Do n't die when you 've taken a turn . |
| 17 | As a Labour councillor of a rural part of Leicestershire , a very beautiful po part of rural Leicestershire erm I 've taken a straw poll amongst my farming friends and er when I talk about fox hunting they er roll and shrug their shoulders , there 's no problem and if fox hunting is er part of the culling process , they do n't have a problem . |
| 18 | We 've taken a number of factors into account one of which is the lower occupancy levels at Beaver Vale . |
| 19 | So what if I 've taken a jazz classic and clubbed it up ? |
| 20 | ‘ Well , they 've taken a blood sample , so I understand , on account of her not being able to give a breath specimen , but I 've not heard one way or the other . |
| 21 | I 've taken a dislike to the colour . |
| 22 | But it 's either her or the caretaker who 've taken a lot of stuff out of my place : radio cassette , bedside radio , camera , alarm clock , my son 's chair and table . |
| 23 | After booking his place in today 's semi-final as fastest qualifier , McKean said : ‘ I felt totally in command out there , and I 've taken a lot of confidence from that run . ’ |
| 24 | You 've probably taken two hours getting the stuff out and then putting it back in again , and if you move it you 've taken a lot longer . |
| 25 | They 've taken a print of Hugo 's Amex , but I do n't somehow think he 's on good personal terms with them , and you know how tight everyone is on expenses , these days . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've taken an invisibility potion and I 'm just coming back into view . |
| 27 | We anticipate a shortfall of fifteen thousand pounds compared to our original budget and what we 've done in that is we 've taken an element of seven thousand in a sense below the line so that it does n't affect this committee , but this committee has had to find eight thousand pounds with that shortfall and now the bulk of that has been met by the savings we found elsewhere in the budget and the final item there is er setting up a consultants budget of ten thousand pounds , there 's not a consultants budget of any significance at , at the moment of the committee erm the County Planning Officer anticipates there 's a need for consultants in the minerals local plan work which we 're coming into this year and also to assist in environmental assessments er and special on that . |