Example sentences of "taken time [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Success has n't solved all their problems — Cindy Wilson has taken time off to be temporarily replaced by David Lynch 's protegee Julee Cruise — but it has put the bounce back into the bouffant bop from which their name is derived ( a B-52 being a hairdo ) . |
| 2 | KEITH Richards has taken time off from the Rolling Stones to perform with his own band , the X-Pensive Winos . |
| 3 | They were all there except Christine , even Barry Morse who must have taken time off from his job , presumably to lend support to his wife and the family . |
| 4 | Gary had taken time off from Edinburgh Playhouse where he was starring in the musical , Me and My Girl . |
| 5 | One of TV 's most famous newsreaders has taken time off from her job in front of the cameras to do some stage work . |
| 6 | Philippe Barbe , whose slender Martin Francis-designed 77-footer ( 23.4m ) Speedy-Go was the largest in the fleet , had taken time out of the Route de Rosé race from St Tropez to St Barts to participate . |
| 7 | If he 's been largely absent from the small screen for the last two years ( the South Bank Show spoof , Norbert Smith , was a revamp of an old idea ) , that 's because he 's unplugged the phone , taken time out with his two old drinking pals and got down to the serious business of mucking about . |
| 8 | Already the mayors at either end of the Bridge , Art Agnos ( Giants ) and Lionel Wilson ( Athletics ) , have taken time out from civic duties to place ritual side bets with each other on the outcome . |
| 9 | Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman recorded for Shrapnel Records from 1981 to 1989 and has recently taken time out from working with the band to record a new solo album , ‘ Scenes ’ , for Shrapnel/Roadrunner Records . |