Example sentences of "taken a [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt as if someone had taken a swing at her with a sledgehammer , but did n't fall off her stool . |
| 2 | Shaun 's last years at school had been difficult he 'd even taken a swing at a teacher at one point — and he 'd earned a reputation for the motherless Hammond boys that Wayne had found himself sharing even though he 'd done nothing to earn it . |
| 3 | In fact , students who have taken a subject at A level do not , by the end of their courses , do better than those who have kept off it — as a recent study of economics graduates showed . |
| 4 | He confides that he would have liked to have ‘ taken a crack at another big public objective , . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Having taken a look at the nature of , and influences upon , options , we can now examine the investment strategies which may be created using traded options . |
| 7 | DEC has also taken a booth at this week 's SunWorld expo in San Francisco to make an aggressive bid to entice SunOS applications and user to Alpha . |
| 8 | Tell them the company has n't taken a stance at all , that our analysts are still working on it . " |
| 9 | that at the time of the loss or damage he or she had taken a room at the inn ; and |
| 10 | Directors Tamara Chodzko and Lawren Maben have taken a lease at 100 Great Russell Street where they launched their programme at the beginning of last month with ‘ A Modest Proposal ’ ( to 16 May ) . |
| 11 | And Person X could have taken a shot at you . ’ |
| 12 | He said a man had taken a lunge at him and he had fallen to the ground . |