Example sentences of "'d taken [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd taken a shine to Tom Rudge whom she now knew to be an apprentice fitter , as was Cyril , his mate . |
| 2 | He 'd daubed a rock with paint and used the tell-tale splashes to correct a slight right-hand drift , and then he 'd taken a rasp to the elaborate Monte Carlo grip , reshaping the stock to approximate to the military form on which he 'd been trained and binding it with tape when it was as he wanted . |
| 3 | But I have a gem of a nun who 's a wizard with a needle , and after she 'd taken a tuck in the waist and put two inches on the hem , they looked almost tailor-made . ’ |
| 4 | Maybe he 'd taken a course in French film as a way of learning how to pick up girls . |
| 5 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 6 | ‘ Better ? ’ she said when he 'd taken a couple of swallows , and he managed to nod again . |
| 7 | Up to the fifth floor , then walk down to the third , where he 'd taken a couple of rooms . |
| 8 | Once , she 'd taken a hammer to the headlamp of his motorcycle . |
| 9 | She 'd taken a liking to Silvia and had no wish to betray her and get her into trouble with her quarrelsome cousin . |
| 10 | The man who 'd taken a photograph of the bus asked if he might photograph the old people also , and the bus-driver told him to wait a minute . |
| 11 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
| 12 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
| 13 | Once she 'd taken a room in a village where the bus just happened to stop . |
| 14 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 15 | They 'd taken no notice of Thérèse reporting that the Bishop expected only a simple meal . |
| 16 | Moved by the verdict , Mr Donnellan 's mother said she was proud he 'd taken the case to the police in order to clear himself . |
| 17 | The evening had commenced at a restaurant where Rune had introduced her to koldt bord , the pan-Scandinavian cold buffet-style spread , while he 'd taken the opportunity of finding out more details about Suzie , including her appearance . |
| 18 | Harriet was telling me you 'd taken the cottage opposite hers . |
| 19 | And er I wrote to the No we 'd taken the decision at the Portobello branch th that Sunday that we support When we supported the executive decision , the strike for our just demand you see . |
| 20 | She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 21 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 22 | Before she realised what he was intending he 'd taken the crutch from her and propped it out of reach . |
| 23 | With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board . |
| 24 | I had n't needed to serve her : I 'd taken the tray from Cathy . |
| 25 | The man had been writing in a book , he 'd taken the number of the car with an official air and Cormack had wondered why for a moment , then forgotten . |
| 26 | And one of the people I 'd taken an order from , they started pushing . |
| 27 | Had I wanted to do something in astronomy , which I did actually want to do because I 'd taken an interest in it , in fact I would not have thought of this type of molecule . |