Example sentences of "[been] take " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | Perhaps she had been taking too little care , or perhaps it was the strain of the bereavement coming out in physical symptoms . |
| 32 | Reversals have , so far as is known , been taking place throughout geological time , and the evidence of these reversals is stored up in the magnetic fabrics of the rocks of both the continents and the oceanic crust . |
| 33 | I had also been taking up quite a lot of time for public service , chairing the National Gas Consumers ' Council , and also , more relevantly , working under Richard Hoggart who was chairing the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education , which had a remit to develop national policies for education as a process continuing throughout life . |
| 34 | The legal opinion obtained by CPRE and the Council for National Parks from Professor Francis Jacobs , one of the leading authorities on EEC law , makes it clear that both MAFF and DoE have been taking an unduly restrictive view in adopting their stance . |
| 35 | However , breeders have been taking steps to reduce calving problems and also to breed longer , taller animals . |
| 36 | After a dress rehearsal for a Symphony Hour show , I suggested , as producer , that in the adagio movement of the main symphonic item the violins had been taking the tempo slightly too fast . |
| 37 | Since then I had had a healing , been taking massive doses of vitamin C , regular doses of vitamin A and B and supplements of zinc and selenium , eating my ‘ stay-well ’ diet and doing my visualization . |
| 38 | The woman had not looked like a prostitute , besides which had that been the case Fedorov 's driver should have been taking a walk along the quay , or just sitting gazing tactfully ahead . |
| 39 | The document ignores the debate on curriculum which has been taking place for 20 years . |
| 40 | We had been taking into the adult wards men and women suffering from the most serious fevers , encephalitis lethargica , polio-encephalitis , serious poliomyelitis , with two ‘ Iron lung ’ cases in a special isolation ward and unit , tuberculous meningitis , and poliomeningitis were also with us . |
| 41 | Exploration of the Variscan thrust province in Belgium , southern Germany , and northern France has also been taking place , though on a much smaller scale than in North America , and so far without commercial success . |
| 42 | Ann had been taking an antidepressant for 6 months without much benefit . |
| 43 | On the day she took her overdose , Pamela had been taking her end-of-term examination in Biology and English , but thought that she had done very badly . |
| 44 | For many months a nurse had been taking care of Mary , described by everyone as a gentle , retiring person . |
| 45 | We had indeed , and Denis was in a filthy mood because his motorbike had died on him on the way into Cambridge and he had had to push it five miles back — and he had been taking his temper out on me ever since lunchtime . |
| 46 | Nigger Asnett , who had been taking it very easy since his homecoming , decided it was time to start work . |
| 47 | On energy , consultations have been taking place on generation , conservation and solar energy . |
| 48 | Since the publication of ‘ Education for Self-Reliance ’ , the process of transforming these goals into curriculum plans and curriculum practice has been taking place , somewhat languidly at first , but with increasing momentum . |
| 49 | The Local Plan inquiry had been taking place and the village had made a large input thanks to help from Rear Admiral Charles Weston and Christine Darter , who had devoted time and effort in presenting the parish point of view on many matters . |
| 50 | During the winter months , behind the scenes restoration and conservation work has been taking place and there are new developments at many houses and gardens . |
| 51 | As one walked outside , another began arguing with Dad who was , naturally , absolutely furious at what had been taking place . |
| 52 | ‘ You have been taking your medicine ? ’ she asked . |
| 53 | It may be that you have been taking them for so long that you are caught up in a chemical spiral and can not now function without them . |
| 54 | ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . ) |
| 55 | Eddie Chattaway had been taking part in the tournament for over twenty years before he loosed his winning arrow in 1977 . |
| 56 | ‘ We 've been taking statements all day , and have discovered certain — anomalies in yours which need sorting out . |
| 57 | Recently we 'd been taking ten minutes a night off it in order to have more time in the pub . |
| 58 | DISCUSSIONS have been taking place in Birkenhead over the future of St Laurence 's parish , and one proposal is that it should be joined to Our Lady 's Parish . |
| 59 | Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency due to a very slight , and sometimes unrecognisable , blood loss from such conditions as piles , diverticulitis , hiatus hernia — and occasionally bleeding from the stomach , if they have been taking aspirin for rheumatism daily for long periods , and this may cause anaemia . |
| 60 | The Golf Information Centre telephonists , recently trained in passable French , had been taking advanced bookings from around the world . |