Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] taken " in BNC.

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1 FRED 1 's proposals in respect of extraordinary items were generally well received , although several commentators wanted to see them taken one stage further and recommended banning the use of the category of extraordinary items .
2 You 're forgetting that it 's Hilary you would have to turn to if you want me taken out .
3 ‘ How has she taken her husband 's death ? ’
4 Still , he 's asking what has she taken ?
5 She struck out blindly and found herself taken in a firm grip .
6 Is there any reason to suppose her otherwise , or has anybody taken it into his head to try her ?
7 ‘ Why has it taken you so long ? ’
8 Why has it taken so long ?
9 Why has it taken so long for this in his technique to be exposed ?
10 Why , I find myself asking , has it taken recording companies so long to realize the importance and value of Prokofiev 's contribution to the sonata ?
11 Why has it taken the Government so long to take even this inadequate action ?
12 Why has it taken so long to bring interconnection back on to the agenda ?
13 Why has it taken forty years for agriculture to be incorporated .
14 Or has he taken this statement from a book or article written by someone else ?
15 Has he taken anything out of there ? ’ he demanded .
16 Nor has he taken the trouble to go into details concerning the clerical work to be done .
17 What action has he taken to deal with that specific waiting list ?
18 ‘ What , boy , and has he taken the very bed from under you — the very pillow from under your head ? ’
19 She wants it taken out . ’
20 The sweat was running down your back all day and I 've seen me taken off my white clothes and hang them up and they were still wet when you come in the next day .
21 I 've seen them taken to the sea too and er have a job to round them up .
22 It must have been , probably had them taken on a Monday then .
23 Just glad I 've got one taken fire engine .
24 See , so he said would n't like one taken , taken from
25 Would n't you think my niece Elsie would have had it taken away ?
26 I have n't had it taken
27 And finally Cooper 's shoulder 's obviously very bad you 've had it taken
28 Still on , but he 's had it taken , he had it taken away last week .
29 Constant nausea ; vomit bile ; vomit everything taken in , with great prostration and great pallor .
30 You should have them taken out ; it did not matter here in Hampstead , where we see nobody . ’
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