Example sentences of "had [adv] taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main cause for concern was the dominant role of France , which had withdrawn from NATO 's integrated command structure in 1966 and had since taken an independent line in defence matters . |
| 2 | Some environmental improvements and land reclamation had additionally taken place . |
| 3 | It would be an illogical result , I think , if the paragraph gave a protection to a widow which the court had expressly taken away from her deceased husband , on whose tenancy she relies , that tenancy having been brought to a suspended end by the order for possession . |
| 4 | Someone had eventually taken her through the bustling , towering giant world of the shop to where her mother waited . |
| 5 | She had found out from Angy 's relatives that she was living in the area and had secretly taken the opportunity of getting in touch with her . |
| 6 | He had rather taken the wind out of her sails . |
| 7 | In fact Trieste , which under the Austro-Hungarian Empire had been the main port of Middle Europe , had diminished in importance as far as Italy was concerned : Genoa had effectively taken its place . |
| 8 | By the 1860S , middle-class holiday-makers had effectively taken over the resorts . |
| 9 | It was as if a couple of animals hounded from one burrow , nest or lair had im-mediately taken possession of another and started up just where they had left off . |
| 10 | Hipper , steaming northward parallel to Beatty , again sighted his enemy to the west at about 17.40 ; he immediately turned east but was then bombarded by Hood , who had inadvertently taken up a wrong station . |
| 11 | Mr Fisher said Neill had perhaps taken too many initiatives at once in the past year . |
| 12 | But then , as if Waimea had prematurely taken its gloves off , the waves all round him eased and he took advantage of the lull to belt the last thirty yards to the beach . |
| 13 | They wanted to sacrifice the wage so that they could feel they had personally taken part in the humiliation of the local landlords . |
| 14 | Particularly was this so because the British accountancy profession played a more constructive role in the preparatory stages of the two Directives than our professional bodies had hitherto taken in relation to EC proposals . |
| 15 | Defending Hinkin and Plumb , solicitor Bob Booker told the court that the offences had all taken place within a fortnight in early March . |
| 16 | The continued strengthening of the European and Japanese economies in the 1960s , the costs of Vietnam and of a large military arsenal , and demands for social reform at home had all taken their toll on American power . |
| 17 | Woil 's escape was over , and it had all taken less than a minute and a half . |
| 18 | But out here , on the high road , it was difficult to recall the purple and blue shadows and the firelight and the long oak table where they had all taken supper . |
| 19 | They had all taken enough to kill , that was sure . |
| 20 | ‘ I had n't realised it had all taken so long — it was lunchtime when the alarm went off . ’ |
| 21 | No news for 6 months then she came along with an anal fissure , she 'd not had any stomach problems and in fact had only taken the Arg Nit LM3 for 2 or 3 days till the headache went . |
| 22 | Tony 's GP had prescribed the medication for his sleeping difficulties , but he had only taken it on two occasions , finding the tablets to be of little help . |
| 23 | Previously , Legal & General had only taken realised investment appreciation to p&l account as investment return . |
| 24 | They had only taken a step or two when they heard a rustle in the leaves , and a sound like someone huffing under a heavy load . |
| 25 | It had only taken a glance to recognise the ship 's chandler , the site corroborated by the smell of tarred rope ; the same with Mick 's Bar and Johnson 's store . |
| 26 | It had only taken a few weeks for Lucy Ashdown to become one of the more useful ringers on Charlie 's list of reserves . |
| 27 | Instead , it had only taken away six months of his life — at a critical point that just might have foreclosed on his promotion hopes . |
| 28 | Many analysts believed that Cedras and his colleagues had only taken charge in order to prevent themselves from being swept away by events , and some senior commanders had reportedly refused to join Cedras in the ruling junta . |
| 29 | The controversy stemmed from an equivocal statement on the coup by the BSP on Aug. 19 , and the perception that the party had only taken a clear stand when the coup began to crumble . |
| 30 | More specifically , the accident resulting from the first incident had only taken place because of a concatenation of events leading to it which could not have been foreseen . |