Example sentences of "[verb] taken [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then her work with the band has taken her on a Scottish tour which included the Edinburgh Folk Festival , and she also performs with the four other ladies who make up Belfast 's first close-harmony vocal group ‘ Cuigear Ban ’ . |
| 2 | Her fate has taken her on a different journey , a route where the monarchy is secondary to her true vocation . |
| 3 | Dr Halden is married to my daughter and has taken her on an extended tour of the Continent . ’ |
| 4 | His research has taken him through the alpine and arid zones of Australia ; botanical history is one of his many interests , and he specialises in the ‘ Compositae ’ family . |
| 5 | His American tour kicked off on day one at the Tournament of Champions in Southern California and has taken him to the two major Pro-Ams — the Bob Hope and the Crosby ( aforementioned Pebble Beach National Pro-Am ) — a trio of Florida events — Doral , the Honda Classic and the Players ' Championship — as well as The Masters , the Colonial , the Memorial , the season-ending Nabisco Championship and a slew of less-hallowed events in between . |
| 6 | Nicholson 's new boy Adrian Maguire has thirty four winners already … but a double from Richard Dunwoody has taken him into the twenties |
| 7 | THE BUCK STOPS HERE : Trevor McDonald 's distinguished career has taken him from a poor , but loving , childhood in Trinidad to being ITN 's first solo anchorman Picture : BILL KENNEDY |
| 8 | The Renaissance was a rebirth of the Alexandrian-Roman spirit , and it has taken us on the same path . |
| 9 | ‘ The Mirror has taken it from the limited audience it has had right out into the open . |
| 10 | The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car . |
| 11 | That would have taken them past the vital February sailing time along what Whitehall claims is an organised escape route . |
| 12 | He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank . |
| 13 | Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance , boredom , fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality . |
| 14 | Having a baby would have taken us off the front pages , making us safe and dull again . |
| 15 | Should have taken it in the second half , but they could n't find the net . |
| 16 | But Blakelock had the best opportunity to do that , and he would n't need to have taken them in the first place . |
| 17 | If people had taken me as a sincere , genuine man who was worried , I think we could have avoided all that has happened . |
| 18 | We always said that someone at the office called Jenkins had taken me to the local wine bar after work and we 'd run into some old girlfriend of his and Gillian who knew this girl vaguely was with her and we sort of got on immediately and made another date . |
| 19 | It was the flight path the one man she 'd ever been In Love with had taken her for the first time , after a late film at the Paris Pullman , Kensington to Hampstead at two a.m . |
| 20 | He had taken her to a modest hotel in Albemarle Street , and booked in there as Mr and Mrs Arkwright . |
| 21 | I had taken her to the Three Tuns , and told the others to meet us there , on the basis that it was the second nearest pub to the scene of the demo and the nearest one to Seymour Street police station . |
| 22 | We had taken them with the aforementioned pinch of salt . |
| 23 | Perhaps she had scarcely heard them , or had taken them as a mere mechanical rejoinder to her own ‘ Do n't hate me ’ . |
| 24 | When Ricky began taking Jenny out she was surprised to learn that Minton paid him money and had taken him to the Caribbean . |
| 25 | The doctor had wanted to bring him here but was not very happy about making the same journey twice , so he had taken him to the next valley . |
| 26 | He had thought he could look at a picture of Wyvis Hall , a photograph he had taken himself with a cheap camera Zosie had stolen , with equanimity and even a rueful amusement , but it appeared he could not . |
| 27 | ‘ Someone had taken it to a French jeweller after the war and tried to sell it . |
| 28 | Surely she had taken it as an ill omen ? |
| 29 | Rose was the second generation in it , and she had taken it from a back street operation to a small , high class chain . |
| 30 | The car has broken down and my two mates have taken it to a local garage to get it fixed . ’ |