Example sentences of "[v-ing] taken the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having taken the plunge to buy the whole site , it was necessary to consider how best to use the new asset to the greatest benefit . |
| 2 | Having taken the plunge and opened the package I was delighted to find that the software is n't copy protected — no problems running it on my hard disk systems here , or so I thought . |
| 3 | Having taken the opening game 15–4 , but losing the second 14–17 , the Surrey player , 24 , came back from 8–13 down in the decider to claim his place in the last four . |
| 4 | Having taken the field with his directors to become surely the first board to be cheered to the rafters , he was presented with a cheque . |
| 5 | Moreover the Washington Post , having taken the lustre away , was plainly only waiting to give it back again . |
| 6 | Having taken the plank out of our eye , we can see clearly how the Craft has stepped into the vacuum . |
| 7 | He admits that having taken the decision to box again , the regime of the work seems harder , the magnet of other interests and causes in life seems stronger . |
| 8 | Solaris x86 for Intel Corp architectures will move to release 2.2 later this year — from 2.1 now — Sun admits only to Compaq Computer Corp and AST Research Inc having taken the release for their iAPX-86 multiprocessors . |
| 9 | Solaris x86 for Intel Corp architectures will move to release 2.2 later this year — from 2.1 now — Sun admits only to Compaq Computer Corp and AST Research Inc having taken the release for their iAPX-86 multiprocessors . |
| 10 | Migrants gave three main reasons for not having taken the course at the institutions involved in our research . |
| 11 | Your letter of Sunday last was put into my hands this morning it having taken the Pilot with 5 men 4 days to reach this place so adverse has been the weather , you will therefore see we are still imprizoned [ sic ] here . |
| 12 | I already hate myself for having taken the job , I know it was a mistake . |
| 13 | The play revolves around Brose , a harebrained nonentity machine-operator , who runs a boiler room of a semi-automated antiseptic dye factory , having taken the job because it was easy work and non-union , and who manages to annoy everybody except his fiancée . |
| 14 | Having taken the stage ( significantly ) to the tune of James Brown 's ‘ Sex Machine ’ , he spent the entire performance on the move — swinging his microphone stand , wiggling his butt and kicking extra life into crowd-pleasers like Otis Redding 's ‘ Hard To Handle ’ , ‘ Jealous Again ’ and ‘ She Talks to Angels ’ . |
| 15 | Having taken the game to the Baa-Baas at the start of the second half they deserved their try by Damian Griffiths , although the revival was brief . |
| 16 | Having taken the initiative on the Northern Territories , officials of the ruling party are worried that they may not get all the co-operation they need from the civil service . |
| 17 | Because the parent company will not be producing its own p&l account for publication ( having taken the exemption in the Companies Act 1985 ( s 230 ) where consolidated accounts are produced ) , the notes to the parent company 's individual balance sheet will show the company 's profit for the financial year , which includes the gain of £1.1m . |
| 18 | As the general secretary of the CISL put it , ‘ In the years 1965–66 , especially , a process of rationalization in the industries caused serious tensions to arise and was the cause of a new awareness of the problems of working life , this process having taken the form of a balance of forces highly unfavourable to the worker ’ ( Reggio , quoted Flanagan et al. , 1983 , p. 520 ) . |
| 19 | The Prime Minister also feels that having taken the flak for the longest recession since the war , Mr Lamont is entitled to receive the laurels when the predicted recovery begins . |
| 20 | Having taken the trouble to travel all this way in the first place , he 'd doubtless find some means of coercing her to stay . |