Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] taken the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there was we 'd already taken the air out to get us through . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He had rather taken the wind out of her sails . |
| 4 | He had headed for Berka Satellite field , whose commandant had obviously taken the lesson of previous raids to heart . |
| 5 | And they had suddenly taken the dullness out of hers . |
| 6 | They had already taken the play to Lancaster as well as performing it in Durham , and now had the assembly of the pageant down to a fine art , taking about two hours to mount the superstructure . |
| 7 | In fact the day before this instruction was issued to all units , 6 Armoured Division in Italy had already taken the surrender of a group headed by Gen Damjanovic of some 10,000 men describing themselves as Chetniks and Royalists , accompanied by upwards of a thousand civilians , including women and children [ KP 48 ] . |
| 8 | The whole palace seemed deserted , as if the Royal family and all the staff had already taken the road to Varennes . |
| 9 | By this stage it is possible — the idea is corroborated to some extent by Castro 's actions in December 1959 and January 1960 — see pages 72–3 — that he had already taken the decision to embark on a campaign to present the USSR with a fait accompli of ‘ socialist ’ reforms to enlist their total support . |
| 10 | Within my college work , I had already taken the decision to devote more time and concentration to HNC/Ds ; just because they work smoothly and efficiently and have a good reputation is no excuse for not keeping actively in touch with this area . |
| 11 | Bobo was in for a shock , however , for when he kicked open the door to Sam 's office , he discovered that the President had already taken the matter out of his hands , having blown his own brains out . |
| 12 | A hundred horses had already taken the fence — only one had got into difficulty |
| 13 | Fabia 's heart was beating hastily beneath her ribs as she observed from the dog lead in one of the man 's hands that he either had just taken the animal for a walk or was just about to . |
| 14 | Dickie had just taken the entrance examination required by his father 's old public school . |
| 15 | Only one other British record company — EMI — had ever taken the step of setting up their own operations in Europe . |
| 16 | He had decisively taken the edge off trade union power . |
| 17 | Ireland had deservedly taken the lead in the first half through Brian Smith after good loose play swarmed England . |
| 18 | The war communism model had enjoyed considerable popularity , in part because of the USSR 's ‘ authoritarian-patriarchal culture ’ , and had later taken the form of Stalinism , with its belief that the state should play the major part in the transition to socialism . |
| 19 | Christopher Trickie and his Wife … told Mogg that the French people had taken the plan of their House , and that They had also taken the plan of all the places round that part of the Country , that a Brook runs in the front of Trickie 's House and the French people inquired of Trickie wether the Brook was Navigable to the Sea , and upon being informed by Trickie that It was not , they were afterwards seen examining the Brook quite down to the Sea . |
| 20 | By this time Joyce had also taken the final and logical step of applying for German citizenship on behalf of his wife and himself . |
| 21 | Not only had the Archbishop left in haste but he had also taken the Bishop of Rochester 's horses . |
| 22 | He had also taken the precaution of seeking legal advice in Bologna , where he remained for six months , attending lectures daily in canon and Roman law . |
| 23 | Bernard had now taken the decision to stay in the area . |
| 24 | ‘ Our boys ’ were being nurtured in the belief that they were the leaders of tomorrow , the ‘ happy few ’ who would one day be running whatever had now taken the place of the Empire . |
| 25 | Francesca herself had characteristically taken the line that the Foreign Office ought to have been glad that someone on the staff was that closely involved with the American political Establishment . |
| 26 | He had actually taken the trouble of ruling them out for all his business contacts as well . |
| 27 | He had certainly taken the tragedy badly . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the risk of endometriosis was low in women currently taking oral contraceptives ( relative risk 0.4 ; 95% confidence interval 0.2 to 0.7 ) , but higher in women who had formerly taken them ( 1.8 ; 1.0 to 3.1 in women who had stopped 25–48 months previously ) compared with women who had never taken the pill . |
| 29 | Robert , who had never taken the invitation seriously , brushed it away . |
| 30 | Both came to the Sunday services immediately after coming along to the centre , one of the lads having a belief in Jesus but had never taken the step of repentance and asking Him into his heart , when he did his reaction was to say he felt the chains fall from him and that he believes Jesus has broken his addiction to alcohol . |