Example sentences of "have taken [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pam Dixon 's here , the bearded wonder has taken himself off for the weekend |
| 2 | Her son has taken her up in his hang-glider ( can you carry two on a hang-glider ? ) , and she recalls her life and loves as she sails over the old family farm and the nearby manganese factory where it all happened . |
| 3 | I gather your nursemaid has taken her off to her own home today . ’ |
| 4 | Alain has taken her back by car . |
| 5 | Only a bully could have stood up to the bullying party bureaucracy ; Mr Yeltsin has taken them on at their own game and beaten them . |
| 6 | Royal Cedar , trained by John McConnochie , who has taken him over from the now retired Mercy Rimell , is another who is perfectly at home on fast ground , winning here over three and a half miles and at Newbury this season . |
| 7 | Royal Cedar , trained by John McConnochie , who has taken him over from the now retired Mercy Rimell , is another who is perfectly at home on fast ground , winning here over three and a half miles and at Newbury this season . |
| 8 | For the Prince , it was the beginning of a love affair , one that has taken him back to Italy on many occasions . |
| 9 | Ca n't get there , this road has taken us out of our way has n't it ? |
| 10 | He 'd taken her out to dinner that very night , and now seemed to be practically haunting the place , and obviously very much in love with her friend . |
| 11 | I 'd taken her back with a woolly suit , mitts , hat , booties , everything , in the middle of July . |
| 12 | He had n't meant to say it , but it was the effect of the beer and the movement of the ship and her sophistication , all things he could n't cope with together , so he 'd taken her down to the bar and they 'd had a couple more drinks to restore his confidence before the boat docked . |
| 13 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |
| 14 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 15 | They 'd as good as killed him when they 'd taken him out of the field . |
| 16 | A pity she really did have a cold on the morning she woke up and used her inhaler , the morning after I 'd taken it out of her hand-bag and added my little cocktail . |
| 17 | Only you never knew I 'd taken 'em round to Mr Bishop 's brother . ’ |
| 18 | One or two offered sympathy and would have taken her along with them , but she stayed on with her head bowed until only Sarah and the fair-haired man were left . |
| 19 | What I 'm saying is that he would n't have taken her out into the woods . |
| 20 | He must have taken them back with him last time he was here . ’ |
| 21 | He left the road at the hairpin bend which would have taken him up to Albert Terrace and followed the path through the kissing-gate to the moor . |
| 22 | The word ‘ humanity ’ borrowed some of its force from the 1959 approach , but the rest of the definition would have taken us back to a test of manners based on an assumption of consensus which is at worst suspect and at best unproven , but which is to be measured only by outrage , surely an irrational and wholly subjective response . |
| 23 | I could have taken you out in my dinghy . ’ |
| 24 | If I 'd had my hat I 'd have taken it off to the guy . |
| 25 | Though you 'd have thought they 'd have taken it off before bringing in their things . |
| 26 | Now that 's what he originally would have done , you see he would have taken it out of here straight into the hall . |
| 27 | She could have taken herself off to the local Italian with her child and a book of her own , for Kate also likes reading though her tastes are less morbific . |
| 28 | I would never have taken anything out of that book that you had put in because I would n't have known what it was about . |
| 29 | On the other hand , it can create a system through which goals may be achieved , having taken them out of the realm of pure ideology . |
| 30 | Millions would have loved to have taken her up on her offer . |