Example sentences of "[vb past] already take 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ] . |
| 4 | The whole palace seemed deserted , as if the Royal family and all the staff had already taken the road to Varennes . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A hundred horses had already taken the fence — only one had got into difficulty |