Example sentences of "have just taken [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only four results left and so far Lenny Henry has just taken a clear lead from Victoria Wood . |
| 2 | Neil Young has just taken a three-minute break between the arrival of the NME and the departure of Radio 1 's Johnny Walker . |
| 3 | Now presumably somebody in government or Whitehall has just taken a decision to , to go for it all in one year , I do n't know why , I , I do n't suppose we 're told why , but the , the consequence of the decision is actually going to be that people in Shropshire , our clients and social services are going to pay for that decision , either through paying charges for services that they now get for nothing , or by getting less services , er , and this does n't seem to be in line with the government 's stated aim of , of targeting money where it 's most needed . |
| 4 | It has just taken the unusual step of calling home its ambassador to Guatemala ‘ for consultations ’ . |
| 5 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 6 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |
| 7 | ‘ He might have just taken a walk and got lost , ’ said Pascoe without conviction . |
| 8 | I was upstairs with the other two , she could have just taken the other one |
| 9 | you 've just taken a knock you did n't get the job , it 's not to say a job wo n't come up again now what you gon na do give up or keep trying ? |
| 10 | I know what I 've got the find , oh god it 's alright , I 've just taken a look in here it 's like a bomb ! |
| 11 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've just taken an aerobics class and did n't have time to change . ’ |
| 13 | Erm , there 's many suggestions I 've got here , where I 've just taken the necessary action in view of the procedures and I do n't feel that it 's necessary for us to discuss it , if you 're happy with that . |
| 14 | Mrs Popple had just taken a bath . |
| 15 | The Salisbury Steam Laundry had just taken a delivery of fuel and the covers to the boiler room were open . |
| 16 | Yanto had just taken a swig of cider , and instantly sprayed a dozen regulars as the uncontrollable spasm of laughter erupted . |
| 17 | And he goes on to reveal in the letter that he had just taken a day off ‘ work ’ to watch a Tennessee high school football game with Ginger Alden , the 20-year-old Tennessee beauty queen who bore a startling resemblance to his mother and whom he called ‘ little Gladys ’ . |
| 18 | She had just taken a mouthful of the rather sour wormwood-flavoured wine when Anthony came breezily into the room . |
| 19 | He had just taken a call when Maggie arrived to eat . |
| 20 | Dickie had just taken the entrance examination required by his father 's old public school . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We have just taken a quick overall look at the situation , one that I hope will enable the reader to form a clear picture of the scope of the French nuclear programme and the unique way in which we implemented it . |
| 23 | I have just taken a cone of machine washable wool from my shelf , it is sold as ‘ four-ply ’ . |
| 24 | I have just taken a long , stiff drink . |
| 25 | And she was saying , cos her friend works in a bank and she 's just taken a mortgage on because they get so much knocked off their mortgage do n't they , if you work in a |