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Example sentences of "we have taken " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	And then she said , when you said , well you wo they wo n't , I said , everyone knows because she said , by the time we has taken those people home , it would have been dark .
2	My new friend and I had picked up two mad women , I said , and we 'd taken lots of this and that and one thing had led to another , as often happens when young people get together .
3	We 'd taken the swiftly accelerating Spirit away from the homespun drag races of Woodward Avenue , hoping Chrysler 's hype on for the R/T was well founded .
4	Appropriately enough for a photo session with one of the fittest men in the world — capable of dancing for hours without a break — we 'd taken over a corner of top London gym , The Peak , at the Hyatt Carlton Tower Hotel .
5	We 'd taken a small local boat — built for four people but with 15 on board not to mention some pigs and chickens — out to an island .
6	We 'd taken a small local boat — built for four people but with 15 on board not to mention some pigs and chickens — out to an island .
7	I 'd no idea we 'd taken so long . ’
8	after we 'd taken in old Mrs Brent
9	If it had all succeeded and we 'd taken him back … ?
10	It was also how he 'd overheard me and Kenny the barman talking and drawn his own paranoid conclusions which had led to both me and Kenny wishing we 'd taken out medical insurance .
11	In many ways I wish we 'd taken on that girl now who we saw right at the very beginning with
12	Well to try and show that we 'd covered we 'd taken in as much of what was going on
13	‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’
14	I think in truth erm er we 'd taken a weekend off and er to go to Venice , there was a big er art exhibition on and Anne wanted to see that .
15	And er I wrote to the No we 'd taken the decision at the Portobello branch th that Sunday that we support When we supported the executive decision , the strike for our just demand you see .
16	for one thing , if we 'd taken one of their houses and I 'd died first , my wife would of been left without a home
17	Berger impersonates her to a fault , both in the superb egotism of female love — ‘ It is painful for us to judge the man we 've taken , for he 's already ours , like a son ’ — and in the certitudes of peasant thinking : ‘ I will tell you which men deserve our respect …
18	‘ Obviously we 've taken a close look at Oddbins , ’ says Ann Tonk , standing in Victoria Wine 's smartly re-fitted ‘ Family Group 1 ’ store in London 's Hampstead High Street .
19	We 've taken it over for a week or so .
20	We think that these apartments are a bit of a find , and so are pleased to have them that we 've taken them up throughout the summer on an exclusive basis .
21	We 've taken a selected range of apartments in and around Malia , where you 'll be welcome to mix with the crowd and enjoy all of the facilities and club activities .
22	‘ We 've taken possession of the place , have n't we ? ’ said Susan laughing .
23	After all the trouble we 've taken . ’
24	‘ The weather 's not improving , and with us wallowing around like a drunken whale we 've taken heavy seas over the stern .
25	Watford manager Steve Perryman fears a Leeds backlash , but said : ‘ This year we 've taken on Blackburn , Ipswich and Middlesbrough — and beaten them all , which is perhaps a clue to our chances .
26	Perhaps the biggest insult of all is when they claim that we 've taken over girls ' work !
27	But in the last year we 've taken some very bold steps .
28	‘ We 've taken a bit of stick and rightly so because we 've had a bad week and had two disappointing performances .
29	Yeah , I think , I have n't got details of that , but I think erm Ron has and also the fact that we 've taken remarks and .
30	This month , with time at a premium , we 've taken a few short cuts to preparing delicious Christmas fare : we bought a cooked gammon to transform into a glorious centrepiece with a crunchy nut , honeyed glaze .