Example sentences of "taken i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I moved in to my flat she had to a certain extent taken me over , and treated me like an erring and somewhat unintelligent son who obviously needed the care and attention of a responsible adult . |
| 2 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you . |
| 3 | Interesting high-profile autobiographies that drop names like confetti : in Well , I Forget The Rest ( Hutchinson , £17.99 ) , Quentin Crewe , thrice-married , confesses : ‘ It has never taken me longer than a week-end to fall in love , usually less . ’ |
| 4 | I can not remember just what purpose had taken me up on to the top floor of the house to where the row of guest bedrooms line the corridor . |
| 5 | He had taken me on to smooth his path , and this I had done . |
| 6 | ‘ Did the director mention he 'd taken me on ? ’ |
| 7 | It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him . |
| 8 | My hosts have taken me around , and I thought that we would have lunch in the Television Tower — in fact I have reserved a table . |
| 9 | ‘ D' you remember , ’ Cal said , ‘ when I was new at school when you were too , three years ago , they 'd taken me away from St Catherine 's and I never told you why . |
| 10 | Despite my obvious interest in the city , in recent years my search has taken me away from a preoccupation with subjects to a greater preoccupation with aesthetics . |
| 11 | Despite my obvious interest in the city , in recent years my search has taken me away from a preoccupation with subjects to a greater preoccupation with aesthetics . |
| 12 | My voyage to Laputa , Balnibarbi , Glubbdubdrib and Luggnagg had taken me away from home for five and a half years . |
| 13 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
| 14 | It would 've taken me about four hours to do it . |
| 15 | And how long it would have taken me alone ! ’ |
| 16 | It 's taken me long enough god knows but |
| 17 | These I was given , but , as I soon discovered , directions which would have taken me there in an almost straight line . |
| 18 | It seems to epitomise the whole range of values and ideas that have taken me there in the first place . |
| 19 | Silas has taken me there twice . ’ |
| 20 | He must have taken me there . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's taken me so long to get ‘ Gunnell ’ up there on the giant Olympic scoreboard , I think I 'm going to carry on being called that for athletics purposes . ’ |
| 22 | It 's taken me so long to write about just two years . |
| 23 | When I got back to base , instead of being welcomed as the returning hero I thought myself to be , I was asked what had taken me so long . |
| 24 | I 'm sorry it 's taken me so long to write to you . |
| 25 | That 's why it 's taken me so long , I think . |
| 26 | ‘ But you 've taken me so deep I feel as though I 'm complete for the first time . |
| 27 | ‘ My job as an engineer has taken me all over the world , ’ says Bob , who lives in Kirkdale and now works for GEC . |
| 28 | Camping has taken me all over England and twice to Scotland . |
| 29 | ‘ In that case , you should never have taken me out sailing in the first place ! ’ |
| 30 | Behaving like an infatuated teenager , just because he 's taken me out , and kissed me a few times ? |