Example sentences of "taken a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have taken a little time to sketch the history of paragraph 16.5 of Code C in order to show that it is not directly linked to the ancient and deep-rooted privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 2 | This would take place in view of the grandstands at 5.35 , after the players had checked their scores , signed their cards and taken a little time to compose themselves . |
| 3 | His re-creation — like the creating of Adam on the first day — had taken a little time . |
| 4 | However , recently , the courts have taken a more laissez-faire attitude to exclusion clauses and fundamental breach on the basis that the parties should be free to agree that there should be no liability under the contract even for a fundamental breach , if that was their desire , see Photo Productions Ltd. v Securicor Transport Ltd. [ 1980 ] . |
| 5 | They could add more tea once he had taken a few sips . |
| 6 | They can be taken a few hours before sleep is required in the new time zone . |
| 7 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 8 | She had been horrified at the botch Ruth made of it and Ruth had begun to wish that she had taken a few of Hester 's proffered lessons . |
| 9 | The whole operation had taken a few seconds only , a little huddle of activity in all of which the discreet entry of Liz Spalding to the house had had a good chance of going unnoticed by any distant , watching eyes . |
| 10 | They say he should have waited around like a good boy , taken a few duff , even Duff fights , and he would have been rewarded in due course by boxing 's power brokers . |
| 11 | If it did n't come off , the worst thing that could have happened is that it would have taken a few years to move him out . ’ |
| 12 | You will remember that a decision was taken a few years ago that we would lay our track to the standard British gauge of 4′ 8½″ rather than to the Irish gauge of 5′ 3″ . |
| 13 | Additionally , in this particular case there is another problem — since the shot is being taken a few minutes before sunset , the light is weak , and demands a long exposure . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Additionally , in this particular case there is another problem — since the shot is being taken a few minutes before sunset , the light is weak , and demands a long exposure . |
| 16 | It had only taken a few weeks for Lucy Ashdown to become one of the more useful ringers on Charlie 's list of reserves . |
| 17 | ‘ After I 've taken a few pictures . |
| 18 | Rona and he had taken a few round one afternoon , drinking endless cups of tea and listening to platitudes ; a pattern of conversation with all the formality of a dance , first the weather , and then naive politics of the cost of living . |
| 19 | Yeah I was doing their printing for them and er I 've also taken a few shots for the Chronicle . |
| 20 | It had taken a few days to persuade her ladyship to accept change , for she had for so long been used to living in squalor that she could not at first accustom herself to an altered way of life . |
| 21 | He waited until she had obediently taken a few sips of the ale , before propping one knee on the bed beside her and jerking her face up to his . |
| 22 | I accept that it has taken a few years for the process to be completed , but everyone who studies the history books will be able to trace the downfall of the Thatcher Government — as some may still call it — to the time when she was foolish enough to remove the right hon. Gentleman from the duties that he was carrying out so successfully . |
| 23 | And that 's what upset us most about these people going back to work , the fact that a meeting had been taken a few months before in which everybody had voted for us to get the sack , and then all of a sudden they had been threatened and no vote was taken on whether we should stay out or go back , and they just dribbled back to , that really knocked us I think . |
| 24 | Biopsy specimens taken a few cm distal to the splenic flexure and in the sigmoid colon were staiend with haematoxyline and eosin and were assessed blindly for the degree of inflammation . |
| 25 | It 'd been taken a few years earlier at a family Christmas party when we were playing Musical Chairs . |