Example sentences of "[verb] [be] take [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What poor soul has been taking stuff in for Bosnia ? |
| 2 | Where Cooper has been taking instruction on board , Waters has been tossing it aside . |
| 3 | ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . ) |
| 4 | Britain has been taking part in a limited relief programme using a Hercules from RAF Lyneham to fly supplies from Zagreb to Sarajevo , Bosnia 's capital . |
| 5 | ‘ Spencer has been taking money from customers and only entering a part of the amounts in the books . |
| 6 | A MAN posing as a worker for the charity War on Want has been taking money from unsuspecting people in the Balmoral area . |
| 7 | A three-times World speedway champion has been taking motorbike lessons … so that he can pass his test . |
| 8 | He has been taking medication and it is believed he may have been able to hide some of the drug . |
| 9 | ‘ She has been taking medication but we do n't know yet whether that had anything to do with it . |
| 10 | Sharon has been taking evening classes at college for the past two years . |
| 11 | In one sense this kind of thing has been taking place for centuries . |
| 12 | These cold statistics do not show one important trend that has been taking place since 1945 . |
| 13 | In recent years , a quiet revolution has been taking place as technical changes and new marketing methods for a vast range of home products have increased consumer choice and introduced alternative ways of home building . |
| 14 | The document ignores the debate on curriculum which has been taking place for 20 years . |
| 15 | Since the publication of ‘ Education for Self-Reliance ’ , the process of transforming these goals into curriculum plans and curriculum practice has been taking place , somewhat languidly at first , but with increasing momentum . |
| 16 | During the winter months , behind the scenes restoration and conservation work has been taking place and there are new developments at many houses and gardens . |
| 17 | Planning has been taking place on this restructure for some months now with close liaison between RAFM and the Aircraft Salvage and Transportation Flight at Abingdon , who will be responsible for all of the dismantling and moving of the airframes . |
| 18 | A QUIET revolt has been taking place in courtrooms across America . |
| 19 | Some of the bitterest fighting during the last nine months has been taking place between these two factions in and around Mogadishu , particularly since November 1991 , with neither yet gaining control . |
| 20 | Whilst all the furore has been taking place about the quality , or otherwise , of desktop publishing many professional graphics , printing and publishing houses have been making up their own minds as to its usefulness . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , as this report proves , a whole panoply of activity has been taking place on behalf of the membership and it is to the credit of our staff that we ended such a difficult year with a small surplus when other professional institutes regrettably hard large deficits . |
| 22 | Such a process has been taking place for a long time . |
| 23 | Quite clearly , while I 'm not prepared to put a a figure on the contribution that conversions are going to make to the period to two thousand and six , I 'll be most surprised if it was a long way different from what has been taking place in the past . |
| 24 | Much of the cutting has been taking place in May , during the nesting season , to prepare fields for planting in the autumn . |
| 25 | Er , I 'm a little bit out of touch , so , i if I sound hesitant it 's because I simply do n't know how much debate has been taking place , and how , systematised the relationships are going to be in the future . |
| 26 | One of the oldest races has been taking place in the village of Olney since ( 1445 ) fourteen forty five . |
| 27 | The ancient custom of swan-upping has been taking place on the River Thames . |
| 28 | The largest cavalry charge on English soil since the 17th century has been taking place to celebrate the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the civil war . |
| 29 | As part of the five-hundredth anniversary celebrations of the consecration of the Frari church in Venice , the Sovrintendenza ( the state administration of ancient monuments and works of art ) has been taking stock of the restoration projects carried out in the Basilica over the last twenty years . |
| 30 | I do n't appreciate the fact that my grandmother has been taken advantage of . ’ |