Example sentences of "who took " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is to be noted that , in this , it was the laity who took the initiative . |
| 2 | Again it is this incomprehension of social mobility which seems to have caused my ACC to describe an officer who took a degree and then left to become a solicitor as ‘ a bad experience for the force ’ ( and not a gain for society ) . |
| 3 | I stood outside my community , like the man who took many steps on Sabbath ’ ; ( concluding ) ‘ I will never be free from this tyranny . ’ |
| 4 | It is a fascinating story of a turnaround , of the value of sectorisation and of the quality of the managers who took up the challenge of ‘ Other Provincial Services , . |
| 5 | Thanks so much to the thousands of you who took the time and trouble to fill out the Pet Census in the April issue . |
| 6 | David Lodge was another established British academic and writer who took an early interest in formalist and structuralist methods and principles . |
| 7 | The benign ruler who took over , Major-General Bantu Holomisa , spoke at the graveside . |
| 8 | This was privately admitted by senior officers who took over the running of the fund two years ago , and after an inquiry by the Charity Commission more than £3,000 was repaid from regimental funds . |
| 9 | World champion for 10 years between 1975 and 1985 , he has , since losing the title , been doggedly pursuing the man who took it from him , Garry Kasparov . |
| 10 | The only man capable of stopping his flow of boundaries was Dickie Bird , who took the players off for bad light for quarter of an hour at 5.30 . |
| 11 | Silk Slippers certainly looks the part , being a staying filly with speed in the mould of Midway Lady , who took the 1,000 and Oaks three years ago . |
| 12 | The EC commissioner for external affairs , Frans Andriessen , who took part in the first stage of the negotiations in New York last Friday , will report on progress to Community foreign ministers in Luxembourg today . |
| 13 | Torquay United are expected to appoint Dave Smith manager today in succession to Cyril Knowles , the former Tottenham player who took the club from the verge of relegation to promotion play-offs in 1988 and the Sherpa Van Trophy final four months ago . |
| 14 | Peter Lunnen , who took the call , said at Shrewsbury Crown Court that as he shouted down the telephone line to Mrs Wilks , he heard her speaking in the distance . |
| 15 | The civilian operator who took the SOS call may have heard the voice of her killer . |
| 16 | Understandably thinking that he had achieved an odd escape , declarer gleefully played off three rounds of diamonds to discard his losing club , but now it was West who took the setting trick when he was able to ruff . |
| 17 | Ashcroft , who took over at Salford when Alex Murphy left in 1980 , has had two spells at the Willows , broken by a couple of seasons at Warrington between 1982 and 1984 . |
| 18 | They made it clear to all their colleagues who took part in that operation , and to the Press and observers at the briefing , that they will be supporting the community today , tomorrow and thereafter . |
| 19 | Jimmy Knapp , leader of the National Union of Railwaymen , argues that his members who took action in support of the miners during the coal strike had a genuine interest in the fight to keep pits open : fewer mines mean fewer coal trains . |
| 20 | Les Holliday , with some intelligent distribution and accurate touch finding , established a measure of early control for the home side , who took the lead through Wilf George , after David Holmes had worked diligently to set up the chance . |
| 21 | DAVID James , who took over as chairman of Eagle Trust less than two weeks ago , yesterday stamped his mark on the troubled Midlands mini-conglomerate , appointing three new directors and securing the resignations of three others , two of whom were supporters of deposed chairman Malcolm Stockdale . |
| 22 | It was very high for people who took their full-time education beyond the age of 18 , and higher among women than men for all art forms except jazz and art galleries . |
| 23 | The rule also affected Henry Cotton , who took up the post at Royal Waterloo , Belgium , in 1933 and thus missed two Ryder Cup matches when he was at the peak of his powers . |
| 24 | Since then , about 13,000 who took refuge in the Prague and Warsaw embassies have been transported to the West while 450 to 1,200 have been crossing daily through Hungary . |
| 25 | Only occasionally was there any doubt that they would win , however , particularly as David Phillips , who took over the kicking on the early retirement of Brian Bolderson , kicked only one of four penalty chances for Newport . |
| 26 | Also to be released is Wilton Mkwayi , who took over the overall command of the ANC 's military wing , Umkhonto we Sizwe , after the others were jailed but was himself arrested and jailed for life in 1965 . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , France 's Minister for Research and Technology urged the two US winners of the Nobel Medicine Prize to honour Dominique Stehelin , a Frenchman who took part in the award-winning cancer research at the University of California in the 1970s . |
| 28 | In their response to Green Papers earlier this year , a majority of judges suggested standards of conduct and competence might decline if lawyers who took instructions directly from clients ( solicitors ) were also allowed to present cases in court . |
| 29 | Southgate , who took the League title on goal difference from Havant , will be out to avenge their penalty-stroke defeat by Hounslow in the League Cup final at Luton last April , after the teams had drawn 2-2 at the end of normal time . |
| 30 | AN OBJECT lesson for all those who bemoan the artistic indifference of government , last night 's Omnibus ( BBC 1 ) looked at a political leader who took the closest interest in art , a mediocre and embittered water-colourist who eventually turned to another medium — mass emotion and warfare . |