Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pron] had taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one were subsequently to receive a report that when the event occurred , the sun had set , one would be able to infer that it had taken place at exactly 12.00 midnight . |
| 2 | Sanity returning , he ran after her , to find that she had taken the key out of the lock — and locked the door from the outside , against him . |
| 3 | For all the absence of Bakerthink in the classroom , it would be misleading to suggest that nobody had taken any notice of the Education Reform Act . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Piggy believed that he was perfectly innocent and after Simon 's murder he refused to believe that he had taken part in the killing . |
| 6 | She could not bear to think that he had taken all that pure wrathful zeal into marketing or insurance broking . |
| 7 | Although he had made it a condition of his NBC appearance that his whereabouts not be disclosed , Neal Miller called next day to say that he had taken over as his handler and to reprimand him for doing the broadcast without permission . |
| 8 | Claudine had phoned indignantly to say that you had taken Marie 's key , ordered the poor little thing away and taken possession of the farmhouse . ’ |
| 9 | So far , she had killed no one , but the vicar of St Andrew 's had once had to call in Doctor Bailey as he was in agony with severe stomach pains , and had had to admit that he had taken tea and sandwiches with a peculiar and pungent filling , at Dotty Harmer 's a few hours before . |