Example sentences of "he [verb] be take [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 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 . ) |
| 2 | He has been taking medication and it is believed he may have been able to hide some of the drug . |
| 3 | At the Court of Appeal today , Rachael 's solicitor explained that he 'd been frightened of losing the children , and that for several weeks before the killing he 'd been taking medication for depression . |
| 4 | He 'd been taken prisoner by the Japs , and had been shipped to Japan , and was working in a warehouse in the docks on the morning of 9 August , 1945 . |
| 5 | When the code was broken , it was found that he had been taking placebo rather than ursodeoxycholic acid . |
| 6 | A police statement on Nov. 14 , however , claimed that the shots had gone astray ( one into the air , the other into the ground ) only because a policeman had pounced on the gunman , Aleksandr Shmonov , as he had been taking aim at the leadership 's reviewing stand atop the Lenin Mausoleum , only 46 metres away . |
| 7 | In fact , he had been taken prisoner after going behind enemy lines to retrieve the body of a friend . |
| 8 | Now , badly wounded , he had been taken prisoner . |