Example sentences of "taken a [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission has shown that it is able to act with relative speed under this procedure and has taken a variety of actions under it , including ordering a party to supply another party , refusing to allow undertakings to acquire further shares in a company in a takeover situation , ordering the cessation of predatory pricing and an order requiring the execution of a detailed supply agreement under which the Commission was to be notified of any price changes by the offending party or any case where it was unable to fulfil orders . |
| 2 | Interference theories have taken a variety of forms . |
| 3 | He had taken a sample of blood from the plump flaccid arm , feeling for the vein as carefully as if she could still flinch at the needle 's prick . |
| 4 | The important point is that the two-stage sampling process involves a sample of the primaries from each member of which is taken a sample of secondaries . |
| 5 | He had taken a sheet of writing paper from the desk and used it to make notes during the meeting . |
| 6 | A prison inmate has taken a member of staff hostage in a cell . |
| 7 | The parent company , perhaps in France or in the USA , will probably have taken a portfolio of beauty pictures when the products were initially launched in their home country . |
| 8 | I have just taken a cone of machine washable wool from my shelf , it is sold as ‘ four-ply ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've taken a bit of stick and rightly so because we 've had a bad week and had two disappointing performances . |
| 10 | Beating Oldham 1–0 on 30 August had taken a bit of heat off Wilkinson , but another away defeat could well have led to calls for his resignation . |
| 11 | But I think they recognise that I 'm not trying to exploit the Broads to line my pocket , and that I 've taken a bit of care . |
| 12 | She described liquidators Cork Gully as ‘ corpse snatchers ’ and said it was unfair that they had taken a total of £7.9m in expenses over 10 years . |
| 13 | Yanto had just taken a swig of cider , and instantly sprayed a dozen regulars as the uncontrollable spasm of laughter erupted . |
| 14 | Until I can do this , the entire complex cascade I have described in the previous section , and which has taken a decade of work to map , might simply turn out to be a consequence of a bad taste in the chick 's mouth and nothing to do with learning and memory at all . |
| 15 | Detective Constable David Hemes told the inquest that Mr Ryder had left his home and gone to his chemist 's shop in Old Town Lane , Formby , and taken a bottle of barbiturates . |
| 16 | The court heard that the child had taken a bottle of Phenol , also known as carbolic acid , while unsupervised , and sipped some . |
| 17 | He had taken a bottle of cough mixture with him but it had n't helped much . |
| 18 | Having taken a change of clothes and underwear to the beach with her , she was able to put on a fresh dress before tucking the children into bed . |
| 19 | My mind has kind of taken a leave of absence . |
| 20 | Harrison had arrived for the Sports on the previous evening , taken a couple of glasses of beer in the Fish — complimented the landlord on his brew — and then gone to sleep out the night in a barn . |
| 21 | It must have taken a couple of hours or more to reach the machan , a platform raised on poles . |
| 22 | He had taken a couple of tablets of synthesized dope . |
| 23 | I had taken a couple of slices of bread up the tree with me , with the intention of feeding small pieces of pinched flake into their midst to see if they would accept them . |
| 24 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 25 | Then , entering Henry 's land once more , they had taken a couple of fences in good style and returned home in excellent spirits , congratulating each other warmly . |
| 26 | She had hardly taken a couple of steps before she was surrounded by clubgoers , and was forced to swallow a quick rush of impatience , summoning up her brightest smile as she accepted their compliments . |
| 27 | ‘ Better ? ’ she said when he 'd taken a couple of swallows , and he managed to nod again . |
| 28 | Whether or not horses understand landing procedure ( they do n't smoke or have to cope with seat-belts ) , it occurred to me that we had taken a couple of bites at the cherry on our approach — I could only guess how near we came to dismantling the gateway to India , for there are no windows in those vehicles . |
| 29 | Up to the fifth floor , then walk down to the third , where he 'd taken a couple of rooms . |
| 30 | The cost of this exercise was considered prohibitive , and the time factor to effect the alterations involved had it been financially acceptable , would have taken a couple of years . |