Example sentences of "it taken " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Why has it taken you so long ? ’
2 Why has it taken so long ?
3 Why has it taken so long for this in his technique to be exposed ?
4 The pilot believed that the aircraft was unlikely to have survived had it taken appreciably longer to reach the ground after the failure .
5 Then you 'll be unable to use the card — and may even have it taken away .
6 What 's forty-eight hours and a good part of it taken up on the train !
7 As tests were being carried out yesterday a safety official said : ‘ If there 's a fault we 'll have it taken off the shelves . ’
8 As for the Japanese theme last year at Grosvenor House , it was good to see it taken seriously by exhibitors .
9 Why , I find myself asking , has it taken recording companies so long to realize the importance and value of Prokofiev 's contribution to the sonata ?
10 Would n't you think my niece Elsie would have had it taken away ?
11 ‘ Was it taken down by a policeman ? ’
12 In the end part of there specific bequest had to be used to pay the balance of bills but there was a complaint about how long it had taken to sort out , and it taken long to sort out because it was a home made will that did n't make all the right provisions .
13 I found having it taken away worse than the strip search .
14 That they accepted my book was probably because of the interest in it taken by one of their editors , Peter Guzzardi .
15 It was a common practice among the old rural community in East Anglia , and here is a typical account of it taken from a man who was born at Stonham Aspal , Suffolk :
16 But if the advance was not the result of evolutionary laws , why had it taken place ?
17 ‘ I had it taken to my lord , since it was found in his territory .
18 Had it taken ?
19 Or had it taken from him .
20 ‘ How was it taken from here to the launching ramp ? ’
21 I have n't had it taken
22 When a new plane came in and they assigned it to our crew , it being the principle crew and we got to name it and we named our plane Skyscraper , I do have some later pictures but er it taken in front of the plane of the crew that I was flying with at that time and the ground crew in front of Skyscraper .
23 She wants it taken out . ’
24 Nor had it taken her long to discover the source of her aunt 's woes , and now the reason for them returned to her mind .
25 Why has it taken the Government so long to take even this inadequate action ?
26 Why has it taken so long to bring interconnection back on to the agenda ?
27 I do not say that people ’ have it taken out of them ’ for making a complaint at the time when that complaint is made , but there may be a problem the next time something happens .
28 And finally Cooper 's shoulder 's obviously very bad you 've had it taken
29 Steam sprinklers were introduced and on the first day of their operation , they successfully doused another fire that would have probably removed the remainder of the factory had it taken hold .
30 Of fascination to some , most would prefer to have it taken away or at least effectively cordoned off so that its presence could largely be ignored .
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