Examples of 'had taken' in a sentence

Meaning of "had taken"

This phrase indicates that an action or event has already occurred in the past. It suggests that a specific action was completed or a particular situation had happened before a certain point in time

How to use "had taken" in a sentence

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had taken
The fear had taken her voice.
He told us his employer had taken note.
If you had taken the time to inquire.
Goodbye to everything we had taken for granted.
If you had taken care of him sooner.
Anything he thought was pagan he had taken out.
And a woman had taken her place.
I had taken care of the gum thing.
Even an opera had taken three weeks.
She had taken an overdose of sleeping pills.
Word was you had taken quite ill.
It had taken these recommendations as well meaning.
We thought they had taken her to prison.
We had taken a number of initiatives in the past.
If only you had taken this advice.

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He had taken me in and watched over my interests.
The sadness had taken her life.
I had taken a shift from another girl.
The river had taken her away.
I had taken some artificial intelligence classes.
I thought somebody had taken care of him.
She had taken him and run.
I thought my people had taken care of that.
She had taken up with another man.
It was as though someone had taken an ax to everything.
Kenya had taken steps to reduce corruption.
Theyears of worry had taken their toll.
Monaco had taken a number of specific steps.
It has to look as if we had taken the aphrodisiac.
Mexico had taken part in three of them.
Total number of times had taken drugs.
Borias had taken me in out of the cold.
Several such prosecutions had taken place.
I wish he had taken your head off.
I thought some stranger had taken her.
Some states had taken exception to this.
Some tickets to operas my father had taken me to.
The sea had taken poor weeJamie.
The pressure of business had taken over.
She had taken down the sails.
The god of greed had taken hold of me.
He had taken voice lessons for a year.
I knew they had taken you there.
He had taken proper steps to execute him.
Human tendencies had taken over my body.
It had taken part in a range of regional meetings.
He said someone had taken it from him.
He had taken ten thousand for deposit.
Your grandfather had taken early retirement.
It had taken six years to defeat them.

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Examples of using Taken
Measures had been taken to strengthen the judiciary
A taken male instantly becomes an unavailable male
I am sorry to have taken up all your time
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