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Example sentences for "had taken from the"

  • Our vessel was a small bark of about seventy tons with two masts, which we had taken from the Spaniards, which was so eaten with worms while in the Gulf of Amapalla, that she already began to grow very leaky.

  • English, and a little negro boy we had taken from the Spaniards.

  • He had taken from the Christians' abode thirty small castles.

  • He had taken from the Christians above thirty small castles.

  • The year before, he had so used the matter, that what by force, what by policy, he had taken from the Christians above thirty small castles.

  • A great many of our braves were dressed in the uniform clothing which we had taken from the Americans, which gave our encampment the appearance of a regular camp of soldiers.

  • Philleo exhibited a scalp that he had taken from the head of one that he had shot.

  • We gave them some things which we had taken from the boat, particularly books and papers.

  • It was melancholy to be without time, so I pulled out the gold watch I had taken from the man on the rocks and wound it up, and guessing at the hour, set the hands at half-past four.

  • The roses, which he had taken from the vase to obtain the water to sprinkle on Dorothy's face, had disappeared.

  • Replacing the case he had taken from the shelf, he closed the closet, in possession of the fact that some preparation, at least, had been made against some sort of a journey.

  • He presented himself one day before the walls mounted on a fine horse which he had taken from the governor, and boldly defied Garcia Ramon the commander of the garrison to single combat at the end of three days.

  • After this, he gave the charge of the royal standard to Don Antonio de Ribera, who had just joined with thirty men from Guamanga, whence also he had brought some arms and cattle which he had taken from the inhabitants of that place.

  • The rib which he had taken from the man, Jehovah made into a woman and brought her to the man.

  • When he had brought him down, the Amalekites were scattered over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    deep thought; for then; had any; had ceased; had committed; had done; had ever; had hitherto; had just; had met; had never been able; had never before seen; had never seen her; had once; had passed; had picked; had previously; had put; had risen from the; had spoken; had the good fortune; had won; had written; stood over; town called; weak solutions