Spenser's sarcastic and joking remarks are often misinterpreted as signs of ambivalence and often taken too seriously.

You were taken in by her.

Have you taken your medicine yet?

You needn't have taken a taxi.

You ought to have taken your father's advice.

You should have taken a chance then.

If only I had taken your advice.

I should have taken the money.

With teaching and studying, my time is taken up.

The students have taken no notice of these instructions.

It is taken for granted that students know how to express themselves.

He had not been abroad for one month before he was taken ill.

We should have taken the schedule into consideration.

We all pondered over what had taken place.

A great revolution has taken place in technology.

I was taken aback at the shadow.

Did you have your photograph taken for the driver's license?

Had he taken his doctor's advice, he might not have died.

Bad drivers should have their licenses taken away from them.

I regret not having taken his advice.

Soon after graduating from trade school, Ray Murphy was taken on as a machinist at the local automobile plant.

I was easily taken in by his smooth talk.

The firm might have lost all its money if it had taken his advice.

If you had taken my advice, you wouldn't be in such trouble.

If Bob had taken my advice, everything would be all right now.

It already has taken me hours.

If there was just 1,000 yen more, he would have taken 10,000 yen in total.

It was in 1989 that the Berlin Wall was taken down.

Plastics have taken the place of many conventional materials.

Unfair advantage was taken of Bill's weakness.

The bus was very crowded. I wish I had taken a taxi.

Where did you have your picture taken?

Somehow I have taken a fancy to that girl.

TV has taken the place of radio.

Television has almost taken the place of the movie theater.

Who has taken my handbag?

Someone must have taken my umbrella by mistake.

You must be very naive to be taken in by such a story.

You will be taken for an ill-mannered person if you do so.

They have taken the form of sculptures.

Those agenda items were taken up en bloc for discussion.

It is the most artistic picture I have ever taken.

The old woman is getting better and is being taken good care of by a nurse from the hospital.

The old man was run over and immediately taken to hospital.

The old man was taken in by a salesman.

I was taken aback at the answer.

The city was taken by the English in 1664.

Children in the town were taken away for safety.

Let's have our picture taken with the statue in the back, shall we?

The babies are taken care of by volunteers.

The baby was taken care of by its grandmother.

The politician was not ashamed of having taken bribes.

Good care should be taken of the pearl.

And, to make the matter worse, he has taken to drinking.

The portrait was taken from the wall.

The boy was taken away from school by his parents.

The picture was taken from the air.

Some of the photos have been taken at the risk of life.

Some of the photos have been taken at the risk of life and limb.

The man injured in the accident was taken to the hospital.

The passengers who were injured in the accident were taken to the nearest hospital.

The child is being taken good care of by the doctor.

The child was taken care of by him.

The victim is thought to have taken a large quantity of poison by mistake.

The chance was fully taken advantage of.

They have taken great pains to finish the project, I hear.

The patient felt none the better for having taken the new pills.

The patient felt the worse for having taken the pills.

No sooner had she gone there than she was taken ill.

Excuse me, is this seat taken?

All things taken into consideration, her life is a happy one.

Jack may have taken my umbrella by mistake.

These unhappy people must be taken good care of.

So far we have had no news as to which route the expedition has taken.

This will go down in history as the greatest event that has ever taken place.

This medicine should be taken every three hours.

Special care should be taken on this point.

Is this seat taken?

It has taken forty-six years to build this temple.

The picture was taken by him.

Robots have taken the place of men in this factory.

This opportunity should be taken advantage of.

I want this luggage taken to my room at once.

Could I have this blouse taken in, please?

Before embarking on this type of therapy, the wishes of the patient herself must be carefully taken into consideration.

I felt relieved when all the troubles were taken care of.

Tom broke his right leg and was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas.

The data cited in King's research is taken from UNESCO's 1970 white paper on world population.

I wish I had taken better care of myself.

The curtains were taken down.

I'm extremely embarrassed that it has taken so long to reply.

You've taken everything.

I am sorry to have taken up your valuable time.

Engineering service will be taken up by the Japanese company.

Our little children were taken care of by the babysitter.

Walter was taken aback by John's cruel insult.

I have taken everything into consideration.

All things taken into consideration, my father's life was a happy one.

In the U.S. I was often taken to be Chinese.

If I had taken that plane, I would be dead now.

If he had taken my advice then, he would be a rich man now.