Sentence examples for taken a run from inspiring English sources
Sometimes we've even taken a run at doing that.
Amla had earlier taken a run with a very controlled pull shot.
Capitalism has taken a run at ending poverty in the developed world, yet still, poverty in those countries hovers at 10%to12%2%.
(Sinagra) THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS (Tomorrow) The whip-smart wits of the novelty pop lifers They Might Be Giants have lately taken a run at recording clever children's albums.
Given that both men have already taken a run at Romney in what should have been a favorable landscape (a state Romney lost in 2008, and wasn't originally planning to compete for in 2012), and both have already been dispatched with relative ease, it's a little strange to assume that they're still best positioned to fight him effectively in a long campaign.
7 p.m., PNC Bank Arts Center, Garden State Parkway, Exit 116, Holmdel, N.J., (732)335-0400; $20 to $75. (Sinagra) THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, RALPH'S WORLD (Tomorrow) The whip-smart wits of the novelty pop band They Might Be Giants have lately taken a run at recording children's albums.
Swedish couple Mikael and Johanna Landstrom have taken a run-down 1950s hotel in Puerto de Sóller and turned it into one of the island's hippest retreats.
He says it in such a matter-of-fact way that it never for a moment sounds like boasting and, more importantly, he does have the track record to back up his claim, having taken a run-of-the-mill municipal orchestra in Finland, the Lahti Symphony, and, in less than two decades, transformed it into one of the most distinctive bands in Europe.
President Barack Obama also took a run at reform.
