Perhaps they had been simply taken away at some point.
Before, she would have simply taken care of the problems herself.
The man would simply not take no for an answer.
He simply took his one chance, and came out all right.
They were simply taking the game to the next level.
He seemed to think she should simply take him at his word.
So she had simply taken him out of the picture.
It would simply take a little time to figure them out.
All I'd done to keep our family together, she simply took as her due.
After the data has been moved, simply take the old resources off line.