Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have take [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
| 2 | ‘ Next day he packed his bags and I found he had taken a load of my clothes , ’ added Kim . |
| 3 | Richard Buckley , a retired funeral director stated , ‘ Nothing says you must have a funeral director to carry out a funeral — nothing says you have to take a body to the crematorium in a hearse . |
| 4 | ‘ Whisking you out here like this has probably put you under pressure to say yes , but please do n't feel you have to take the job . |
| 5 | Having asked that she should not be disturbed she had taken the overdose in her room . |
| 6 | What , McLeish wondered acerbically , did he imagine his wife and surviving daughter were thinking about — or did he assume they had taken the death of a daughter and a sister in their stride ? |
| 7 | Imagine says it has taken the complexity out of authoring by creating a program that constructs sophisticated hypermedia apps without recourse to a scripting language . |
| 8 | Back in Argentina , Don Masson had been called in front of a hurriedly convened SFA meeting , where he changed his story , admitting that he had only said he had taken the drugs as an act of loyalty to his friend and roommate . |
| 9 | He also claimed he had taken no part in the actual assaults on the victim . |
| 10 | He claimed he had taken the measurements of Eclipse during life , and wished to satisfy his curiosity by trying them on the dead subject . |
| 11 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , awkwardly , ‘ I know I 've taken the piss out of you in the past . |
| 12 | But then avowed with a great deal of feeling , ‘ I sorely needed somebody 's help when , with daylight I returned to that hotel and discovered you 'd taken a train back to Mariánské Láznë ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I know you 've taken a degree in textile design … ’ |
| 14 | I believe we 've taken a decision on that for the health conference , last time round . |
| 15 | Married women with young children feel they have to take a job as well , jeopardising their family relationships . |
| 16 | England 's management are unhappy about the publicity given to Gooch , Gatting and Smith 's illness because they feel they have taken every precaution necessary so far on this tour — as yesterday 's events prove . |
| 17 | I think she thought I had taken the wind out of Rossetti 's sails … . |
| 18 | Does n't mean you have to take the mick ! |
| 19 | ‘ But I do n't suppose you 've taken the trouble to read Finnegans Wake ? ’ |
| 20 | Celia knew she had to take the threat seriously . |
| 21 | I thought you had taken the cab to Reading . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I confess that I thought you 'd taken the boat . |
| 23 | We felt we had to take the initiative and hope the Chlorine Information Service will prompt other organisations to follow our lead . ’ |
| 24 | If you knew what we know , you 'd realise we had to take the action we did . ’ |
| 25 | Rovers thought they 'd taken the lead when Frazer Digby was forced to save on the line . |
| 26 | Just because Comrade Andrew was what he was , did that mean he had taken a vow of celibacy ? |
| 27 | The feeling persisted and suddenly , although he knew he was being ridiculous , he felt he had to take a ride into Mansfield to have a look at the site where the old Empire Theatre had once stood . |
| 28 | ‘ The scene is so central to the whole film that Sly felt he had to take the cut to save production , ’ said a film insider . |
| 29 | Before she realised what he was intending he 'd taken the crutch from her and propped it out of reach . |
| 30 | We knew he 'd taken a survival kit and space blanket on his trip , and that knowledge gave us hope . |