Example sentences of "[adj] have take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This has taken a heavy toll of British Tornadoes , which pass low over the airfields to deliver their JP-233 runway-busting mines and bombs .
2 President Alan Garcia 's socialist government that took office in July 1985 has taken a tolerant view of the informal sector .
3 Men , those working full-time and those with fixed-term contracts , are more likely to have taken a temporary job because they had been unable to find a permanent job and thus can be thought of as " involuntary " temporary workers .
4 Women ( particularly married women ) , those with part-time and those with seasonal , temporary or casual jobs , are more likely to have taken a temporary job because they did not want a permanent job and thus can be thought of as " voluntary " temporary workers .
5 It would all have taken a fair time . ’
6 Shocked has taken a brave step .
7 Silicon Graphics Inc has taken a worldwide licence for San Rafael , California-based Z-Code Software Corp 's Z-Mail electronic mail management software which runs under Motif : SGI is also to distribute Z-Mail on its entire hardware range — prices go from $300 for a single-user licence .
8 The so called ‘ new man ’ of the nineties has taken a conscious decision to split childcare with his working wife/partner .
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