Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I 'd just taken this thing |
| 2 | I had just taken another look at Debonair — at Vron , my future stepmother . |
| 3 | I want it to be as though I had never taken that turning . |
| 4 | I am sure that hon. Members will have noticed that in the recent announcement of environmentally sensitive areas — especially those in the Lake district , Exmoor and Dartmoor — I have clearly taken that view , with regard to not only hillsides but moorland areas . |
| 5 | You 'd better take that brolly with you . |
| 6 | A farmer might tell one of his workmen : ‘ You 'd better take that dutfin [ bridle ] to the knacker 's . ’ |
| 7 | If you 've finished with your face you 'd better take that dog out . ’ |
| 8 | It 'd been more than half a year since the Long Drive , and she 'd never taken much notice of mechanical things , but she could n't help thinking the old lorry cab had been a lot less crowded . |
| 9 | In your jar and I think you 've also taken this jar to school have n't you ? |
| 10 | Adam , ’ Mike went on quietly , ‘ you 've always taken full advantage of anyone who 's fond of you . |
| 11 | Her back was excruciating and she had also taken three paracetamol . |
| 12 | Already the whole class had begun to warm towards Miss Honey , although as yet she had hardly taken any notice of any of them except Matilda . |
| 13 | She had only to take one look at him to realise he had n't forgiven her for walking out on him , nor for going to see Robert Dexter behind his back , and her heart sank . |
| 14 | Her father had been a tight-lipped rather unloving man who had apparently taken little interest in Doreen . |
| 15 | You have always taken such care of me , dearest . |
| 16 | Er well er a l a lot of my time has been spent in another context er as Secretary of er Residents Against the Motorway which is er an all-party thing er but we 've er we 've also taken some action as er a political party as well in that er fairly early on sixth of July ninety two er we we wrote to er Nick Harvey who is er MP who is our Transport Spokesman er and we gave him some er initial details er of the scheme er to which he er replied erm reminding us of what we knew already which was the Lib Dems ' transport pali policy in application to roads . |
| 17 | Rather less because we 've just taken some money out of the budget . |
| 18 | We 've actually taken three measurement areas . |
| 19 | And if there 's anything surprising about that results , it 's that nineteen people say they 've never taken any kind of drug ! |
| 20 | It has also taken full control of its Spanish pharmaceuticals business , ICI-Farma , announced a £150million investment in a Taiwanese chemicals plant making the raw material for polyester fibre and trimmed its UK fertiliser business . |
| 21 | Invariably this works out at less than the cost of the repairs , because a vendor would be unlikely to reduce his price to the extent of their full cost — he would argue that he had already taken some account of defects and age when fixing the price of his house in the first place , and if he had been expected to replace all the windows he would have asked a correspondingly higher price . |
| 22 | He had come close to the mark in his various schemes for the inner cities , but he had always taken great care not to overstep the boundary . |
| 23 | yeah it looks a real treat it does and it 's just taken that Cuprinol nicely but mind you I did n't put it up too thick I well it 's had two coats so it does , it looks a treat so er I 'm a I 'm very pleased with it anyway and er the woman there , Rita |