Example sentences of "[pron] have take [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd taken more trouble with economics I might have been more effective as Prime Minister . |
| 2 | Anyway , all that — and the Rogan Josh , which I 'd took real sweat over right down to serving it with iced bottles of Kingfisher lager and quarters of lime and rice fried with egg and to hell with the risk of salmonella — was before Billy Tuckett dropped in . |
| 3 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 4 | Since my episode with Moustaine during the first week of training , I had taken due care with my backside ; but others had n't got the point . |
| 5 | She wanted me to accompany her but I hung back , afraid that she 'd find out that I had taken two lumps of coal , and Dad had gone out , so he was not there to protect me . |
| 6 | I had taken two classes in physical anthropology and felt less guilty because of this and they were satisfied ; although they would have preferred I had chosen to read law . |
| 7 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
| 8 | I 've taken eight antidepressants over the last ten years , Prozac has n't been one of them I must admit . |
| 9 | Starting off with paragraph thirty three of P P G three , , erm you 'll see in my statement that I 've actually in seeking to address point A dealt with each of the conditions that P P G three er refers to , for which a new settlement should be contemplated , and you will see that I 've reached a conclusion that having regarded the unique circumstances of York , the Greater York new settlement does represent an appropriate and justified policy response , you 'll se also see my statement , I 've taken some comfort from the fact that the good practice guide that has been published by the department of the environment , has endorsed the approach that North Yorkshire County Council has taken towards the special circumstances of the Greater York area . |
| 10 | Still I suppose I have to take second place to your work . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I can not comment any further , except to say that I have taken legal advice on this matter . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I recommended the player through a contact , so I have taken some flak from my management team . |
| 13 | ( I have taken this summary of the plaintiff 's argument from the judgment of Lord Donaldson M.R. , at p. 324h . ) |
| 14 | I have taken these surveys from the 1960s as a useful starting point . |
| 15 | In order to make myself comprehensible to them , I have taken particular pains with the style and clarity of the exposition … " |
| 16 | Now , suppose I have taken enough men on already — ‘ Donald laughed . |
| 17 | For all the absence of Bakerthink in the classroom , it would be misleading to suggest that nobody had taken any notice of the Education Reform Act . |
| 18 | Nobody had taken any notice of me so far , but I did not mind that . |
| 19 | Therefore , in addition to specifically charged items , one could recover 24 hours ' general perusals on litigation which had taken 2 years from issue of writ to trial . |
| 20 | She gave a little gesture , out towards the windows , to the formal parterre which had taken twenty men as many months to relay and replant . |
| 21 | The NPKTF , which had taken definitive form in 1902 , had been pressing for reconciliation within the Edinburgh branch , and was to play a strongly supporting role in 1910 . |
| 22 | He is a very shrewd businessman who has taken full advantage of having a market very largely to himself and who is suffering a temporary setback as a result of the economy . |
| 23 | He could n't fathom why she 'd taken such exception to Eleanor . |
| 24 | Her motives unclear , even to herself , she 'd taken enormous trouble with her face after her bath , disguising the bruise with a cover-up stick , accenting her eyes with a hint of shadow . |
| 25 | Unless you 've taken good care of your windows over the years , they are probably looking a little peaky — and may be downright poorly . |
| 26 | The company , the future , Jamie … now you 've taken that burden from me , and I can relax at last , knowing it 's all safe . ’ |
| 27 | JANE O'NEILL WITNESSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT , AND WAS SO SHOCKED THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS OFF WORK . |
| 28 | John Parke writes It was a sad day when the news came some two years ago that Ann Hoare was suffering from cancer and that she had taken early retirement from her post as assistant manager of Exeter University Bookshop , where she had been on the staff since it opened . |
| 29 | On my first morning she had taken one look at me . |
| 30 | Of course , she had known it was there , but apart from testing that it was locked she had taken scant notice of it . |