Example sentences of "[pron] have take [adj] [noun] with " 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 | 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 . |
3 | In order to make myself comprehensible to them , I have taken particular pains with the style and clarity of the exposition … " |
4 | 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 . |
5 | She was never to equal her first novel , That Lass o' Lowrie 's ( 1877 ) , a robust account of a Lancashire mining community in which she had taken great care with background and dialect , though Through One Administration ( 1883 ) , a study of a failed marriage against a turbulent background of Washington political life , was noteworthy , and the much shorter The Making of a Marchioness ( 1901 ) is a indictment of Edwardian society . |
6 | This Report has already mentioned both the composers who have taken these opportunities with happy results for the Church , and the production of much locally written music . |
7 | , that oh dear , you have to take this stuff with water it says , it is a horror one so I bought us some chocolate eclairs , have you got them ? |
8 | Whether they had taken such action with the explicit authorisation of President Gorbachev remained unclear , although it was widely agreed that he had failed to respond adequately to the loss of life that had occurred . |