Example sentences of "[pron] have take [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 I had to take two trains and a bus ; by the time I got there I was bleeding badly , giddy and incoherent with exhaustion .
2 I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood .
3 I 've took illegal drugs and prescribed drugs .
4 Unhappily , too , extended works which have taken much love and toil to compile can be a quarry for the despoiler , who will ruthlessly remove for separate sale topographical prints , autograph letters , etc. , which have much increased in value since the extra-illustration was carried out .
5 She had taken 30 tranquilizers and drunk several glasses of sherry .
6 Do please inform the office if you have taken this course and passed the examination .
7 We had taken 120 carp and 2 cats so the trip could hardly be deemed a ’ cat-astrophe ’ ( sorry but I could n't resist it ) when suddenly one of Rick 's rods was away .
8 We have to take tough decisions and the sooner we face up to them the better . ’
9 That 's the first and they 'll be the ones that will be able to tell you why they 've taken that decision and why we say it 's a reasonable decision .
10 And the great thing is they 've taken that opportunity and erm thankfully we are still lying there in second place .
11 But it had taken bad ways and , by the time he 'd agreed to see the doctor , it was too late .
12 When asked why it had taken him so long to change his view of IBM , Joseph Payne at Alex Brown & Sons said abruptly that he had to take another call and promised to call back later .
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