Example sentences of "[pron] have take an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know it 's ridiculous , but it felt as if I 'd taken an enormous jump into the dark , that night with you … ’ |
| 2 | Yeah erm w what I 've done , I 've measured I 've taken an exact measurement , |
| 3 | In the course of this chapter I have taken an historical perspective upon the nature of religious belief , looking in particular at writers from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries . |
| 4 | After the initial wave of guilty surprise , finding that the beautiful girl she 'd seen at the market had been Roman 's younger sister , she 'd taken an immediate liking to Anneliese . |
| 5 | She had taken an immediate liking to the Vicar , the Reverend Geoffrey Brighouse , an ex-naval officer who had matters well-organised and from whom , she had quickly realised , she could learn a lot . |
| 6 | With her husband she had taken an active part in the publications of the Pali Text Society , both in Pali , the classical language of Buddhism , and in English . |
| 7 | She knew she had taken an enormous risk in going to see Rose Maylie . |
| 8 | Devonshire won 2-1 against Edge Hill BCOB , who had taken an early lead . |
| 9 | She kissed his cheek , managing to avoid the scarred one by some contortion recognised by both her victim and McAllister , who had taken an instant dislike to her . |
| 10 | The men in boots were inspectors who had taken an unusual interest in our barge . |
| 11 | Not far distanced from the council , in England at any rate , was Parliament , dominated for much of the fourteenth century by the peerage ; and in that body , too , matters of policy and national finance were frequently discussed , for it was there that kings liked to benefit from the practical experience of men who had taken an active part in war . |
| 12 | But there are some couples who have taken an ideological stance against it . |
| 13 | Since that lunch everything had taken an upward swing . |
| 14 | ‘ One was we had to take an international outlook rather than being a purely British company . |
| 15 | We have taken an unphysical picture and we get a nonsensical answer . |
| 16 | Sometimes we have taken an independent decision to shut down one of our plants and bought in tonnage from a competitor , sometimes they have shut down and brought in tonnage from us . |
| 17 | They had taken an early lead with four points from Damien Short but when Oliver Lennon was sent off for a high challenge they were plunged into temporary disarray . |
| 18 | They had taken an occasional coffee together after shopping , but this was a new experience . |
| 19 | The freedom of the city was the highest honour it could bestow , and this has been granted to the Royal Engineers in 1949 ; since then they had taken an active part in the life of the city . |
| 20 | The tribunal will only allow a trader 's appeal against such a direction if it considers that Customs could not reasonably have been satisfied : for example , if Customs have ignored a relevant matter or if they have taken an irrelevant matter into account . |
| 21 | Most are still able to keep themselves hidden until they have taken an irreversible hold on a person 's body . |
| 22 | Edgar wicket keeper , innkeeper and redoubtable raconteur confided some time after midnight that to help run in his pain-free new hip joint he 'd taken an early morning paper round in Aycliffe village . |
| 23 | He had taken an instant dislike to both Bodie and Doyle , not only because they had bungled the surveillance job on the van containing his potential assassins , but because they dressed casually , more suited to a Sunday afternoon jog than the serious business of the Secret Service . |
| 24 | After a few seconds , he crumpled the aluminium with a sudden grip of his fist , as though he had taken an important decision . |
| 25 | I could see he had taken an intense dislike to Monsieur Vauban . |