Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have take [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she or I had taken more trouble I might have been convinced that all religious people were cruel hypocrites . |
| 2 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 3 | ‘ I recommended the player through a contact , so I have taken some flak from my management team . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | JANE O'NEILL WITNESSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT , AND WAS SO SHOCKED THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS OFF WORK . |
| 6 | Chief executive Frank Burns said : ‘ We would have had to spend 50pc of the cost on fire precautions in any case , so we have taken this opportunity to provide what is the most important building in Wirral with an entrance that gives patients , staff and visitors a welcoming and efficient first impression . ’ |
| 7 | Let's not have sniping from the Tory benches once we 've taken this decision . |
| 8 | But it was very premature , and I 'm very I was very sorry that they 'd taken this step , but very , very pleased when I saw the result coming out , and I 'm do congratulate them on their common sense there that they were prepared to put the opting out aside and were looking seriously and sensibly into the tertiary college consultations . |
| 9 | Touche Ross are wasting their time and our money , and we regret that they 've taken this action . ’ |
| 10 | No one would suggest that he rivals Sobers as the greatest of all-rounders , for , although he has taken more wickets , his batting has been much less consistent and his Test average is some twenty-three points lower than Sobers ' . |
| 11 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 12 | They do n't realise that it has taken many years to bring the town up to the standard it is now . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Vaguely he wished that he had taken more interest in old science . |
| 15 | Once he had taken that view he abdicated , albeit unconsciously , his responsibility to rule on the submissions made . |
| 16 | Rebutting suggestions that Scottish Liberal Democrat MPs would baulk at losing the opportunity for a Scottish Assembly , he added : ‘ My colleagues and I have taken this decision jointly and collectively . |
| 17 | ‘ If I 'd taken more trouble with economics I might have been more effective as Prime Minister . |
| 18 | So , around the middle years of the nineteenth century , Britain was seen to have acquired a new liberal constitution — that is a constitution of limited public participation where there was an executive which was responsible to a directly elected parliamentary assembly and which had taken few powers to intervene in economy and society . |
| 19 | I do not make any award for the sums claimed from disposable income for her employment during the said , the alleged year off , since I 'm not satisfied she would have had a year off , or would have had any disposable income even if she had taken that year . |
| 20 | That 's the important phrase , and if you find it 's easier to keep it mobile if you 've taken some paracetamol or aspirin , then by all means do that . |
| 21 | If you 'd taken more care … ’ |
| 22 | N.B. You may make a claim if your cancellation falls within the terms of the insurance policy negotiated by HCI with the Norwich Union , if you have taken that cover . |
| 23 | Do please inform the office if you have taken this course and passed the examination . |
| 24 | Would it perhaps affect our outlook on the mother-child relationship if we had to take this responsibility on ourselves ? |
| 25 | And he 'd taken some alcohol either just before , or with his meal . |
| 26 | And it 's taken that length of time to break down the seventy or eighty year barriers that are in existence between workers and management . |
| 27 | ‘ If he had taken that product , he would also have tested positive those other days as well , ’ Grollet said . |
| 28 | He looked as if he 'd taken both barrels into his chest at very close range . |
| 29 | Once , as he sat cross-legged on his mattress reading , deep in thought , I grabbed both his ankles , and yanked his legs , saying , ‘ Excuse me , but I have to take this wheelbarrow out to the garden . ’ |
| 30 | But it has taken many years for such discoveries to be accepted and acted upon , especially when they conflict with public convenience and related commercial interests , as the sad story of tobacco promotion and consumption shows . |