Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] have take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mechanically he had taken each drink offered without thinking , for the simple reason that he had spent the entire journey staring out of the cabin window into the infinity of space . |
| 2 | While we were bad off she had to take that job , my eldest daughter . |
| 3 | The company , the future , Jamie … now you 've taken that burden from me , and I can relax at last , knowing it 's all safe . ’ |
| 4 | Lynn Carter had put in her time down there on the sexual shop floor — there were two teenage sons to prove it — but now she 'd taken early retirement . |
| 5 | He could n't fathom why she 'd taken such exception to Eleanor . |
| 6 | Dr Michael Clarke , the society 's south-east England regional conservation officer , said yesterday : ‘ The Medway estuary is recognised internationally as a conservation area , particularly for birdlife , and that is why we have taken this step of seeking judicial review . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |