Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] have take [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Apparently someone had taken a piece of wood for the fire .
2 So I had to take an eye test , I remember .
3 the pink bits the bit that fits onto ridge , they 've got three screws in each piece but they only need two to hold them , so I 've taken the centre one out of each one and used it to do the
4 Yes , yeah , cos now , that , see she 's not here really for , for me to come and pay her so I have to take the money down to her house now .
5 We had to take the door off there , there used to be a door on there , but to get this long sideboard in we had to take the door off
6 So they had to take the bath completely out
7 Ellwood wondered how the search for Tessa was going and how long it had taken the Department to close the story down .
8 Obviously he had taken the opportunity whilst in the station of running through her statement .
9 So he 'd taken an upstairs room and divided it into six spaces , figuring he could charge £1.50 an hour for each of them and really coin it in .
10 So it 's taken an hour just to drop her off , Get parked and get in here .
11 The officer was duly fetched in and asked whether or not he had taken a statement from Wells .
12 But once I 'd taken the plunge and got myself organised , I found it was n't bad at all , and not nearly as difficult as I 'd imagined . ’
13 The more the hybridizing and crossing back and forth has concentrated on the spectacular , the further it has taken the plants from the vigour of their natural origins , and the less resistant many have become to pest and disease .
14 After the breakfast things had been washed up I had to take the milk separator to bits and wash each part and dry them in front of the fire and then put them together again ready for the night 's milking .
15 Just over five minutes later she had taken the tablet and Felipe was pouring her a cup of tea , and Maggie looked at him in amusement .
16 It 's er , they ought to have , they 'll ha , have to it wants now I 've taken the screw out of the sinks that has got ta be put back .
17 She 'd been elected to the National Executive Committee and she stood up , said how pleased she was , and then said , ‘ But now I have to take the bucket round for a collection because that 's what I always do … ’ and I just thought , ‘ How wonderful ’ .
18 Now they 've taken a plunge into the dive computer market and the outcome is the DataMax Sport .
19 I was being suppressed by Central Authorities for so long , but now they 've taken the lid off .
20 The aliens have stolen the key ; and now they 've taken the spaceship .
21 He 's taken things off the floor and now he 's taken the floor up .
22 Well you 've taken the colour out there obviously in photocopying it but you 've also got to be crafty and think of things like that as well .
23 Well we have to take a chance .
24 But , as today he had taken the precaution of restraining his crowning glory within a Mothercare bag , he scratched his nose instead .
25 He was known for a devout man , the lord of Parfois , a patron of pilgrims and collector of relics , and long ago he had taken the cross ; when he wanted to blaspheme he turned to his classical education and its multiple gods , and loosed his barbs at them .
26 She wanted other children , and by then I 'd taken the decision never to have any more and had a vasectomy .
27 ‘ Barry wants to see how she has taken the race and I do n't think he will make his mind up until next week , ’ said owner-breeder Dick Hollingsworth .
28 Even then she had taken the initiative .
29 If we want to tell the gospel story as drama , as opposed to elucidating the truths of revelation in dogmatic theological form , then we have to take the story as it comes , neat .
30 He 'd daubed a rock with paint and used the tell-tale splashes to correct a slight right-hand drift , and then he 'd taken a rasp to the elaborate Monte Carlo grip , reshaping the stock to approximate to the military form on which he 'd been trained and binding it with tape when it was as he wanted .
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