Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] have take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some regions the transformation had taken place much earlier , as in Kent , or Essex , or Devon , where it had taken a different form altogether , and most of the fields had been reclaimed direct from forest and moorland without passing through the open-field stage at all , or had been enclosed from open field at an early date . |
| 2 | He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House . |
| 3 | Knowing he was in the right , that she had taken a stupid risk , only made things worse . |
| 4 | One of them gesticulated to us and , using harsh , staccato Russian ( which neither of us understood ) and rather violent stabs into the air , made it very clear that we had taken a dangerous route over the ice and that we were very stupid indeed . |
| 5 | I feel only that we have taken a wrong direction somewhere , and are blindly stumbling on because our leaders blindfold us . |
| 6 | The closed blades were not smeared with blood , and nothing about the scissors screamed out that they had taken a human life . |
| 7 | Word of total closure came just one week after the society had revealed that it had taken a controversial first step toward meeting its operating costs with a loan of $1.5 million from Sotheby 's secured by $3.5 million worth of works from its vast collections . |
| 8 | Smith said that he had taken a pre-match risk only where the fitness of Andy Goram was concerned . |
| 9 | After being pulled over , John sheepishly explained that he had taken a wrong turning for his home in Gosforth , Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 10 | I also spoke to the chief investigator of the Senate committee , who said that he had taken a large amount of information about this to the first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington , but the British government had hampered any further investigation . |
| 11 | Although his title , The Rural Muse : Studies in the Peasant Poetry of England ( 1954 ) , implies that he has taken a positive view , he is hardpressed at times to defend the value of the peasant poet : |
| 12 | ‘ I know it 's ridiculous , but it felt as if I 'd taken an enormous jump into the dark , that night with you … ’ |
| 13 | " You have to spend some time on the practice tee , and you have to take a different approach every day . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | As well as setting up a register the Act will eventually make it illegal for people to handle food until they have taken a basic food hygiene certificate . |
| 16 | Most are still able to keep themselves hidden until they have taken an irreversible hold on a person 's body . |
| 17 | Richard Clutterbuck is a lecturer in Law in our School of Social Sciences at the University , and he 's taken a particular interest into legal aspects of violence in society . |
| 18 | You very humbly describe yourself as an absent Pro-Chancellor , but you have taken a considerable interest in this university over the years , and we 've been grateful for it . |
| 19 | In unregistered conveyancing this is not satisfactory , as the husband 's solicitors can not ( unless they have taken an abstract ) check on receiving the conveyance for execution if proper indemnities are proferred in respect of any covenants and other matters to which the property is subject . |
| 20 | The feminists thought the whole structure was rotten , but they had taken a particular dislike to Pilger . |
| 21 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
| 22 | Lord Hulton had only about thirty suckling cows but it had taken a three-hour rodeo to test them . |
| 23 | When Panama City awakened , and after I had taken a small breakfast of pineapple , café con leche and a hard roll or two , I rented a small white Japanese car , acquired a map from the official cartographers who conduct their business under the curious name of the Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia , and set out to look for Santa Fé , for William — and for the Pacific . |
| 24 | I can only say how much I cherished the " Well done , lad " , from him after I 'd taken a difficult catch in the deep off his bowling . |
| 25 | Joshua , seven , landed the pike following a five minute fight after it had taken a dead dace to 15 lb line . |
| 26 | ‘ Sit down , ’ said Stone , after he had taken a large mouthful of the whisky . |
| 27 | When you have taken a good look around , return to the lane , and choose another gate . |
| 28 | After a few seconds , he crumpled the aluminium with a sudden grip of his fist , as though he had taken an important decision . |