Example sentences of "[noun] have to take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drivers had to take a library of documents , including copies of invoices , details about loads carried and transit forms to be stamped at each border crossing . |
| 2 | ‘ Terry Yorath has to take a lot of credit . |
| 3 | well all other sport has to take a back seat this week … there 's only game to follow that 's racing … only one place to be Cheltenham … and Central South is here racing gold … |
| 4 | Tolkien had to take a rather strict line over ‘ myth ’ . |
| 5 | In the early part of 1990 there was a run of particularly low tides , one of which resulted in a boatyard in Sant'Elena , on the north-eastern edge of Venice , burning to a cinder because the fire boats had to take a roundabout route . |
| 6 | To get to their proposed operational area the convoy had to take a difficult route . |
| 7 | Sounds had to take a different tack in order to push Oi ( and boost its circulation ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Sometimes your beliefs have to take a back seat in your life , otherwise they become obsessions to the exclusion of all else . ’ |
| 9 | To cope with this , the father has to take a very active part in housekeeping and child-rearing , violating traditional conceptions of gender roles . |
| 10 | ‘ Dysart had to take a telephone call halfway through their meal . |
| 11 | Their ambition increased by the movement , until all forty-one were in violent motion , so violent that the Bowl began to move across the table , and Oscar had to take a firm hold of it to keep it from turning over . |
| 12 | In those days all aircrew had to take a six monthly Basic Efficiency Examination to ensure they were keeping up to date with equipment and training procedures . |
| 13 | Was I not good enough , that Jacob had to take an extra wife , a mere servant at that ? |
| 14 | Business men who are borrowers naturally want lower interest rates , but I am afraid that the Government have to take a rather broader view of what is in the interests of the economy . |
| 15 | ‘ The players have to take a heap of responsibility for what has happened at Celtic Park , ’ he said , ‘ but the squad is also made up of footballers who want to play in the manner Liam Brady has adopted as his philosophy on the game . |
| 16 | A person with impaired hearing has to take a lot more strain than people with normal hearing . |
| 17 | All foresters had to take an oath in the local Forest court , in the presence of the verderers , to perform their duties conscientiously , to keep the Forest law , and not to oppress the forest landowners and the other inhabitants of the forest . |
| 18 | They had to reconcile the interests of poor peasants with the larger national goals of providing for the war and this meant that how the C C P had to take a more moderate erm policy . |
| 19 | or someone has to take a , a bi a co company has to take a big lot off . |
| 20 | ‘ The public interest has to take a much wider view than that . ’ |
| 21 | One businessman had to take a week off work after scrap dealers used a nearby plot to burn insulation from copper cable . |
| 22 | Basically the burden of the Test Act was that all office holders erm all holders of public office had to take an oath of allegiance and had to erm take the sacraments in the Church of England otherwise they could n't hold public office . |
| 23 | The Daughter swung round and Jazzbeaux had to take a fall to avoid the needles . |