Example sentences of "[pers pn] have to take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would I have to take a flexi-day to play for England ? … mmm , I wonder ? |
| 2 | ‘ I was so sick , I had to take a day off . |
| 3 | I had to take a lot of oddments as well , like the marble . |
| 4 | It was only a four-seater plane , though , and in the end there was n't enough room for me , so I had to take a bus from Birmingham up to Dundee . |
| 5 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 6 | ‘ I had to take a message to these ’ — she almost said gentlemen — ‘ to Mrs Felton about her youngest son ; he 's in hospital . ’ |
| 7 | I was told I would have to have another operation a month later , but first I had to take a course of male hormones called Danazol . |
| 8 | Some of it got into the car and irritated my eyes : I had to take a hand off the steering wheel to rub them and it was almost wrenched out of my grasp as the car lurched into a hole in the road . |
| 9 | I had to take a long , hard look at him before I was sure . |
| 10 | I had to take a breather and a hoarse croak escaped me . |
| 11 | This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape . |
| 12 | that was at four o'clock , I had to take a tablet . |
| 13 | I have to take a few digs — as well as the compliments . |
| 14 | I can show you hawthorn , beech , oak , ash , elderberry and sycamore ; after that I have to take a leaf home and look it up in a book . |
| 15 | I have to take a shower . |
| 16 | ‘ I have to take a shower before dinner ! ’ |
| 17 | Although it appears that you did not make a large sum of money out of your dealing — at least as far as external appearances are concerned — I have to take a serious view of it . ’ |
| 18 | She has to take a taxi everywhere . |
| 19 | Did you have to take a lot to the pawn shop ? . |
| 20 | ‘ Did you have to take a whole summer ? ’ she demanded angrily . |
| 21 | She had to take a walk down a short corridor from the main hallway , go down a few steps to the kitchen . |
| 22 | She had to take a class in ten minutes . |
| 23 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 24 | There were rows of cars outside when I went , and you had to take a ticket with a number when you sat down . |
| 25 | It all made sense , the relationship between non-Aristotelian logic and the banality of the American way of life : you had to take a detached view of the culture ; you were n't in love with it and you did n't hate it . |
| 26 | This meant that to go for a crap you had to take a shovel and dig a hole which was hard work when the ground was solid . |
| 27 | In the old cells you had to take a bucket of water in , get a wash , and then wash your underwear in it , in the same bucket . |
| 28 | ‘ In extreme heat you have to take a breather and slow things down . |
| 29 | When you have to take a job , even if it 's a job you can mildly stomach … the fact that you have no choice crushes your enthusiasm for doing the job . ’ |
| 30 | You have to take a back seat and be ‘ an unselfish performer ’ , and very few successful acts or ‘ stars ’ are unselfish . |