Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] have take a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I think I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere , because we 're certainly not at Threlkeld , where we ought to be by now . |
2 | I was told that I would have to take a strange aircraft that night , I learnt that my aircraft had been damaged by flak — and Italian flak to boot — and one of my lads was in hiding as he claimed I had threatened him with dire punishment if he damaged my aircraft . |
3 | You 'll have to take a good swim to find him the night , over to Holland , I 'd say . |
4 | Salesman : ‘ sorry , guv , you 'll have to take a black Datsun because it does the same job , and is cheaper ! ’ |
5 | We know that they brought other domestic animals with them but it is inconceivable that they would have taken a wild cat from the mainland . |
6 | If the scientists succeed , they will have taken a small step toward improving the efficiency of nuclear fusion devices . |
7 | So yo , so you 're saying that it should have been explained to the man from West Calder that that 's the sort of , er level of charges he 'd had to pay and if he did n't want to pay it he should have taken a different house ? |
8 | He must have taken a short cut that she had n't noticed on her way down , as they arrived back at the house sooner than she was expecting and went straight to the veranda , where Faye still lay on the lounger , enjoying a long drink of iced water . |
9 | BUDDY REYNOLDS ( Sound Off ) , October 27 ) it must have taken a real strike of genius to suggest that The Levellers ' manager bar their so called ‘ crusties ’ from their gigs . |
10 | BUDDY REYNOLDS ( Sound Off ) , October 27 ) it must have taken a real strike of genius to suggest that The Levellers ' manager bar their so called ‘ crusties ’ from their gigs . |
11 | It must have taken a long time . |
12 | So it must have taken a long while ? |
13 | It must have taken a full five seconds for him to crumple Des , but he needs another three to get moving , and by then I 'm at his side . |
14 | cos it 'd have to take a long time . |
15 | As it is , Mr Major could think long and reappoint Mr Lamont , who has borne the enormous strain of knowing that , if the Tories had lost , he would have taken a substantial part of the blame . |
16 | It would have taken a considerable amount of time for any Government taking over their shambolic performance to improve the quality of just about everything in the environment , as we have been doing . |
17 | It would have taken a blind man , or a very naive one , not to spot some connection between their style of play and the kinds of responsibilities and decisions they have to make in the outside world . |
18 | It would have taken a bold investor to put 40% of a stock portfolio in the Tokyo market in the mid-1980s , even though that was what Japan 's share of global stockmarket capitalisation had become . |
19 | Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant . |
20 | As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools . |