Example sentences of "[pers pn] have take [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the filthy coastal town smelling of fish oil where I 'd taken over the driving . |
| 2 | So the decision was made for me , you see , it was only afterwards that I saw I had taken quite a step — a leap in the dark , in fact . |
| 3 | She 's been monitoring my progress , since I 've taken up the job again , and she is far from pleased . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure you would , landlord , but I 've taken rather a fancy to this ale-house of yours . |
| 5 | Q I HAVE taken over an allotment infested with bindweed . |
| 6 | I am writing to advise that I have taken over the role of Computer Liaison Officer for the Trading Standards Department . |
| 7 | I have seen you in the House , and though we have n't met , I have taken rather a fancy to you , and would like if I can to help your career . |
| 8 | With no qualifications and precious little experience , she has taken on the job of Princess of Wales and is turning it into a significant career — and at the same time has brought up two small boys . |
| 9 | Christina warmed to her and was glad for the trouble she 'd taken on the Morris 's account . |
| 10 | Yes indeed , I mean many argue that in fact a law was n't required , and that the common law , as it 's developed and grown and , for example , in the Quinlan case , says that the withdrawal of treatment , the withholding of consent to treatment , is entirely lawful ; and some might argue that , by giving a law like this , which is rather narrowly drawn , you 've taken away a lot ; in other words , a doctor will feel , this I can do , but the other I ca n't do . |
| 11 | If you 've taken down a door leading from hall to living room , or kitchen to dining room , you may be lucky and be left with interesting architrave mouldings around doorways , but if they 're plain modern ones , you 'll probably rip them out with the door . |
| 12 | He sat down in the living room into which she ushered him and observed , ‘ You 've taken down the decorations . ’ |
| 13 | City wisdom suggests that you should n't put all your eggs in one basket , so for most people it is best to consider a single company PEP only after you 've taken out a £6,000 general plan . |
| 14 | She had taken up the idea , she supposed , and made everything bend to it . |
| 15 | On the other hand , when she had taken up the carpets for a dance for Algy and filled the house with sixteen-year-old boys from Harrow and Marlborough , she twitched to the thin soprano signals of public-school lust like a dog hearing the squeak of a rat in its sleep . |
| 16 | By this time he would not have been surprised if she had taken up the lecture and returned him a brief history of the next four centuries . |
| 17 | He had a lot of sympathy for the girl , she had taken on a lot and was doing it well . |
| 18 | She talked as if she had taken on the mantle of Philip Marlowe , a female arch sleuth for whom the teeming underworld held no secrets . |
| 19 | I blamed Hilda for it , I felt she had taken away the gamble , the risk that made it worth while . |
| 20 | She had taken over the caravan and his life . |
| 21 | It was almost the first news story she had taken over the newsroom headphones and she knew the absolute importance of accuracy . |
| 22 | She had taken only a couple of steps when in her haste she missed her footing . |
| 23 | You get a little book , and you have to take out the tape , and you have to write down the different conversations you have in between , all your conversations , and then erm , . |
| 24 | clarification that that 's the er just the amendment relating to where you were trying to take away the rights of ward members to attend ? as you have taken away the rights of members on questions , comments er and other things |
| 25 | Since you have taken up the Mastership of Jesus College , what have you done to encourage this , especially young contemporary British artists ? |
| 26 | She 's taken quite a lot off actually . |
| 27 | Appropriately enough for a photo session with one of the fittest men in the world — capable of dancing for hours without a break — we 'd taken over a corner of top London gym , The Peak , at the Hyatt Carlton Tower Hotel . |
| 28 | We 're putting some money away for e expenses , we 've taken up the option to purchase , we 've put in a planning application for change of use , we investigated possible grant applications , we 're investigating future expenditure and income generation , and then we report back to this committee once . |
| 29 | No-one cared how long we had taken on the route . |
| 30 | That is why we have taken up the position that we have over GATT , a position which is widely welcomed by that industry . |