Example sentences of "[pers pn] have take [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
2 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
3 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
4 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
5 | She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't . |
6 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
7 | I had n't needed to serve her : I 'd taken the tray from Cathy . |
8 | And one of the people I 'd taken an order from , they started pushing . |
9 | Had I wanted to do something in astronomy , which I did actually want to do because I 'd taken an interest in it , in fact I would not have thought of this type of molecule . |
10 | ‘ I had to take a message to these ’ — she almost said gentlemen — ‘ to Mrs Felton about her youngest son ; he 's in hospital . ’ |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | I had to take a lot of oddments as well , like the marble . |
15 | I had taken no interest in Egyptian politics , but this struck me as a novel view . |
16 | I had taken a couple of slices of bread up the tree with me , with the intention of feeding small pieces of pinched flake into their midst to see if they would accept them . |
17 | I had taken a letter of introduction from my own bench and from the Magistrates Association . |
18 | I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon . |
19 | Nigel saw my anger and was obviously surprised that I had taken the review off the Cabinet agenda . |
20 | This time I had taken the precaution of tipping off the organizers in advance and swearing them to silence . |
21 | But I think they recognise that I 'm not trying to exploit the Broads to line my pocket , and that I 've taken a bit of care . |
22 | ‘ I 've taken a bearing on the monastery and radar station on Mount Elias there . |
23 | I 've taken a look at three big names in DOS word processing — WordStar 7 , WordPerfect 5.1 and Q&A 4 — to see what they have to offer in comparison with their much-hyped Windows brethren . |
24 | the first time I 've taken a pill for years and years and she said , my taste and my smell |
25 | After booking his place in today 's semi-final as fastest qualifier , McKean said : ‘ I felt totally in command out there , and I 've taken a lot of confidence from that run . ’ |
26 | I 've taken a dislike to the colour . |
27 | That 's why I 've taken the liberty of preparing and enclosing a suggested Personal Itinerary , which incorporates an abundance of ways you might enjoy your stay with us … |
28 | ‘ I 've taken the tape to the police , of course , and told them about my cat , but that 's all . |
29 | ‘ I 've taken the tape of last week 's event around several companies , and already some are showing interest . ’ |
30 | I 've taken the bedroom on the right-hand side at the top of the stairs . |