Example sentences of "[pers pn] have take [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I had to take a lot of oddments as well , like the marble . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I had taken a letter of introduction from my own bench and from the Magistrates Association . |
| 6 | This time I had taken the precaution of tipping off the organizers in advance and swearing them to silence . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | ‘ I 've taken the tape of last week 's event around several companies , and already some are showing interest . ’ |
| 11 | Mind you I 've taken the precaution of leaving all my nursing manuals at home . |
| 12 | Beales said : ‘ I was sure you would say that , but I 've taken the precaution of declining to give it to your men . |
| 13 | Embarrassed salesman Mr Drury , 34 , said : ‘ I have taken a lot of stick at work over this . |
| 14 | I have taken the title of this chapter from a Durham University M.Ed. thesis by Geoff Readman ( 1984 ) . |
| 15 | For this month 's design , I have taken the subject of Mediterranean ceramics , touched on in last month 's article and explored it a little further into the area of tiles . |
| 16 | The first five are in Latin , but Miller , realising his limitations , wrote in August 1763 , ‘ I have taken the liberty of writing to you in English , being informed that you can either read it yourself , or have some persons who can translate it for you ’ . |
| 17 | If , in addition to the few notes which I have taken the liberty of enclosing , you feel that you need any advice , then please ask for it . |
| 18 | Hoping to make some money , I have taken the liberty of submitting an idea to several of their research and development departments , and I should warn you that a patent is pending . |
| 19 | In the discussion I have taken the necessity of quantification for granted ( although it sometimes happens in such communities that some patterns of variation are obvious without formal quantification ) . |
| 20 | She wants companionship but , in order to achieve that , she has to take the risk of trusting someone else and take the risk of getting hurt . |
| 21 | Now listen answer the question I asked you , answer the question I asked you , she has taken a lot of drugs in the past , not Prozac . |
| 22 | On this occasion she is at a posh party , where she has taken a glass of champagne , but only ‘ to be sociable ’ — a motive which in anyone else would have driven Patrick to contemplate another of the umpteen blows he feels like unleashing — when the novelist unleashes one of his phonological jokes , which play on vagaries of pronunciation . |
| 23 | I see let take it from the other end , why did you have to take the insertion of the contingency fund of the estimates |
| 24 | She had taken a tablet of the drug — one of a group of amphetamine-based substances — on a visit to the Hacienda club in Manchester in July . |
| 25 | She had taken a handful of downers with her whisky around 10 a.m. and had woken up in hospital . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | You have to take the risk of describing the doorknob , or the little country shop , because they may be the only details that can take you in — into the strange and wonderful labyrinth that is your writer-self . |
| 28 | Wearily he said : ‘ Miss Washbrooke , you have taken the responsibility of deciding that those knives were sent by a hoaxer and not a murderer . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've taken a bit of stick and rightly so because we 've had a bad week and had two disappointing performances . |
| 30 | We 've taken a number of factors into account one of which is the lower occupancy levels at Beaver Vale . |