Example sentences of "[pers pn] have take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Although his title , The Rural Muse : Studies in the Peasant Poetry of England ( 1954 ) , implies that he has taken a positive view , he is hardpressed at times to defend the value of the peasant poet : |
| 62 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 63 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 64 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 65 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 66 | It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived . |
| 67 | It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement . |
| 68 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 69 | In particular , it has taken a strong line against price fixing ( e.g. dyestuffs , glass containers ) and market sharing or quantity agreements ( e.g. cement ) to the extent that such practices are now unlikely ever to be granted an exemption . |
| 70 | Unfortunately , it has taken a major tragedy to focus the minds of hauliers and their professional advisers sharply on these problem areas . |
| 71 | It has taken a closer look at what it pays and what it gets out of its Brussels El Dorado , and it is not happy . |
| 72 | It had taken a long while , Harry thought as he glanced fondly at Cora-Beth , before he had got over Madeleine 's rejection of him and the shock of her marriage to Dunbar . |
| 73 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
| 74 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
| 75 | 261 Squadron was indeed tired — it had taken a terrible beating from Müncheberg and his men . |
| 76 | Lord Hulton had only about thirty suckling cows but it had taken a three-hour rodeo to test them . |
| 77 | It had taken a full day for Merymose to obtain permission for Huy to visit the embalmer . |
| 78 | It had taken a bad beating from the RAF and been widely rebuilt , much of it as copies of the original high-pitched medieval buildings . |
| 79 | Nor was Lotus a negligible factor : it had taken a severe dip in I975 , but anyone knowing Chapman had to know that Lotus declines were generally followed by Lotus ascensions ; with Andretti and Peterson driving against him , Hunt was starting the season in a star-studded field . |
| 80 | In some regions the transformation had taken place much earlier , as in Kent , or Essex , or Devon , where it had taken a different form altogether , and most of the fields had been reclaimed direct from forest and moorland without passing through the open-field stage at all , or had been enclosed from open field at an early date . |
| 81 | In spite of his attempts to concentrate as much work as possible into his days in London , he still found he had to take a great deal of it back to Shamley Green . |
| 82 | He had to take a deep breath to stop himself tasting the delicate spot again . |
| 83 | This was true even of the private apartments of the Imperial family , to such an extent that if the Emperor , while working late at night as he often did , wanted a book from his library , he had to take a lighted candle with him . |
| 84 | In between times during the day he had to take a short ladder , laid across the bike and make sure the lamps were clean . |
| 85 | He had taken a great deal of trouble . |
| 86 | The uppers had come completely away from the soles of the toes and the treads had been worn so smooth he had taken a hot knife to them in an attempt at a retread ! |
| 87 | It was the first time he had taken a real look at the premises from the back . |
| 88 | At one time he had taken a mild interest in literature , especially erotic works , but of late it had flagged . |
| 89 | He had taken a personal interest in them ; there , he said , a little pettishly , Edouard would find room for no complaints . |
| 90 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |