Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] have take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she or I had taken more trouble I might have been convinced that all religious people were cruel hypocrites . |
| 2 | Either their flight had been delayed , or they had taken one look at this sober crew and retired aghast . |
| 3 | I was carrying wall units and I 'd taken fourteen wall units one after another up two flights of stairs . |
| 4 | Rebutting suggestions that Scottish Liberal Democrat MPs would baulk at losing the opportunity for a Scottish Assembly , he added : ‘ My colleagues and I have taken this decision jointly and collectively . |
| 5 | As Coleman had been at pains to point this out before taking on the DEA assignment , he could hardly disagree , but the risk had seemed acceptable at the time and he had taken particular care to underline his academic credentials whenever he met Hurley 's people . |
| 6 | And he 'd taken some alcohol either just before , or with his meal . |
| 7 | And it 's taken that length of time to break down the seventy or eighty year barriers that are in existence between workers and management . |
| 8 | Lawrence added : ‘ We have played five games against First Division sides this season and it has taken extra time in the fifth for us to be defeated . |
| 9 | Once , as he sat cross-legged on his mattress reading , deep in thought , I grabbed both his ankles , and yanked his legs , saying , ‘ Excuse me , but I have to take this wheelbarrow out to the garden . ’ |
| 10 | London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it . |
| 11 | An exact replica of one of them is being shipped to Armenia , right down to blackboards and chalk , but it 's taken top level agreement between Mr Gorbachev and Mrs Thatcher to make it happen . |