Example sentences of "[vb mod] have take [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ . Of course , had the wind been very gusty before , they would already have stopped flying , or they would have taken extra precautions to make sure that there were enough people to prevent an incident . |
| 2 | Superintendent Clive Fothergill said : ‘ We would have taken appropriate measures to ensure he could have come and gone like any other team manager . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It would have taken nine months to do them by hand , but it took six months this way . |
| 4 | This has sleeping-room for one , even though it would have taken two shepherds to carry it , leaving you to wonder how the odd shepherd out spent the night . |
| 5 | If I had thought I was going to be Prime Minister , I would have taken more trouble to understand the various theories ’ . |
| 6 | Suffolk , who eventually beat Hertfordshire 18–15 to take runners-up spot , would have taken top honours had Clark not pulled off such an immaculate saver . |
| 7 | He wished he 'd hung from the rail and reduced the distance , but that would have taken several seconds to set up and his pursuer had already been half-way across the room . |
| 8 | I do n't know how a first-century slave would have taken this directive to regard work as service to Christ ; but I can imagine some twentieth-century slaves thinking such sentiments run sharply against the grain . |
| 9 | It " would have taken 15 minutes to reach San Salvador and Marianella was probably transferred for interrogation to the Military School . |
| 10 | It would have taken 25 years to complete and required the Thames to be frozen over for about seventeen years , to prevent the river flooding the deep foundations . |
| 11 | The plan for the evacuation to be in groups of three had to be abandoned , as it would have taken 40 hours to get all of the men out and the gas collecting near them made it imperative that the exercise be completed in much less time . |
| 12 | In this case either there will be downward pressure on interest rates , or the authorities will have to take other measures to reduce this liquidity . |
| 13 | The problem is that many will have to take some action to change the way they operate their business , before any benefits can result . |