Example sentences of "had take several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Australian rock music , the country 's fashion houses had taken several decades to find acceptance and Kylie was keen to do her bit . |
| 2 | However , he had taken several precautions to distance his own image from that of the nomenklatura as a whole . |
| 3 | They had taken several houses when the Troop officer — Captain Johnny Giles — was working his way room by room through another . |
| 4 | The Dragoons had taken several prisoners and the Covenanters decided to intercept the soldiers and free the captives . |
| 5 | By March 1962 , however , the Soviet military had taken several steps — nuclear weapons ' tests , the development of the ‘ global rocket ’ , the redeploying of launch sites — to bolster the credibility of the Soviet deterrent , and commentators once again ‘ buried the myth of the invulnerability of the United States of America ’ ( Pravda , 31 March 1962 , in Zimmerman : 1969 , pp. 189–90 ) . |
| 6 | Their journey from London had taken several days and he was stiff and saddle sore , but he wanted to see more of this great city before finding an inn for the night . |
| 7 | The tunnel had taken several months to build and some of the accusations which had been made against these same people now looked rather silly . |
| 8 | The doors of the bar opened behind them and they went in to order hot chocolate from the rather older part-time student who had learned the advisability of doing something to earn a little money and had taken several jobs as a waitress . |
| 9 | There were never enough hooks so each one had to take several coats . |
| 10 | JANE O'NEILL WITNESSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT , AND WAS SO SHOCKED THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS OFF WORK . |