Example sentences of "have take [pron] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law of Docherty 's life has taken him on a rollercoaster through football management . |
| 2 | He 'd taken her to a pub — The Crumpled Horn — before walking to the park . |
| 3 | It would have taken something of a miracle to attract the capital investment which might have begun to change this state of affairs . |
| 4 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 5 | As he was mental , I mean would you have taken him to a hospital or the station ? |
| 6 | I would have taken it like a boy . |
| 7 | Yes , when you get a bit bigger we 'll have to take you to a pantomime and then you 'll be able to say that . |
| 8 | ‘ Heather seems to have taken it as a confirmation of her belief in the significance of the Tyrrell Society . ’ |
| 9 | And , though those dreams had taken something of a battering since the heady days of Taunton , they were resilient and survived in amended form . |
| 10 | Jean-Claude had taken me along a lane that struck out towards a château it fell short of reaching . |
| 11 | I encouraged the English boy to move in one evening after he had taken me to a pub , and I felt this urge to have a hold on all the different sides there were to London . |
| 12 | To make his point , he had taken her for a burger , nothing more , and defied her to come on too strong about it . |
| 13 | Delia had taken her for a walk in the park and Mrs Miniver — always an inquisitive ‘ person ’ by nature — had squeezed through railings alongside the river and promptly slid down the bank into the water . |
| 14 | Owen had taken him for a Sudani because his face was black . |
| 15 | Another hour had taken him to a five-mile strip of dual carriageway cut through downland . |
| 16 | He had carried the gold on his back in many journeys , and had taken it to a cave on the north-east corner of the island , two months before the Hispaniola arrived . |
| 17 | Beth had invoked the help of God or Jesus Christ and I had taken it like a lamb . |
| 18 | In the end I had to take it to a skid pan to see how far it would go before it eventually lost its cool The answer was as far as its steering lock would allow . |
| 19 | Yanto Gates was not given to quick decisions or mad impulses , but the girl in reality matched his dreams of her so perfectly that he had to take it as a sign . |
| 20 | More important , although most Marxist thinkers have taken it as a model , it provides no reliable guide to future social transformations . |
| 21 | It 's taken me about a year to realize that the things I put down do n't actually disappear of their own accord . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps he 's taken them for a holiday ? ’ |
| 23 | If er someone 's taken it for a ride and dumped it near you then can you call Nottingham and it 's Dawn who wants her car back anything I can do you for three four three four three four is the number to ring . |
| 24 | But they have to take it as a fact , and it is a fact which prevents them from envisaging our liquidation . " |
| 25 | I have to take it with a grain of salt . ’ |