Example sentences of "have take [art] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The defendant had taken no serious steps to prevent them as most were his customers . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 34 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
| 35 | Lord Hulton had only about thirty suckling cows but it had taken a three-hour rodeo to test them . |
| 36 | The class had taken a whole afternoon to find him buried beneath his precious collection and he had been more concerned about his stones than himself . |
| 37 | Mr Ashdown professed to be delighted that the Tories had taken the Liberal Democrats head on last week , in an attempt to chip away at their support . |
| 38 | It had decreed that many years ago , and if they had taken the appropriate rent rises in steps and phased them in , this sudden large rise , which is causing hardship , would not have happened . |
| 39 | He had completely lost his temper when he had heard the news that Clasper had taken the giant Merseyside plant out on strike . |
| 40 | While many , including the majority of the Barclay Committee ( 1982 ) , had argued for a unified view of the social work enterprise , Nottinghamshire social services department had taken the unusual decision to separate out elements of the social work role for essentially practical reasons . |
| 41 | He had to take a deep breath to stop himself tasting the delicate spot again . |
| 42 | This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape . |
| 43 | Two resolutions passed by the Russian Supreme Soviet on Jan. 23 stated ( i ) that servicemen of the Black Sea Fleet had to take the military oath established by the CIS [ see p. 38729 ] and ( ii ) that the legislative , international affairs and external economic relations committees of the Russian Supreme Soviet were to examine by Feb. 6 the constitutionality of the 1954 decree transferring the Crimean oblast from Russia to Ukraine [ see p. 13507 ] . |
| 44 | Er we have taken every possible precaution to make sure that it 's not a recipe for disaster . |
| 45 | The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge . |
| 46 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 47 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 48 | A North Korean Foreign Ministry statement on Sept. 17 said : " In the situation in which the attempt to perpetuate and legalize the nation 's and people 's division by taking advantage of international leverage on entry into the UN has recently become clear , we have taken a decisive step to enter the UN in order to prevent such grave consequences arising , " adding that North Korea had not changed its policy on reunification . |
| 49 | Sometimes we have taken an independent decision to shut down one of our plants and bought in tonnage from a competitor , sometimes they have shut down and brought in tonnage from us . |
| 50 | Any member of the secret society who takes public office or joins the police should declare they have taken the Masonic oath to counter , he told MPs . |
| 51 | Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over . |
| 52 | ‘ The thing about it is ’ , the fellow said , ‘ you have to take a deep breath to light up , and that does it , that stops the crying . ’ … |