Example sentences of "have take [art] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Argus , which is employee-owned and unaffiliated in any way to Addamax , has taken a royalty-based licence to Addamax 's Compartmented Mode Workstation technology and will develop , market and support it along with all of Addamax 's existing customers . |
| 2 | Argus , which is employee-owned and unaffiliated in any way to Addamax , has taken a royalty-based licence to Addamax' Compartmented Mode Workstation ( CMW ) technology and will develop , market and support it along with all of Addamax' existing customers . |
| 3 | It travels easily and has taken a tremendous shine to Australia , where it is planted successfully in all wine areas . |
| 4 | The singer Elton John has taken a national newspaper to court over an article last December which claimed he was hooked on a bizarre diet which meant he spat out food without swallowing . |
| 5 | It is July 1994 and the company has taken a relaxed attitude to preparation of its accounts since it was set up in 1991 . |
| 6 | ‘ He has taken a marked fancy to you , my dear , ’ pursued the other . |
| 7 | He has taken a marked fancy to my expectations , she might have said . |
| 8 | But the snake- and lizard-eating species Trigona hypogea has taken the carrion-eating habit to the extreme , depending on it totally for protein . |
| 9 | After the initial wave of guilty surprise , finding that the beautiful girl she 'd seen at the market had been Roman 's younger sister , she 'd taken an immediate liking to Anneliese . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you 'd have taken the regular boat to Sanderstown and spent a night or two there . ’ |
| 11 | Otherwise we 'd have taken the British Government to the court of human rights . |
| 12 | As far as the marine conservation society is concerned , the tragedy is that it may have taken an ecological disaster to finally make people listen . |
| 13 | But it does not follow , as Strawson asserts that it does , that we should have to take an objective attitude to all behaviour just like the attitude we now take to behaviour we call abnormal . |
| 14 | By then it was too late to try and change her policy , for the overseer seemed to have taken a real dislike to her , watching for any slip she made , so that he could punish her for being high and mighty as he called it . |
| 15 | ‘ Because it was written by someone who seems to have taken a particular dislike to you . ’ |
| 16 | You seem to have taken the three-day week to heart too quickly . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Are we going soon , Mummy ? ’ demanded young Rebecca , who seemed to have taken an instant dislike to me . |
| 18 | I do n't believe it 's just me you 've taken a violent dislike to — ’ |
| 19 | As I got nearer the Porsche I saw that during the night someone had taken a sharp instrument to the bodywork . |
| 20 | The uppers had come completely away from the soles of the toes and the treads had been worn so smooth he had taken a hot knife to them in an attempt at a retread ! |
| 21 | Joan had taken a great liking to Alianor Woodville who , during the past restless weeks , had regaled her with colourful tales of the court in earlier days when Henry the Sixth and Edward the Fourth had played turn-and- turn about for the English crown . |
| 22 | But , you see , I had taken a violent dislike to the short man . |
| 23 | The feminists thought the whole structure was rotten , but they had taken a particular dislike to Pilger . |
| 24 | Joshua , seven , landed the pike following a five minute fight after it had taken a dead dace to 15 lb line . |
| 25 | He had taken an instant dislike to both Bodie and Doyle , not only because they had bungled the surveillance job on the van containing his potential assassins , but because they dressed casually , more suited to a Sunday afternoon jog than the serious business of the Secret Service . |
| 26 | It had been clear from the start that the spinster had taken an instant dislike to both Ashi and her daughter . |
| 27 | She kissed his cheek , managing to avoid the scarred one by some contortion recognised by both her victim and McAllister , who had taken an instant dislike to her . |
| 28 | She had taken an immediate liking to the Vicar , the Reverend Geoffrey Brighouse , an ex-naval officer who had matters well-organised and from whom , she had quickly realised , she could learn a lot . |
| 29 | I could see he had taken an intense dislike to Monsieur Vauban . |
| 30 | Phil Tufnell celebrates the return catch which disposed of New Zealand 's Dipak Patel , who had taken the long handle to the left-arm spinner in the previous Test |