Example sentences of "have take [art] [noun] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a field officer who has taken a risk and opted to negotiate should subsequently have second thoughts , he may find his evidence has disappeared . |
| 2 | The Select Committee has taken an interest and has recognised that we have fully funded the programme that we set out . |
| 3 | Financial software house Quality Software Products Holdings Plc has taken the plunge and decided to go for a full listing on the UK stock exchange ‘ to exploit the business opportunities ’ presented by its newly-launched Universal OLAS product ( CI No 2,116 ) . |
| 4 | Our initiative has taken the beauty and exercise world by storm . |
| 5 | Westminster City Council has taken the initiative and published its own code of practice for caterers on the implications of the Food Safety Act 1990 . |
| 6 | The head has to take the chance and to trust that an opportunity will in the end turn out to have been well handled . |
| 7 | But once I 'd taken the plunge and got myself organised , I found it was n't bad at all , and not nearly as difficult as I 'd imagined . ’ |
| 8 | A real thief would have taken a screwdriver and levered off the clasps . |
| 9 | ‘ You could have taken the money and kept quiet , ’ he said abruptly . |
| 10 | Having taken the plunge and opened the package I was delighted to find that the software is n't copy protected — no problems running it on my hard disk systems here , or so I thought . |
| 11 | Having taken the orders and observed the quality of the breakfast on offer to members , Amiss was relieved that Colonel Fagg had been allocated to Elsa rather than to him . |
| 12 | Suddenly I had this vision of him having taken an overdose and phoning to say goodbye . |
| 13 | So she would have to she was to given up her career in acting , she may have to take a view and give up singing totally for a while . |
| 14 | He would just have to take the rope and chair together . |
| 15 | But soon , yes , she would have to take the telegram and walk to the shop and watch Enid fainting and Mother rustling out from behind the counter . |
| 16 | Had there been no — and certainly no just-arrived audience — It would have been utterly lovely to have taken the phone and settled down for a chat , to be inspired and encouraged as always by the love you offer your friends and by your own zest for life physical and things spiritual . |
| 17 | She wished she had taken a chance and kept Angel , for there was no lessening of the pain that parting with her had caused , and no comfort to be found in Newcastle Place . |
| 18 | At last I found it in the stern of the barge , a hole the size of a man 's fist as if someone had taken a hammer and smashed through the bottom . |
| 19 | From the wall above the fireplace he had taken a gun and shot Troy , who now lay very still . |
| 20 | Other drivers had taken a break and carried off a number of her fellow spectators , but Simon had yet to appear . |
| 21 | " Once , " said Daniel , " I was in Charing Cross Hospital , someone 's kid had taken an overdose and died , they pump them out there regular as clockwork but this one 's liver could n't take any more . |
| 22 | But when in one class he had taken the register and pronounced their names correctly , there had been some laughter from non-Indian children ( who were a minority in the class ) but floods of embarrassed giggles from Asian children , who seemed to prefer their names to be mispronounced in school . |
| 23 | She admitted it but that was , she had drunk more than her share , that was , it was not to be taken seriously , there were , she could n't even remember saying it , it could have been him , he was drunk was n't he , misunderstanding or even making it up , after all he had done it , not her , he had taken the boy to London , she was asleep , did n't even hear them go , he had taken the boy and left him there , OK , lost him there , easy to do in London but better find him or all hell would break loose and she was not going to carry the can , not for anybody . |
| 24 | Arriving at Le Caillou , Napoleon found that Maj Duuring of the First Chasseurs , guarding the baggage , had taken the initiative and sent it on towards Cherleroi . |
| 25 | When he had taken the tea and lay warmly wrapped and no longer shivering , Sister Cooney left him . |
| 26 | This meant that to go for a crap you had to take a shovel and dig a hole which was hard work when the ground was solid . |
| 27 | We felt we had to take the initiative and hope the Chlorine Information Service will prompt other organisations to follow our lead . ’ |
| 28 | Anthony Lewis talks to drivers who have taken the plunge and switched from petrol-engined cars to diesel with not a regret between them The doctor |
| 29 | The point is that sometimes it ca n't be avoided — there are some issues which are so important that you have to take a stand and say to hell with how people react . |
| 30 | But then if a thing is so patently right … you have to take the decision and risk it . |